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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Topic: Drug policy & policing

News and information about policies on psychoactive drug use, including education, support for people with drug dependence disorders, the criminalisation of drug use, law enforcement, decriminalisation and legalisation.

Drug policy & policing

Latin America 'Addicted to punishment’

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IRIN
15 April 2016
Drug policy & policing

Barack Obama: 'drug addiction is a health problem, not a criminal problem'

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The Guardian
30 March 2016
Harm reduction

To end HIV in drug users, stop chasing the dream of a drug-free world

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The Guardian
22 March 2016
Harm reduction

Vancouver’s injection sites a potential model for other cities: advocates

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Globe & Mail
17 March 2016
Drug policy & policing

Poppers 'will remain legal' despite ban on legal highs

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Telegraph
17 March 2016
Harm reduction

The case for a harm reduction decade

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Harm Reduction International
16 March 2016
Drug policy & policing

HIV activists fear UN 'War on Drugs' conference is already doomed

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FRANCE 24
16 March 2016
Drug policy & policing

Decriminalising drugs is not just talk – meet the countries actually experimenting with it

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Open Democracy
15 March 2016
Drug policy & policing

Diplomacy or denialism: World leaders heading towards monumental failure in tackling global drug problem at UN summit

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IDPC
14 March 2016
People who inject drugs

Indiana HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs is controlled, but ongoing vigilance is needed

News
9 March 2016
Chemsex & recreational drug use

The poppers ban: will it criminalise gay users?

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The Guardian
8 March 2016
Drug policy & policing

Outflanking the war on drugs?

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IRIN
3 March 2016
Drug policy & policing

Negotiating the UNGASS outcome document: Challenges and the way forward

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International Drug Policy Consortium
17 February 2016
Drug policy & policing

HIV Outbreak In Indiana: DEA Arrests 10 People Tied To Disease Spread, Warns Against Prescription Painkillers

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Medical Daily
9 February 2016
Harm reduction

South Africa: Police hamper HIV prevention efforts with drug users

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Health-e
4 February 2016
Harm reduction

Prison needle programs touted to reduce HIV and Hep C

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Toronto Star
3 February 2016
Drug policy & policing

A simple (ish) guide to the Psychoactive Substances Act

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DrugWatch
3 February 2016
Drug policy & policing

How Some Cities Are Helping Drug Offenders Instead of Arresting Them

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Vice
3 December 2015
Harm reduction

Heroin, Survivor of War on Drugs, Returns With New Face

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New York Times
24 November 2015
Drug policy & policing

The UK wouldn’t be making poppers illegal if they were used for straight sex

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Gay Star News
11 November 2015
Harm reduction

How Ireland's New Drug Policy Is Making the UK's Attitudes Look Ancient

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Vice
4 November 2015
Harm reduction

Ireland: Injection rooms for addicts to open next year, says Minister

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Irish Times
2 November 2015
Drug policy & policing

In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs

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New York Times
2 November 2015
Harm reduction

Community-based drug projects provide an alternative to compulsory detention in Asia

News
27 October 2015