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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.

People who inject drugs

Compulsory detention for drug use undermines treatment in Laos

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IRIN Plus News
11 October 2013
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Making treatment as prevention a reality for people who inject drugs

News
26 September 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
Drug policy & policing

'This Is Working': Portugal, 12 Years after Decriminalizing Drugs

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Spiegel Online
28 March 2013
HIV prevention policy

Making recovery real: the public health future of drug and alcohol treatment

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National Treatment Agency
12 February 2013
Drug policy & policing

Consider drugs decriminalisation system, MPs say

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BBC
10 December 2012
Harm reduction

THAILAND: Question marks over new approach to drug-users

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IRIN
26 November 2012
Drug policy & policing

Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal

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Forbes Magazine
31 October 2012
Drug policy & policing

It's drugs politics, not drugs policy, that needs an inquiry

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The Guardian
17 October 2012
Drug policy & policing

Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study

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The Guardian
15 October 2012
UK health services

Public Health England national leadership and funding for drug and alcohol services

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Blenheim CDP
26 September 2012
Harm reduction

The end of HIV/Aids may not be possible if the war on drugs continues | Douglas Haddow

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The Guardian
26 July 2012
Harm reduction

My Letter to Delegates at AIDS 2012

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Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever
10 July 2012
People who inject drugs

Failed war on drugs feeding HIV/AIDS, former leaders say

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CBC
26 June 2012
Drug policy & policing

Unholy Alliance: How a US-Russian Partnership Undermines Good Drug Policy

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Huffington Post
8 June 2012
Harm reduction

Germany: Intoxicating history

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University of Cambridge
18 May 2012
HIV prevention policy

US: Just How “New” is the 2012 National Drug Control Strategy?

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Washington Office on Latin America
10 May 2012