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Though famous for its coffee shops, where cannabis can be purchased and consumed, the Netherlands has accomplished many enviable public health outcomes through its drug policy. These include low prevalence of HIV among people who use drugs, negl[...]
In some countries, people who use, or are alleged to use, illicit drugs may be detained involuntarily after little or no legal process, ostensibly for the purpose of receiving drug "treatment" or "rehabilitation." These detentions are variously[...]
FRANÇAIS : Apres dix ans de pratique, le Portugal offre un exemple précieux de la manière avec laquelle la dépénalisation, couplée à des stratégies fondées sur des preuves scientifiques, peut réduire la consommation de drogue, la dépendance, le[...]
Harm reduction is based on the idea that people have the right to be safe and supported even if they are not ready or willing to abstain from illicit drug use. A harm reduction approach involves giving people who use drugs choices that can help [...]
In the 1970s, in the midst of a major political and economic transition, Spain suddenly faced unprecedented levels of heroin consumption, which soon evolved into an epidemic of fatal drug overdoses and HIV and hepatitis infections. Despite the i[...]
The rise in methamphetamine use has provoked a barrage of misinformation and reckless policies, such as mandatory minimum sentences, increased penalties for minor offenders and major restrictions against certain medicines. This new report revea[...]
Prevention of drug use, particularly among young people, is almost always a central goal in national policies on illicit drugs, as well as in international declarations and resolutions on drug control. Political leaders and the public usually st[...]
Pendant la fin des années 1980 et les années 1990, la vue de « scènes ouvertes de la drogue » associées une propagation rapide de l'infection à VIH, dans certaines villes de Suisse, en particulier à Zürich, a conduit le pays à s'interroger sur l[...]
Across the globe, the failure of the war on drugs has come at an enormous cost to women. Punitive drug laws and policies pose a heavy burden on women and, in turn, on the children for whom women are often the principal caregivers. Prohibitionis[...]
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