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Barod (@wearebarod) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our Operations Manager Sian, & L&D lead, Lucy, are both attending the annual European Society for Social Drug Research conference in Manchester. Sian has presented on the journey of the innovative and European-unique ‘Spike on a Bike’ service. Da iawn Sian 🥳 #ESSD2024

Our Operations Manager Sian, & L&D lead, Lucy, are both attending the annual European Society for Social Drug Research conference in Manchester.

Sian has presented on the journey of the innovative and European-unique ‘Spike on a Bike’ service. Da iawn Sian 🥳

#ESSD2024
IDPC (@idpcnet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌱 FRESH OFF THE PRESS: RIGHTING A HISTORICAL WRONG 🌱 We look at the racist & colonial scheduling of the coca leaf and offer a roadmap to ensure the ongoing critical review is fair and inclusive. 📘 Read on: buff.ly/3XXMEbG

New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Understanding how fentanyl saturated the drug supply, moving from the East Coast of the United States to the West, is critical to ending the worst drug crisis in American history,” writes Maia Szalavitz. nyti.ms/4gJkWXs

Viso Mutop (@visomutop) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nos sumamos al reconocimiento y felicitaciones al querido Transnational Institute TNI Drugs & Democracy en sus cincuenta años de existencia. Una vida de acompañamiento a procesos por la desmilitarización de sociedades, la profundización de la democracia y la reforma de políticas globales.

Nos sumamos al reconocimiento y felicitaciones al querido <a href="/TNInstitute/">Transnational Institute</a> <a href="/DrugLawReform/">TNI Drugs & Democracy</a> en sus cincuenta años de existencia. Una vida de acompañamiento a procesos por la desmilitarización de sociedades, la profundización de la democracia y la reforma de políticas globales.
Steve Rolles (@stevetransform) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On US president Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday its worth revisiting his most famous drug policy quote, from 47yrs ago, calling for cannabis decriminalisation “Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself” 1/🧵

On US president Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday its worth revisiting his most famous drug policy quote, from 47yrs ago, calling for cannabis decriminalisation

“Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself”
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Viso Mutop (@visomutop) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Importante comunicado de Min. de Agricultura MinAmbiente Colombia sobre reconocimiento de la población campesina como actor fundamental en la protección de la vida, la biodiversidad, el cierre y estabilización de la frontera agrícola, y la preservación de la conectividad ambiental.

WOLA (@wola_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

EVENT | Join our webinar "Responding Effectively to the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis: Evidence from the Border and Beyond" for a panel discussion on strategies to address the fentanyl crisis with experts from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border Register here: wola.org/events/respond…

EVENT | Join our webinar "Responding Effectively to the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis: Evidence from the Border and Beyond" for a panel discussion on strategies to address the fentanyl crisis with experts from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border
Register here: wola.org/events/respond…
Manuel Rodríguez Becerra. (@manuel_rodb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

COP16: tendrá lugar en el contexto de una enorme falencia. Es muy grave el hecho de que después de dos años de firmado el Marco Global de la Biodiversidad el 80% de los países no hayan cumplido con su compromiso de presentar sus estrategias nacionales.

Viso Mutop (@visomutop) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Saludamos la firma del decreto que reconoce a las autoridades tradicionales indígenas como autoridad ambiental. Buen paso adelante en descentralización y reconocimiento de derechos a los pueblos indígenas.

Penal Reform International (PRI) (@penalreformint) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ann Fordham of IDPC highlights how punitive #drugpolicies impact racialised communities and #women. Yet, reforms like #decriminalisation aren’t advancing quickly enough. Read more in #GlobalPrisonTrends 2024: t.ly/SOxb4

Diana Paz García (@diana_paz99) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In this The Killing Drugs episode, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Alex Stevens dive into the rising threat of fentanyl and nitazenes in Europe. Can stronger harm reduction efforts curb the crisis? Tune in to explore the challenges ahead brookings.edu/articles/the-r…

Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇨🇴 Cannabis legalization in #Colombia could be a game-changer for #LatinAmerica. While it won’t eliminate illegal markets overnight, it could reduce structural violence and shift police focus to more critical issues. Felipe Botero E Find out why 👇

Helen Clark (@helenclarknz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At press conference in #Berlin this week with #Germany’s Federal Govt Drug & Addiction Commissioner @BdB_SD_Blienert. Germany has decriminalised #cannabis with legal supply available through cannabis clubs. Also progressive on #harmreduction across drugs. The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) Michel Kazatchkine

At press conference in #Berlin this week with #Germany’s Federal Govt Drug &amp; Addiction Commissioner 
@BdB_SD_Blienert. Germany has decriminalised #cannabis with legal supply available through cannabis clubs. Also progressive on #harmreduction across drugs. <a href="/globalcdp/">The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP)</a> <a href="/Kazatchkine/">Michel Kazatchkine</a>
Viso Mutop (@visomutop) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Mientras se debate sobre cantidad de hectáreas y coca para cocaína en Col. hablamos del examen crítico de la hoja de coca y las consideraciones de comunidades negras ante ese proceso que adelanta la ⁦OPS/OMS⁩ ⁦CND⁩ ⁦Naciones Unidas⁩ ⁦ONU Derechos Humanos Colombia⁩. ⁦

Mientras se debate sobre cantidad de hectáreas y coca para cocaína en Col. hablamos del examen crítico de la hoja de coca y las consideraciones de comunidades negras ante ese proceso que adelanta la ⁦<a href="/opsoms/">OPS/OMS</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/CNDtweets/">CND</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/ONU_es/">Naciones Unidas</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/ONUHumanRights/">ONU Derechos Humanos Colombia</a>⁩. ⁦
Steve Rolles (@stevetransform) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I like Courtright's term 'limbic capitalism' - basically the monetisation of addictive behaviours. Martha Gill explores the increasing saturation of the phenomena in modern life👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I like Courtright's  term 'limbic capitalism' - basically the monetisation of addictive behaviours. 

Martha Gill explores the increasing saturation of the phenomena in modern life👇

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…