May 22, 2013 |
by Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, David Holiday
A new report from the Organization of American States envisions possibilities for ending the war on drugs and introducing policies rooted in public health and human rights.
May 16, 2013 |
by Tamar Ezer
Violations of human rights in health care are widespread in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. A series of how-to manuals offers lawyers, patients, and health officials tools for ensuring proper treatment and care for all.
May 15, 2013 |
by Julita Lemgruber
If compulsory treatment of people with drug dependence has been condemned by jurists as unconstitutional and by health care professionals as a complete absurdity—why would the Brazilian government support such an approach?
May 9, 2013 |
by Daniel Wolfe
Condemning people to pain and illness while they wait for a trial isn’t justice, it’s cruelty. And it must stop.
May 8, 2013 |
by Amy Yenkin
The Open Society Foundations are making available to the public an expansive documentary photography collection chronicling some of the most pressing human rights and social issues of our times.
April 29, 2013 |
by Whitney Englander
On April 24, the Obama Administration released its 2013 National Drug Control Strategy—and it contains some huge gains for harm reduction advocates.
April 26, 2013 |
by Rachel Thomas
The “anti-prostitution pledge” detracts from the very goals of the U.S.’s HIV and AIDS programs, and violates first amendment rights.
April 26, 2013 |
by Aleksandr Zelichenko, Tan Sri Mohd Zaman Khan
Good drug policy is good AIDS policy. Drug users and sex workers benefit more from services than from beatings and prison. And as law enforcement officials committed to protecting the public, we can support public health.
April 17, 2013 |
by Kate Lapham
In the United States, health and education policies are colliding with dramatic results in levels of ADHD diagnosis
Grantee Spotlight
April 15, 2013 |
by Judith Klein
A new “universally designed” community home in Croatia offers residents with disabilities independence, instead of the confinement and subordination of institutions.
