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What does Universal Health Coverage Mean for People who Use Drugs: A Technical Brief

24 September, 2019 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as a concept is not new. In fact, its origins date back to the WHO Constitution of 1948 and the ground-breaking Alma-Ata Declaration from the 1978 International Conference on Primary Health Care, urging governments to promote the health of all people. This principle is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Given… Read More »What does Universal Health Coverage Mean for People who Use Drugs: A Technical Brief

Sex Workers who Use Drugs: Ensuring a joint approach

18 October, 2015 Pусский | Español | Français | 简体中文 This joint briefing paper by NSWP and INPUD highlights the specific needs and rights of sex workers who use drugs, as a community that spans two key populations. This document provides an overview of some of the most endemic and substantive ways in which sex workers who use drugs face double criminalisation and associated… Read More »Sex Workers who Use Drugs: Ensuring a joint approach

Out in the cold: Community-led services abandoned as donor funding declines in Kyrgyzstan

4 November, 2020 Pусский In January of 2019, the landscape of support for many people living with or affected by HIV in Kyrgyzstan had changed radically. The middle-income country, already facing declining donor funding for the HIV response, had the services of their three community-led, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) put to an end due to the cease of funding from the… Read More »Out in the cold: Community-led services abandoned as donor funding declines in Kyrgyzstan

Drug User Peace Initiative

January 2015 The so-called ‘war on drugs’ has, with its attendant prohibition of drugs and criminalisation of people who use drugs, driven and exacerbated the risks, harms, and costs that are associated with drug use. In reality, the war on drugs is a war on people who use drugs; it is a war on our health and a war on… Read More »Drug User Peace Initiative

Extended-Release Opioid Agonist Products: A Community Position Statement

4 December, 2019 In recent years, services and options for people with opiate dependence have expanded to include a range of prolonged-release buprenorphine formulations. Although these new options can represent the right solution for some individuals, a significant risk of a coercive use exists, especially in countries where people who use drugs are highly criminalised and discriminated against. In such… Read More »Extended-Release Opioid Agonist Products: A Community Position Statement

Is Decriminalisation Enough? Drug User Community Voices from Portugal

28 September 2018 This is the first community-driven evaluation of the outcomes of Portugal’s decriminalisation of people who use drugs. Introduced in 2000, Portugal’s model of decriminalisation has been hugely influential and is frequently referred to as an example of legislative reform that has improved public health, social order, and the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs. However,… Read More »Is Decriminalisation Enough? Drug User Community Voices from Portugal

The Harms of Drug Use: Criminalisation, Misinformation, and Stigma

2014 Globally, criminalisation of and punitive approaches to drug use continue to be implemented, in spite of there being little evidence to suggest that these policies have yielded positive results. The spread of blood-borne infections like hepatitis and HIV has been driven by the sharing of needles due to legal barriers in obtaining or even just possessing sterile injecting equipment.… Read More »The Harms of Drug Use: Criminalisation, Misinformation, and Stigma

Video: The Narcofeminism Storyshare Model

21 March, 2022 In this powerful new video with Drugreporter and the North Carolina Urban Survivors Union, womxn who use drugs share stories about pregnancy, parenting & drug use. The story share model is an important tool for deconstructing the internalized narratives around the drug war.  Traditional story share models often reinforce tropes and stigma we find in existing cultural… Read More »Video: The Narcofeminism Storyshare Model

The impact of inequalities on HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment, care and support among people who use drugs

17 March 2022 The remarks below were delivered by Adeeba Kamarulzaman, President of the International AIDS Society, at the 65th CND in Vienna. They build off the pre-CND consultation, The impact of inequalities on HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment, care and support among people who use drugs, organised by the UNODC in collaboration with INPUD, the IAS, and WHO… Read More »The impact of inequalities on HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment, care and support among people who use drugs