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Reproduces the texts of the keynote addresses of Michel Kazatchkine and Craig McClure, delivered respectively at the opening and closing plenaries of Harm Reduction 2009: IHRA’s 20th International Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand on April 20th—24th, 2009. [IHRA]
The statement outlines a set of underlying principles which best describe this approach, and offers the following definition… [International Harm Reduction Association]
Every country in the WHO European Region has some form of alcohol action plan. This handbook helps them review, adjust or strengthen their plans to further reduce the harm caused by alcohol [WHO]
The WHO European Region has the highest proportion of total ill health and premature death caused by alcohol in the world. The effectiveness of alcohol policies in reducing this harm has been evaluated mainly in North America and northern Europe, but the general principles are applicable across societies and countries [World Health Organisation]
The drug market has changed completely in past few years in Moscow. “The time of synthetics has come!” say drug users [Talking Drugs]
Amnesty International reports that the death penalty has been abolished in law or practice in 133 states. Of the sixty-four ‘retentionist’ countries that continue to use capital punishment, half have legislation applying the death penalty for drug-related offences [IHRA]
this resource guide is designed to support health and human rights advocacy, training, education, programming, and grantmaking worldwide [Open Society Institute and Equitas]
A guide to responsible reporting opioid dependence and its treatment [International Harm Reduction Association]
This Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Programme briefing paper seeks to compare the drugs situation in a number of developed countries [International Drug Policy Commission]
Alexander Shulgin – chemist – features in this new film on the unexplored potential of psychedelic drugs {9’40”} [Talking Drugs]
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is down 22 per cent, opium production is down 10 per cent, while prices are at a 10 year low [United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]
World Health Statistics 2009 contains WHO’s annual compilation of data from its 193 Member States, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and targets [World Health Organisation]
International drug trade drives illicit safrole-oil factories deep in the Cardamom mountains [Global Post]
The idea is to highlight a selection of documents, papers and resources which best summarise the evidence-base, reasoning and justification for particular harm reduction interventions and approaches [International Harm Reduction Association]
An increase in illegal opium cultivation has brought new prosperity to parts of the Arunachal Pradesh region in eastern India. However this source of new wealth has also left a trail of addiction in its wake [Talking Drugs]
This working document is intended to be the basis for continued collaboration and consultation with Member States during the drafting of the global strategy [World Health Organisation]
The Brazilian Commission on Drugs and Democracy was launched last week in Rio de Janeiro [IDPC]
On the 21st August 2009, UNODC and UNAIDS circulated a letter to clarify their common understanding of harm reduction initiatives [International Drug Policy Consortium]
At CLAT 5 (the 5th ‘Latin’ conference on harm reduction) in Portugal, an international group of high-profile judges released an important statement claiming that “drug policies have proved an outright failure” and have “created an illegal market of unknown macroeconomic proportions” [IHRA]
More than 3,000 health experts, advocates and activists from over 60 countries gathered in Bali, Indonesia in August 2009 for the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) [International Harm Reduction Association]
