While attending the Harm Reduction International conference in Melbourne, TJC visits a medically supervised injecting room to learn about the harm reduction services they provided.
Category Archives: Drug Policy
HR23 Diary: Conference opening day!
On building alliances and reforming drug policy.
HR23 Diary: Visiting harm reduction services in Australia
TJC members attend the Harm Reduction International conference in Melbourne, where we’re learning about harm reduction approaches in relation to drug use and drug policy.
Harm reduction is about saving lives, not enabling drug use
When we talk about moving away from punitive approaches in drug policy, one common response is that harm reduction and support for people who use drugs is enabling harmful behaviour. Misconceptions? Many people think about harm reduction in the context of drugs, and it’s also been portrayed as enabling drug use. But in reality, harmContinue reading “Harm reduction is about saving lives, not enabling drug use”
Rayner’s Journey: A recap of an IG live chat
In October 2022, Rayner and Koki — both members of TJC’s Drug Policy working group, sat down talk about about Rayner’s story and his experience with substance use.
ZINE: Abused
What if our system includes those who use drugs, as well as those around them? A zine on drug use and drug policy.
ZINE: What If…?
What if everyone had access to choices? A zine on drug use and drug policy.
“We were like strays”: A life marked by drugs, incarceration, and the death penalty
Singapore’s death penalty for drug offences sees a binary between “victims” of drugs and “predator” traffickers. Nazeri bin Lajim’s experiences show that the reality is much more complex.
Highlights from the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 2021
Excerpts from exchanges between Singapore’s state representatives and the CERD on human rights, race, drugs and the death penalty.
Ayahku, Dr. G: A Film Screening & Discussion
At a recent film screening of Ayahku, Dr. G, activists, creators, and family members of inmates on death row in Singapore and Malaysia discussed the war on drugs in these two countries, societal and governmental challenges faced, and how to move forward with hope. Here’s our recap of the event.
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