La problématique du crack à Genève
Situation et réponses - Rapport de recherche N° 153. (Addiction Suisse, 2023)
https://www.suchtschweiz.ch/publication/la-problematique-du-crack-a-geneve/
Is Brazil’s ‘Anti-Cocaine’ Vaccine a Solution or Social Control?
The recent announcement of additional funding for an “anti-cocaine” vaccine has raised concern across Brazilian harm reduction organisations. Experts from the region question the vaccine efficacy as well as the repercussions its implementation could bring to an already challenging context. (Talking Drugs, UK, 20.06.2023)
https://www.talkingdrugs.org/is-brazils-anti-cocaine-vaccine-a-solution-or-social-control/
Was genau ist Crack? Ist es gefährlicher als Kokain, und was macht es mit dem Gehirn? Die wichtigsten Fakten zu dieser Droge
In Berlin, Zürich, Paris, Genf und vielen anderen Städten nimmt der Crack-Konsum zu, teilweise bilden sich Strassenszenen. Wir erklären, wie diese Droge wirkt und wer sie einnimmt. (NZZ – Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Schweiz, 31.08.2023)
https://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/crack-was-ist-das-und-wie-gefaehrlich-ist-die-droge-ld.1753558
USA. US child dies from fentanyl kept under nursery nap mat
The fentanyl that killed a one-year-old child at a nursery in New York City was hidden in the nap room under a mat as he slept, police say.
Nicholas Dominici, who had been at the nursery for just a week, died of a suspected drug overdose on Friday.
Three other children were admitted to hospital after being exposed to the powerful narcotic at the daycare centre in the Bronx.
Drug conspiracy and murder charges have been filed against two people.
Police believe the children, ranging in age from eight months to two years old, inhaled fentanyl at the nursery. (BBC, UK, 20.092023)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66861588
UN. Human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
GE.23-14757 (E) 140823 150823, 15.08.2023
The present report outlines human rights challenges in addressing and countering key aspects of the world drug problem. It also offers an overview of recent positive developments to shift towards more human rights-centred drug policies, and provides recommendations on the way forward in view of the upcoming midterm review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration and to contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G23/156/03/PDF/G2315603.pdf
PHILIPPINEN. Philippine Outlet Rappler and its CEO Acquitted of Tax Evasion Charges
After a five-years-long process, a Philippine court acquitted on Tuesday the news outlet Rappler Holdings Corporation and its CEO, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa, of the last tax evasion charge filed by the country's former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte’s administration initiated in 2018 five tax evasion cases against Rappler. The last one accused the outlet of failing to provide tax information in 2015 involving an amount of approximately US$11,000.
The other four tax evasion charges were acquitted in the Philippine Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) in January.
“Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte followed a model of autocrats around the world who use complex and confusing foreign ownership and tax laws to attack the independent press,” Can Yeginsu, deputy chair of the high-level panel of legal experts on media freedom told Rappler.
Rappler and Ressa still face two other court procedures - an appeal against a shutdown order and another appeal against a conviction for cyber defamation. Ressa’s lawyer stated that she still faces over 30 years of prison for this charge. (OCCRP - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, USA, 14.09.2023)
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/18041-philippine-outlet-rappler-and-its-ceo-acquitted-of-tax-evasion-charges
AID FOR THE WAR ON DRUGS
Claire Provost, Colleen Daniels, Gaj Gurung & Catherine Cook
©Harm Reduction International, 2023 ISBN 978-1-915255-13-6
https://hri.global/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/HRI_Aid-for-the-War-on-Drugs_Final-1.pdf
USA. Supreme Court blocks $6 billion opioid settlement that would have given the Sackler family immunity
CNN - The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with bankruptcy proceedings, which the Biden administration has called an “unprecedented” arrangement that would ultimately offer the Sackler family broad protection from opioid-related civil claims.
In agreeing to pause the settlement, the court also said it would take up the case and hear arguments this December.
