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Published in: HomeThe Exile Nation Project: An Oral History of the War on Drugs & The American Criminal Justice System
openDemocracy & the Tedworth Charitable Trust proudly launch our multi-year, multimedia oral history project with...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of April 4th 2011
Following UNODC Executive Director Yuri Fedotov's speech last week in which he called for a rededication to the 1961...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of March 28th 2011
With the close of the 54th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna last week, we lead this weeks...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of March 21st 2011
We lead this week with news of the 54th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs which opened yesterday in...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of March 14th 2011
We lead this week with exciting news of a special preview of "The Exile Nation Project: An Oral History of the War...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of March 7th 2010
We lead this week with the disturbing news that Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis, a dear friend and colleague, was set up by...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of February 20th 2010
We lead this week with news of the impending meeting between UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, and...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of February 14th 2010
We lead this weeks report with promising news of the launch of the new Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs,...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of February 7th 2011
It gives me great pleasure to lead our report this week with news of the world premiere of "The Exile Nation...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s heroin epidemic: why the government is ducking the issue
Drug addiction in Russia has reached epidemic proportions, but the government is refusing to address the problem...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of January 31st 2011
We lead this week with promising news of a new Global Commission on Drug Policies, led by world political leaders,...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of January 24th 2011
We lead this week's report with news of the disquieting appointment to the ACMD of Dr Raabe, an anti-harm reduction...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of January 17th 2011
We lead this week's Report with an HCLU study on the risks related to blood borne and sexually transmitted...
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Published in: oDRFree fall: a Russian drug addict crashes – again!
ODR recently published the story of an intelligent, educated Russian woman who is HIV+ and drug dependent. This was...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of January 3rd 2011
We lead this weeks report with news that CVS, the largest operator of pharmacies in the United States, agreed to pay...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of December 27th, 2010
We lead this first report of 2011 with a look back at the top stories of last year - a year which saw; the...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of December 20th, 2010
We lead this weeks report with news of a petition to stop the abusive treatment of prisoners in Georgia and support...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of December 13th 2010
This week we lead with news of an horrific abuse of power by undercover narcotics agents which saw the unlawful...
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Published in: oDRHIV positive in Russia: where is our medication?
openDemocracy Russia recently published the harrowing tale of a Russian drug-dependent woman Irina Teplinskaya, and...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of December 6th 2010
This week, we lead with news of the MAPS Conference, taking place this weekend in Los Angeles and featuring...