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Commission on Narcotic Drugs: Progress Towards a Pain Free World?

Posted on: Mar 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet

A US resolution at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs conference could mean that governments that currently do not offer access to these drugs will sit up and take notice.

Obama's Choice: Sane U.N. Drug Policy or the Same Old Failed War-on-Drugs Routine?

Posted on: Jan 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet

America's current foreign policy has very little impact on reducing supply, consumption or cultivation. Obama has a big chance to turn it around.

Obama's HIV Fix: Syringe Exchange Is a Major Component

Posted on: Jan 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Regardless of how one might feel about drug users, syringe exchange is effective, is essential and there is momentum for change.