28 April, 2022 An estimated thirteen thousand people use crack cocaine in the wider Paris region. Recently the police, who have been harassing the community over the last three decades, even built a wall to block people who use crack from the rest of society.… Read More »Video: The Wall of Shame – Why Crack Consumptions Rooms are Needed in Paris
29 April, 20222:30pm London Time As a part of the Global Fund’s CRG Strategic Initiative, INPUD is organizing a Peer Technical Support Hub on the topic of the GF Complaints Mechanism and how it works for the communities. Register for the webinar here: bit.ly/3xe7YwF The… Read More »Global Fund Complaints Mechanism: How can people who use drugs use it effectively?
24 May, 2021 The United Nations General Assembly 2021 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (HLM) will take place from 8-10 June 2021. This kind of meeting only occurs once every five years and is a critical opportunity for people who use drugs to push for policies… Read More »Why Should We Engage in the 2021 UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS? (Video)
8 June, 2021 The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health of people who use drugs is interdependent and indivisible from a range of rights, including the right to non-discrimination and self-determination, the right to be free from arbitrary detention, violence… Read More »The Right to Rights: How do we get there for People who Use Drugs
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… Read More »Extended-Release Opioid Agonist Products: A Community Position Statement
11 June 2019 Chemsex is an emerging term that refers to the use of certain drugs in the context of sex. It is a term associated with a number of communities of gay and bisexual men, the clubbing and club drug scenes, and the fetish… Read More »Chemsex: A Case Study of Drug-Userphobia
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… Read More »The Harms of Drug Use: Criminalisation, Misinformation, and Stigma
17 March, 2022 The following statement was delivered virtually by Jake Agliata on behalf of INPUD at the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs, under agenda item 7: ‘Inter-agency cooperation and coordination of efforts in addressing and countering the world drug problem‘. Excellencies and distinguished colleagues,… Read More »INPUD Intervention at the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs
14 March, 2022; 12:15 CEST This side event for the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs was originally presented on 14 March, 2022. Organised by INPUD, it was co-sponsored by Médecins du Monde, UNAIDS, UNODC HIV/AIDS Section, the Netherlands and Australia. We thank the Robert Carr… Read More »Ending Inequalities for People who Use Drugs: How the Global HIV Response can Transform Drug Policy (and vice versa)
21 February, 2022 Pursuant to the Human Rights Council Resolution 47/17, “Human rights in the context of HIV and AIDS” adopted on 13 July 2021, the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD), Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE), the Global Network of Sex… Read More »Joint Response by Key Population Networks to OHCHR: Human Rights in the Context of HIV and AIDS (HRC Resolution 47/17)