Drug consumption rooms: Evidence and practice

This briefing paper provides a short summary of the background, history and objectives of drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and analyses available evidence regarding their impact. The second part of the briefing paper consists of an overview of the various DCRs in...

Inside Stories: Sheryl

Meet Sheryl, a mother of two who was infected with hepatitis C from sharing drug injection equipment. She describes the trauma of prison. Part of a series on prison health.

Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group, Sixteenth Session (2012) re: Review of Russian Federation

This report is focused on the implementation of recommendations given to the Government of the Russian Federation by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding access to HIV prevention, drug treatment and overdose prevention among people...