ASTANA – Kazakhstan is ready to actively interact with the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy (ECECACD), President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated during a June 19 meeting with ECECACD Chair Aleksander Kwaśniewski. According to the Akorda […]
Kazakh leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed the country’s readiness to actively engage with the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy (ECECACD) during a meeting with ECECACD Chair Aleksander Kwaśniewski on June 19. The discussions focused on […]
According to Amnesty’s data, at least 1,153 executions took place worldwide in 2023, the highest annual figure recorded since 2015, marking an increase of more than 30% from 2022. And this doesn’t even include the thousands believed to have been […]
Most active drug users find themselves homeless, abandoned by their families, and without any legal documentation to establish identity or seek help. Lahore’s scorching sun beat down on Nasir*, as he recounted the harrowing tale of his friend, who a […]
La “guerra contra las drogas” ha tenido resultados que no dejan lugar a dudas: mientras el consumo de drogas no disminuye, a la vez, quienes pagan los “platos rotos” siguen siendo esencialmente los pobres y las mujeres Asuntos humanitarios severos […]
Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman also says that drug abusers should not be made to undergo mandatory rehabilitation as this has produced ‘very little results’. PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian AIDS Foundation (MAF) has urged the government to set up a task force […]
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a conference organised by the Justice Project of Pakistan urged the government to introduce a drug policy that focuses on harm reduction, education, and medication to prevent deaths due to overdose and incentivise rehabilitation for substance use […]
Health experts are warning of new super-strength synthetic opioids making their way into Australia with deadly consequences. They’re up to fifty times stronger than fentanyl and have already been linked to a string of fatal heroin overdoses. “Yeah, affected me […]
Use of deadly nitazines is on the rise in Australia and a suite of measures is needed to prevent more fatalities, former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark says. Health experts are warning of the looming threat of strong synthetic […]
CHRONIQUE. La place centrale de Lausanne, entre toxicomanie omniprésente et durable pataquès urbanistique, attend une résurrection longtemps promise. Ruth Dreifuss a sûrement raison. Déboulant par surprise il y a trente ans au Conseil fédéral, la presque Genevoise avait trouvé sur […]