April 21, 2012
UPDATE: A recording of this event is now available to stream or download. Many thanks to the UNSW Law Society for sharing.
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Ban Ki-Moon
In addition to criminalizing HIV transmission, many countries impose criminal sanctions for same-sex sex, commercial sex and drug injection. Such laws constitute major barriers to reaching key populations with HIV services. Those behaviours should be decriminalized, and people addicted to drugs should receive health services for the treatment of their addiction’.
For example, in Eastern Europe, people who inject drugs represent more than 80 per cent of all people living with HIV but account for less than 25 per cent of those receiving antiretroviral treatment.
Progress made in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
Report of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
7 May 2009
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Drug Rehab | April 24, 2012 at 2:05 am
If you compare the US to most European countries, then I think it’s clear that legalization IS the answer, or at least a far more viable solution than all-out prohibition and use of the criminal justice system. The US and Mexico have some of the toughest drug laws, yet they have incredible rates of drug crime, addiction, and incarceration. Scandanavian countries, on the other hand, have for more liberal policies, and they’ve seen incredible declines in their rates of arrest, drug abuse, and even HIV transmission.