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One former detainee, Kakada, was particularly succinct: “I think this is not a rehab center but a torturing center. Kakada’s appraisal was borne out by Human Rights Watch’s own research [Human Rights Watch]
People who use drugs in Cambodia are at risk of arbitrary detention in centers where they suffer torture, physical and sexual violence, and other forms of cruel punishment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today [Human Rights Watch]
Human Rights Watch released a report today highlighting human rights abuses in Cambodia’s compulsory drug detention centres [International Harm Reduction Association]
This paper contributes to recent debates surrounding the improvement of the UN drug control system’s methods of gathering and analyzing data. It critically examines the current predominance of quantitative evidence, arguing for a greater emphasis on the cultural understanding of drug use and more attention to the taken-for-granted assumptions underpinning policies [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Sweden’s drug policies have recently attained symbolic status in international policy debates. This paper examines the country’s policies, their effectiveness or otherwise and the histrorical and cultural context that underpins them. It considers whether these policies should or could be applied in other countries [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Drug users in Phnom Penh were once without self esteem, felt ashamed and worthless and had no concept that they were entitled to, and deserve, the same quality of life and health care as other Khmer citizens [International Harm Reduction Association]
January, 2010 [Drug World]
The UNODC alternative development project in Houaphan province has been designed to help local communities tackle poverty through home-grown solutions and ownership of interventions, as part of larger efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals [United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]
Incarceration, Ill-Treatment and Forced Labor as Drug Rehabilitation in China [Human Rights Watch]
Preliminary testing of modifications to a program aimed at strengthening families showed that parents improved their ability to control anger, exhibited less negativity and acted more positively toward their children [EurekAlert]
TalkingDrugs interviewed Massimo Barra, Vice President of the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross, who for many years has been fighting to change drug policy worldwide and make it more humanitarian [Talking Drugs]
Despite the remarkable international trend towards the abolition of capital punishment over the past twenty years, the number of countries expanding the application of the death penalty to include drug offences has increased during the same period [International Harm Reduction Association]
The alcohol consumption patterns and the associations between consumption of alcohol and socio-demographic and cultural factors have been investigated in nine rural Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) located in five Asian countries [Global Health Action]
Recommendations for improving access to substitution treatment in Polish prisons have been signed. This step forward was made in early December at a conference co-hosted by the Penitentiary Service, the Social AIDS Committee and Open Society Institute’s Global Drug Policy program [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Human Rights Watch has noted that the conviction of eight police officers for crimes in anti-drug operations should be a catalyst for the Thai government to end police abuses [International Drug Policy Consortium]
Akmal Shaikh, a 53-year-old father of five from north London, is facing imminent execution in China. His execution is reported to have been scheduled for 29 December 2009 [Amnesty International]
If you were asked: ‘What are the most important things we know about addiction?’ what would you say? This paper brings together a body of knowledge across multiple domains and arranged as a list of 10 things known about addiction, as a response to such a question [Alcohol Reports, International]
Drinks industry supplanting government role in alcohol policies in sub-Saharan Africa [Alcohol Reports, International]
The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of the Arabic translation of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) among a sample of male Muslim prisoners [Alcohol Reports, International]
The CPT report on its mission to the UK prisons was released 8 December 2009. It paints a very different picture than that reflected by the BBC [IHRA]
