The Global Commission on Drug Policy has just released its second report entitled:
The War on Drugs and HIV/AIDS. How the criminalisation of Drug Use fuels the Global Pandemic.
http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/
The Global Commission is comprised of 6 Former Presidents and other World Leaders (including Sir Richard Branson) and today released its report and urgent ten point plan.
To uphold the UN general assembly committment to reduce HIV rates amongst PWID by 50% by 2015 World Leaders must ACT URGENTLY.
In a first step we must acknowlege and address the undeniable link between the War On Drugs and the subsequent criminalization of drug use and drug users and the spread of HIV\AIDS.
The HIV epidemic continues to grow amongst people who inject drugs. Of the 16 Million people worldwide who inject drugs,1 in every 5 is HIV positive.
The current UN single convention is over 50 years old and was written before the AIDS epidemic.
The War on Drugs and HIV/AIDS. How the criminalisation of Drug Use fuels the Global Pandemic.
The Global Commission is comprised of 6 Former Presidents and other World Leaders (including Sir Richard Branson) and today released its report and urgent ten point plan.
To uphold the UN general assembly committment to reduce HIV rates amongst PWID by 50% by 2015 World Leaders must ACT URGENTLY.
In a first step we must acknowlege and address the undeniable link between the War On Drugs and the subsequent criminalization of drug use and drug users and the spread of HIV\AIDS.
The HIV epidemic continues to grow amongst people who inject drugs. Of the 16 Million people worldwide who inject drugs,1 in every 5 is HIV positive.
The first reccomendation from the commission is to end the criminalization of drug use.
This is key to the report.The current UN single convention is over 50 years old and was written before the AIDS epidemic.
