“Cambodia’s ‘war on drugs’ is an unmitigated disaster – it rests upon systematic human rights abuses and has created a bounty of opportunities for corrupt and poorly-paid officials in the justice system, while doing nothing for public health and safety”, said Nicholas Bequelin, Regional Director at Amnesty International. Yet, like the Philippines’ so-called “war on drugs”, this campaign is rife with egregious human rights violations that are disproportionately affecting poor and marginalized people – irrespective of whether ...
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Lenacapavir, an injectable antiretroviral drug developed by Gilead Sciences, recently made headlines after a Phase 3 clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda showed it to be 100% effective in preventing HIV among cisgender women and adolescent girls. Though hailed as a breakthrough in HIV prevention, lenacapavir serves as a stark reminder of the problems with the pricing of life-saving medicines. While further data from this study and results from studies involving other populations are needed,...
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Emotions that may be stronger than usual or change quickly. ; Bad or unsafe situations developing further, including an abusive partner’s escalation of force. ; Individual or family histories of addiction among you or your partner(s).
This report describes the impact of overly punitive drug laws and practices on people who use drugs, and on their families. Human Rights Watch documented abusive, mandatory street drug testing, coe...
The artificial scarcity of these drugs is just one part of a much larger story. At the end of 2022, the FDA reported some 295 drugs in short supply, including cancer treatments, antibiotics, heart medications, and psychoactive medicines. I find four distinct causes for these drug shortages, all of which reinforce each other. But the underlying cause is monopoly power ...
The 67-page report, “Harsh Punishment: The Human Toll of Georgia’s Abusive Drug Laws ,” describes the impact of overly punitive drug laws and practices on people who use drugs, and on their families. Human Rights Watch documented abusive, mandatory street drug testing, coerced plea bargains, and arbitrary additional punishments, such as stripping people of their driver’s licenses or prohibiting them from working in an array of professions, interfering with their ability to earn a livelihood. Georgia has partially liberalized drug laws, ...
We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned about the drastic intensification of anti-drug operations in Sri Lanka leading to significant human rights violations. On 17 December 2023 the Acting Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennekoon, with the endorsement of Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles, spearheaded an operation titled “Yukthiya”, with the stated aim of controlling “the drug menace”. The operation is ongoing as of 10 January 2024, with at least one thousand persons arrested daily. ...
In a violating and abusive move, sometimes abusers will give drugs to an intimate partner without their knowledge. How often does this happen? We don’t really know. There is no solid research on how often abusers drug their unsuspecting partners. Some people who work in the field have told me it is rare for a person to drug their partner; I think this is because they are not asking the right questions. When asked, many survivors have described to me their experiences of being drugged without t...