Sep/090
Filtering and injecting Morphine
The Network Against Prohibition (NAP) is a group dedicated to promoting and protecting the health and human rights of illicit drug users around the globe as well as the rights of those living in communities in developing countries who rely on opium, coca, cannabis etc for their survival!
The above quote is how The Network Against Prohibition user group from Australia describes themselves at their website.
Among numerous articles that can be found at NAP’s website is a detailed one regarding their suggestions for preparing morphine injections. Everyone who enjoys a hit of morphine, whether occasionally or dependently, should take careful read of the following article:
Filtering and injecting Morphine
Here in Canada we rarely find anyone who takes such careful and harm reduction motivated effort when preparing their hit. Unfortunately the provision of sterifilt filters, let alone wheel filters, are not provided by needle exchange program in Canada (yet).
Sep/090
Now we need a more humane strategy…
The war on drugs has failed. Now we need a more humane strategy is a strong advocacy article by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil, wherein he argues the case for a new global drug policy towards decriminalisation and promoting harm reduction.
The Guardian is one of England’s most well-respected newspapers. It is similar in status to the New York Times in the United States. Over the past several decades The Guardian has run numerous features questioning the “war on drugs”. The paper continued its call for a change in drug policy in its editorial of September 6, 2009 entitled Prohibition’s failed. Time for a new drugs policy
Also in the same edition of The Guardian are a couple other articles providing further rationale that the time for change is now and that change is happening.