Showing 199 news articles about Drug policy & policing

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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

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
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

Toward a Harm Reduction Decade

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You Tube / Drugreporter HCLU
26 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

UN drugs office urged to publish leaked paper backing decriminalisation

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Daily Mail
22 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

The truth behind the UNODC's leaked decriminalisation paper

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Transform
22 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

United Nations denies 'global drug decriminalisation' claim by Sir Richard Branson

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The Telegraph
20 October 2015
People who inject drugs

Beyond the fear factor

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Harry Shapiro (blog)
6 October 2015
Harm reduction

Drug consumption rooms: an overview of provision and evidence

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Drug & Alcohol Findings
6 July 2015