Find out how the #EU4HBOOST project contributes to improving liver health! Read the blog post: buff.ly/3Ju64gu

EHRA DPNSEE SpolečnostPodanéRuce Fondazione Villa Maraini-CRI A-klinikka Oy ISGlobal Fondaz LILA Milano ABD IGTP Euronpud 🇪🇺

#WorldLiverDay

Don't miss the opportunity to learn about drug checking services as a harm reduction tool for people who use drugs.

📅13-16 may
💻Online event
✍️Register here:
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It is a sad day for us today. We lost an amazing man, a strong activist, an inspired thinker, a kind fair friend. Our Tonny passed away after a long illness that he bore heroically. RIP our narcobrother, our buddy, you will live for ever in our hearts and our history.

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✨Every year we make magic ✨ Countering narratives & practices of disposability & punishment, with a celebration of transnational solidarity & care 💚

This 12th #SupportDontPunish #GlobalDayofAction (26 Jun.), let's reclaim power & rights for each other! supportdontpunish.org/join/

Earth Day and Drug Policy Reform | Part 2🌍

'Ensuring the well-being of future generations in the Amazon basin means investing more in health, education, and employment opportunities for communities'

Read the full blog piece here 👉🏾 youthrise.org/lost-youth-van…

In the 1st year, our OPCs diverted up to 39K instances of public drug use, connecting 75% of our participants to services. With @NYChealthy & OnPoint staff Sam Rivera, Kailin See, & Brent Gibson, a new study highlights key findings. View the abstract on @NEJMCatalyst.

The coca leaf featured prominently at the 67th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in March.

There, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk underlined the importance of reversing the discriminatory drug policy against coca users.

🇧🇴 Our colleagues at Acción Andina Bolivia are raising funds to support the freedom of an incarcerated young man with multiple needs in Bolivia.

Consider donating & share generously:
gofundme.com/f/support-maur…

[CALL FOR NGO SPEAKERS] The 2024 INCB Civil Society Hearing will focus on synthetic drugs — scenarios and responses .

Want to participate? Apply before Fri., 3 May!

More info at: idpc.net/events/2024/04…

All eyes on #Taiwan tomorrow - the Constitutional Court will hold historic hearing on question of constitutionality of #deathpenalty . Amnesty International and End Death Penalty submitted that it is incompatible with constitutional and human rights, against global trend
amnesty.org/en/documents/a…

The risk of synthetic opioids for UK is real but, as Ester explains in Metro, more policing “won’t fix the problem”

A lot can be done to avoid the worst - incl drug checking, overdose prevention centres & heroin prescribing. We need action now

metro.co.uk/2024/04/22/new…

Experts warn of influx of deadly nitazines amid calls for second Melbourne injecting room theguardian.com/australia-news…

“The High Commissioner, Volker Türk, welcomed the adoption of Colombia’s key policies as part of its post-conflict peacebuilding process, which includes a new drug policy which integrates the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy”

Unacceptable news from the Victorian Government that is meant to be socially innovative. We need to revisit this nationally and look into consumption rooms that are supervised and operated by the community and peers, cost-effective, save lives and protect our community from harm!

'Would overdoses have increased without decriminalization? Almost certainly. Deaths are increasing because the drug supply is poisoned, not because it’s no longer a crime to possess.'

Read the full article here: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Youth, women and affected communities should included in the design of #Drugpolicy . Zaved Mahmood calling for the empowerment of vulnerable groups in decision making at #ReimaginingJustice

“If there's a global trend, it is of accelerating progress towards decriminalization,”

Brazil's biggest paper Folha de S.Paulo pushes back on mistaken suggestions global drug reform is stalling

Transform Drug Policy Foundation IDPC Release Drugs & Drug Policy Alliance quoted

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