Brazil's Drug Secretary will finance new research into:
1- Preventing prob. use of drugs
2- New psychoactive substances
3- AI & tech
4- Public safety
5- Policy impact on racialized communities

Funding details below!
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It’s an important day, today. The international day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. A day when we shout out our love, support and empathy as we stand with a host of partners, arm in arm with the amazing LGBTI+ community.
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🚨Increasingly, prohibition is understood as a tool of settler-colonial oppression and state-sanctioned violence over indigenous people.

In Australia, Kev Dertadian (he/him) highlights these powers at work - especially through the 'savage native' lens.

ENJOY 🙏⤵️
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It was lovely working with the folks at TalkingDrugs for this piece on the need for drug researchers to build #solidarity with #FirstNations communities.

Read here: talkingdrugs.org/prohibition-co…

This entire thread is indicative of how recovery folks can be dehumanising for those that choose to use drugs, access harm reduction services, or are looking to find a way of life that isn't straight abstinence.

And we're supposedly on the 'same side'.

The EU Drug Policy Manifesto is an ambitious attempt to shape European conversations around the future of drugs in the bloc 🚀

What does it contain? We spoke with Correlation - European Harm Reduction Network UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health & Sven Clement of Piraten.lu ⤵️
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#Malaysia 's home minister proceeds with drug law reforms to decriminalise the use of drugs, but Adeeba Kamarulzaman warns against retaining mandatory #drugrehab programmes. Instead, she advises making diverse options available. #drugdecrim freemalaysiatoday.com/category/natio…

The war analogy is prohibition's best tool - it portrays any changes from all-out violence on drugs and who uses/sells/makes them as 'losing'.

What's at risk? The 'destruction of thousands of families'.

This framing prevents any progress or opposition.
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A TIJ Thailand study in 2021 showed how lowered thresholds for methamphetamine possession led to Thailand having amongst the world's highest rates of incarceration, especially for females - most of whom were/are mothers: knowledge.tijthailand.org/en/publication… Stop repeating failed policies!

🚨The newly formed Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa has big ambitions to push for drug policy change in #NewZealand 🚀

Launched just this week, we spoke with Julian Buchanan about their objectives and 1st year ambitions!

+ comments from Sarah Helm (she/her)
✍️André Gomes
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The catastrophic situation in Palestine also affects people who use drugs, colleagues in Switzerland GREA reiterate our side event's recommendations for the protection of people who use drugs in humanitarian and other crisis settings.
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Only 7g authorised for possession;
Criminal records are not automatically expunged;
Allowing for cannabis use where tobacco is also allowed;
Decriminalising social sharing;

These are just some proposals that Releaf Malta made to ensure Malta remains progressive in cannabis.