The case arose after the reorganization in bankruptcy of OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma – stemming from litigation arising from claims over its role in fueling the opioid addiction crisis. (CNN, USA, 10.08.2023)
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/10/politics/supreme-court-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement/index.html
Afghanistan. Taliban poppy ban puts Europe on fentanyl alert
Drug users could switch to more dangerous synthetic opioids as heroin supply dries up. (Politico, Europa, 30.03.2023)
https://www.politico.eu/article/taliban-afghanistan-europe-fentanyl-drugs-health-care-opium-alert/
Afghanistan. Ende der größten Opiumwirtschaft der Welt? - Taleban setzten Anbauverbot für Opium durch
Sie scheinen zu schaffen, woran die Staatengemeinschaft in Afghanistan scheiterte, auch wegen politischer Doppelzüngigkeit
„Im Ergebnis der anhaltenden Bemühungen des Islamischen Emirats ist der Anbau von Opiummohn im Land ausgetilgt worden.“ Zahlreiche Expert*innen bestätigen inzwischen diese Aussage von Talebanchef Hebatullah Achundsada aus seiner Botschaft zum islamischen Opferfest, das am Mittwoch begann. (Afghanistan Zhagdablai, Deutschland, 01.07.2023)
https://thruttig.wordpress.com/2023/07/01/ende-der-grosten-opiumwirtschaft-der-welt/
Syrien. A ‘Drug War’: Syria’s Neighbors Fight a Flood of Captagon Across Their Borders
A flood of drugs out of Syria has opened a new phase in the country’s conflict, pitting drug traffickers — with apparent support from Syrian authorities — against security forces in neighboring countries. (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, USA, 27.06.2023)
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/a-drug-war-syrias-neighbors-fight-a-flood-of-captagon-across-their-borders
Kolumbien. Coca price crash contributing to Colombia food insecurity, UN says
BOGOTA, July 14 (Reuters) - A crash in the price of coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine, is contributing to food insecurity in Colombia and causing displacement, as people leave areas that depend on the illicit crop, according to an internal United Nations presentation seen by Reuters.
Historically coca crops have provided better incomes than legal alternatives for thousands of rural Colombian families, with drug-trafficking groups often footing the costs of transport, fertilizers and other supplies. (Reuters, USA, 14.07.2023)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/coca-price-crash-contributing-colombia-food-insecurity-un-2023-07-14/
Mexiko. Mexican drug cartels, poppy farmers and the US fentanyl crisis (Video)
How Mexico’s drug cartels are feeding the US opioid crisis, and putting the country’s poppy farmers out of business. (Al Jazeera, Katar, 07.05.2019, Video, 02.:38)
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/5/7/mexican-drug-cartels-poppy-farmers-and-the-us-fentanyl-crisis
USA. "Problematic" use of opioid settlement money opposed by coalition of public health organizations
Public health groups criticize spending opioid settlement funds on police, criminalization and incarceration. Salon, USA, 16.08.2023)
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/16/problematic-use-of-opioid-settlement-money-opposed-by-coalition-of-public-health-organizations/
End overreliance on punitive measures to address drugs problem – UN report
GENEVA (20 September 2023) – A UN human rights report today calls for a shift from punitive measures to address the global drugs problem to the use of policies grounded in human rights and public health, arguing that disproportionate use of criminal penalties is causing harm. (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Genf, 20.09.2023)
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/09/end-overreliance-punitive-measures-address-drugs-problem-un-report
USA. Call to Action on Opioid Settlement Funds
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control shows there were 109,680 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022. That is over 300 individuals each day, more than twice the number of Americans killed in auto accidents annually, and more than die due to diabetes. Many of these individuals were in the prime of their lives. Opioids including fentanyl are involved in about two-thirds of these deaths. (Open Society Policy Center, USA, 31.08.2023)
https://www.opensocietypolicycenter.org/press_releases/call-to-action-opioid-settlement-funds/
USA. Engaging Community Coalitions to Decrease Opioid Overdose Deaths Practice Guide 2023
This publication is a product of the HEALing Communities Study (HCS) and informed by the Communities That HEAL (CTH) Intervention Manual as well as integral contributions from research and community partners across four research sites. This guide was developed in recognition of the need to center community engagement throughout the efforts to address the opioid overdose crisis. (SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, USA, September 2023)
https://www.samhsa.gov/resource/ebp/engaging-community-coalitions-decrease-opioid-overdose-deaths-practice-guide-2023
Schweiz. «Wir erwarten seit 15 Jahren, im Schweizer Koks Fentanyl zu finden»
Angesichts der fürchterlichen Drogenkrise in den USA und eines drohenden Heroinmangels in Europa wachsen die Sorgen vor Opioiden wie Fentanyl. Ein Interview. (20min.ch, Schweiz, 09.08.2023)
https://www.20min.ch/story/wir-erwarten-seit-15-jahren-im-schweizer-koks-fentanyl-zu-finden-893119569390
EMCDDA. New multi-city syringe analysis uncovers latest patterns of injecting drug use
The latest patterns of injecting drug use in a selection of European cities are presented today in a new analysis from the EMCDDA. The findings are from the agency’s ESCAPE project (1), which investigates the substances used by people who inject drugs (PWID) by chemically analysing the content of used syringes. In the latest ESCAPE data-collection round (2022), the contents of 1 845 used syringes were analysed via a sentinel network of harm-reduction sites in 10 EU cities, plus Oslo, Odessa and Tunis (2). The results show that the drugs being injected in Europe are highly diverse, with a total of 54 psychoactive substances identified. (EMCDDA, Lissabon 14.07.2023)
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/news/2023/new-multi-city-syringe-analysis_en
Buprenorphine deregulation as an opioid crisis policy response - A comparative analysis between France and the United States.
Sud A, Chiu K, Friedman J, Dupouy J.
Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Aug 22;120:104161. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104161. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37619440.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395923002086
Drug cartel violence flares in western Mexico after vigilante leader's killing
APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) — The drug cartel violence that citizen self-defense leader Hipolito Mora gave his life fighting flared anew on Sunday, just one day after he was buried, as shootings and road blockades hit the city of Apatzingan, a regional hub in Mexico’s hot lands. (yahoo News, USA, 07.07.2023)
https://news.yahoo.com/drug-cartel-violence-flares-western-194207811.html
Drug cartel violence flares in western Mexico after vigilante leader's killing
APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) — The drug cartel violence that citizen self-defense leader Hipolito Mora gave his life fighting flared anew on Sunday, just one day after he was buried, as shootings and road blockades hit the city of Apatzingan, a regional hub in Mexico’s hot lands. (yahoo News, USA, 07.07.2023)
https://news.yahoo.com/drug-cartel-violence-flares-western-194207811.html
Ecuador: Presidential Candidate Killed
(Washington D.C.) – The killing of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is a blow to Ecuador’s democracy and underscores a violence crisis in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
On August 9, 2023, an assailant shot and killed Villavicencio as he was leaving a campaign event in Quito, the country’s capital, in advance of the August 20 presidential election. Villavicencio, a journalist and former legislator, had a long record of exposing corruption, human rights violations, and abuses by organized crime. The Attorney General’s Office reported that one suspect was injured during confrontations with the police and died shortly afterward. Six more people were arrested. Villavicencio had reported receiving threats from the Los Choneros, a gang that he associated with the Mexican drug trafficking organization Sinaloa cartel. (Human Rights Watch, USA, 10.08.2023)
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/10/ecuador-presidential-candidate-killed
Ecuador: Presidential Candidate Killed
(Washington D.C.) – The killing of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is a blow to Ecuador’s democracy and underscores a violence crisis in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
On August 9, 2023, an assailant shot and killed Villavicencio as he was leaving a campaign event in Quito, the country’s capital, in advance of the August 20 presidential election. Villavicencio, a journalist and former legislator, had a long record of exposing corruption, human rights violations, and abuses by organized crime. The Attorney General’s Office reported that one suspect was injured during confrontations with the police and died shortly afterward. Six more people were arrested. Villavicencio had reported receiving threats from the Los Choneros, a gang that he associated with the Mexican drug trafficking organization Sinaloa cartel. (Human Rights Watch, USA, 10.08.2023)
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/10/ecuador-presidential-candidate-killed
Associations between opioid overdose deaths and drugs confiscated by law enforcement and submitted to crime laboratories for analysis, United States, 2014-2019: an observational study.
Zibbell JE, Aldridge A, Grabenauer M, Heller D, Clarke SD, Pressley D, McDonald HS.
Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Aug 5;25:100569. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100569. PMID: 37583649; PMCID: PMC10423896.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423896/
Associations between opioid overdose deaths and drugs confiscated by law enforcement and submitted to crime laboratories for analysis, United States, 2014-2019: an observational study.
Zibbell JE, Aldridge A, Grabenauer M, Heller D, Clarke SD, Pressley D, McDonald HS.
Lancet Reg Health Am. 2023 Aug 5;25:100569. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100569. PMID: 37583649; PMCID: PMC10423896.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423896/
Balkan cartel sinks as Spain seizes 2.7 tonnes of cocaine on board large vessel
Simultaneous actions in Serbia and Spain led to the arrests of drug leader and five of his core affiliates. (Europol, 24.08.2023)
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/balkan-cartel-sinks-spain-seizes-27-tonnes-of-cocaine-board-large-vessel
Balkan cartel sinks as Spain seizes 2.7 tonnes of cocaine on board large vessel
Simultaneous actions in Serbia and Spain led to the arrests of drug leader and five of his core affiliates. (Europol, 24.08.2023)
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/balkan-cartel-sinks-spain-seizes-27-tonnes-of-cocaine-board-large-vessel
Singapur. Singapore executes woman for the first time in 20 years
Singapore on Friday executed a woman for the first time in almost 20 years, officials confirmed.
Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45, was found guilty of trafficking 30g (1.06oz) of heroin in 2018.
She is the second drug convict to be executed this week, after fellow Singaporean Mohd Aziz bin Hussain, and the 15th since March 2022.
Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, which it says are necessary to protect society. (BBC, UK, 28.28.07.2023)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66333776
Afghanistan. The Policy Dilemma in Afghanistan: There are no good options in response to the Taliban’s Opium Ban
Speculation and opinions about the Taliban’s narcotics ban have characterised the current debate. However, the evidence clearly suggests that Mullah Haibatullah, the Taliban’s leader, has achieved his objective when promulgating a religious edict against drugs in April 2022. In fact, although the poppy season in Afghanistan is only just coming to its end in the more mountainous parts of the country, in areas such as Badakhshan, it is already apparent that cultivation will have fallen by more than 80% compared with 2022. (David Mansfield in ALCIS, UK, 09.08.2023)
https://www.alcis.org/post/afghanistan-dilemma
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