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Source: Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it?|The Guardian Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime. When the drugs came, they hit all at once. It was the 80s, and by the time one ...

Source : Why Harm Reduction Is Crucial to the Fight Against HIV | Open Society Foundations Earlier this fall, an international team of researchers sounded a grim warning about the state of the global HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs. In two long-awaited research papers published in the Lancet, they laid ...

Source : https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/house-passes-marijuana-legislation-bill-moves-to-senate-1.3696405 OTTAWA — The federal government’s plan to legalize marijuana by next summer is a step closer. Bill C-45 received final approval Monday in the House of Commons, passing by a vote of 200-82. It now moves to the Senate, where Conservative senators are threatening to hold up ...

Source : Neuroscientist Dr. Carl Hart: People Are Dying in Opioid Crisis Because of Politicians’ Ignorance | Democracy Now!   President Trump announced Thursday that he is directing the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency—walking back his plans, announced in August, to ...

Source : New research shows cannabinoids inhibits opioid reward, could help ease overdose crisis – Lift News Originally published August 23, 2017 Two recent studies indicate that cannabis could be a valuable tool for fighting the opioid epidemic Federal health minister Jane Philpott has described the opioid epidemic as the “greatest public ...

Source : Opinion: Safe injection sites a small step but big milestone in saving lives|Edmonton Journal Access to Medically Supervised Injection Services Edmonton, known as AMSISE, is a coalition of 25 individuals and groups, including people with lived experience, community agencies, medical, academic, and public sector representatives. AMSISE started as a ...