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

Theresa May's legal highs ban is unenforceable, say government advisers

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The Guardian
6 July 2015
Harm reduction

Russia has a serious HIV crisis, and the government is to blame

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The Verge
3 July 2015
Drug policy & policing

Drug decriminalisation in Portugal: setting the record straight

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Transform
12 June 2015
Harm reduction

Drug consumption rooms

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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
5 June 2015
Harm reduction

Needle exchange Is allowed after HIV outbreak in an Indiana county

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New York Times
28 March 2015
Harm reduction

Addiction services in England: in need of an intervention

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The Lancet Psychiatry
10 November 2014
Drug policy & policing

The mind-bending politics of drugs

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Conservative Home
31 October 2014
Drug policy & policing

No link between tough penalties and drug use - UK government report

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BBC News
31 October 2014
Harm reduction

UK: Funding cuts for drug and alcohol treatment

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Russell Webster (blog)
17 October 2014
HIV prevention policy

Harm reduction: It's plain humanity

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You Tube
13 June 2014
Drug policy & policing

Economists Slam Draconian Drug Laws

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Inter Press Service
7 May 2014
Drug policy & policing

Doctors criticise UN's approach to global drugs control

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The Lancet
31 March 2014
People who inject drugs

Cambodia: Drug Centers Detain, Abuse ‘Undesirables’

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Human Rights Watch Health
13 December 2013
Harm reduction

Leaked paper reveals UN split over war on drugs

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The Guardian
2 December 2013
Harm reduction

Canada proposes new legal hurdles for supervised injection

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The Lancet
4 November 2013
People who inject drugs

Compulsory detention for drug use undermines treatment in Laos

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IRIN Plus News
11 October 2013
Harm reduction

Drug addiction not a criminal issue, says chief medical officer

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The Guardian
19 August 2013
Global health initiatives

Building drug detention center monitoring into Viet Nam’s grant terms, Global Fund takes step to address human rights concerns

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Science Speaks
2 August 2013
PrEP

HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Trial among Thai Injection Drug Users Marred by Lack of Response to Community Concerns

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Treatment Action Group / Thai Drug Users Network / Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group
27 June 2013
Drug policy & policing

Vancouver: Declines in drug use associated with harm reduction services, not law enforcement efforts

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British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
27 June 2013
Drug policy & policing

The World's Best Drug Laws

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The Fix
3 May 2013
Harm reduction

More Treatment, Less War: The White House Drug Policy Reform

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PLoS Blogs
29 April 2013
Drug policy & policing

Rethinking Policing in the Age of AIDS

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Huffington Post
26 April 2013
Drug policy & policing

Obama Reveals New Drug Control Strategy

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The Fix
25 April 2013