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The Will to Live and to Win: people who use drugs fighting for their lives in Ukraine.

“Everything collapses in front of your eyes. Yet you are still here, standing strong. You have food to eat and a bed to sleep. It is a miracle”. For Ukraine, 2022 has been a year about fighting back against the full-scale invasion by Russia launched on February 24th, 2022. Despite the catastrophic consequences of this war, the community has led… Read More »The Will to Live and to Win: people who use drugs fighting for their lives in Ukraine.

Global Fund Technical Support hub- Grant Cycle 7 lessons learnt.

On Thursday 27 April, members from INPUD got together to learn more about the process, progress, and lessons learnt on the current Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 and to share knowledge with the countries applying in Window 2,3 and onwards. The speakers were from Indonesia, Nigeria, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. What is the Global Fund Funding Cycle 7? The new funding cycle of… Read More »Global Fund Technical Support hub- Grant Cycle 7 lessons learnt.

INPUD condemns Singapore’s execution of Tangaraju.

The International Network of People who Use Drugs stand in solidarity with peer-led networks and civil society organisations today in condemning Singapore’s execution of Tangaraju s/o Suppiah, another casualty of the unjust, excessive, oppressive, and ineffective war on drugs. Our opposition to the death penalty is based on moral and practical grounds. Capital punishment is a violation of the Declaration… Read More »INPUD condemns Singapore’s execution of Tangaraju.

My case story: Rita Nyambura

Born in 1999 in Dagoretti, Nairobi Kenya, I was abandoned and left under the care of MY grandmother who unlike majority of grandparents who love care and treasure their grandchildren, MY case was different since I was mistreated and malnourished by my maternal grandmother. My name is Rita Nyambura and this is my Recovery story. In 2012 at the age… Read More »My case story: Rita Nyambura

Magic green medicine

Hi there! My name is Marina, I am here to tell you the history of how Cannabis changed the course of my life. I grew up in a rural and remote area called Colonia Aurora, which has a very small population. We had a pharmacy at home and very early in my life my father taught me that the medicine… Read More »Magic green medicine

My name is Natalie Jacobs, and this is my experience as a substance user.

This will tell you where I was and where I am now. I started using crystal methamphetamine, also known as known “TIK,” when I was 27 years old. I had recently lost my mother, who meant the world to me and was my everything. My mother’s death seemed like the center of my universe had been taken from my heart… Read More »My name is Natalie Jacobs, and this is my experience as a substance user.

Accepting vulnerabilities – breaking free of emulated standards that demarcate us.

Diminished sense of self, dependency, deteriorating health, and delipidated contact with reality – the overwhelming feeling that came rushing subsequent to when I questioned my life choices. That unwinnable rationalization in my head between internalized stigma and empathy for self. In February 2020, I got enrolled in a master’s program as a young woman in her twenties becoming a psychologist… Read More »Accepting vulnerabilities – breaking free of emulated standards that demarcate us.

Junkies, sluts and feminists: where are we in the witch legacy?

I recently watched a lecture from Kristen J Sollee’s on her book Witches, Sluts and Feminists. I first thought she was preaching to me, the converted. Already a feminist academic who appreciates scholarly research into the demonisation of women and our sexuality. What was this ‘witch feminism?’ Why does that sound so appealing? I come from a long line ofstrong… Read More »Junkies, sluts and feminists: where are we in the witch legacy?