Real debate continues to be stifled at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, but the participation of civil society in these proceedings will be essential to moving toward better drug policies.
Posts Tagged “drug policy”
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A recent study funded by the Open Society Foundations uncovered routine torture, illegal detention, and extortion of people suspected of using illegal drugs by police in Indonesia. This police abuse is taking place with total impunity.
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The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has called on states to turn away from the criminalization of drug use in their national policies. This welcome statement adds further momentum to the global drug policy reform debate.
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The failure of international drug conventions to protect human rights is an ongoing travesty, and the struggle to put human rights abuses on the agenda of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs continues.
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The global drug policy debate has achieved the platform it deserves. The challenge now is to seize this momentum and influence political will for reform.
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Twelve UN agencies have joined together to call on governments to shut down drug detention centers and develop voluntary, evidence-based health and social services. Declaring that the centers have no place in civilized society is a good start. Now we need new partnerships to ensure this UN...
Posted in: Asia, Governance & Accountability, Health, Rights & Justice
Topics: Australia, Cambodia, Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, China, Daniel Wolfe, drug detention, drug policy, drug treatment, forced labor, Health, HIV/AIDS, Laos, public health, UNAIDS, United Nations, United States, UNODC, Vietnam
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Canada's Safe Streets and Communities Act will see a dramatic increase in the incarceration of drug users. The new laws, however, may not be as popular as Prime Minister Stephen Harper thinks.
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"One of every nine people sent to death row is found to be innocent and exonerated. Would you fly an airline that had that high an error rate?” asks Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative in a provocative TED talk.
Posted in: Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Bryan Stevenson, Criminal Justice Fund, drug policy, Equal Justice Initiative, mass incarceration, TED, video
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Blaming sick people for system failures is an old problem in public health, particularly when patients are poor or morally suspect. New analysis, though, is turning the microscope around to examine the ways that power structures, rather than individuals, contribute to disease spread.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: criminal justice, Daniel Wolfe, drug policy, drug users, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, JAIDS, mass incarceration, over incarceration, public health
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Fiscal austerity measures could threaten the future of Portugal’s exemplary harm reduction services. But short-term cost-saving measures could prove costly further down the line.