http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1966 en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - UK/English/Topics/Health/Narcotics Rewriting the history of drugs http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83926 The new UN World Drug Report tries to hide the failures of drug control policy behind a bad history lesson. Instead of acknowledging that the world body’s 10-year targets have not been met, it offers a narrative of 100 years of success, fabricating a comparison with Chinese opium production and use at the turn of the 20th century. Afghanistan’s food shortage triggering riots http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160187/1/1966 Continuing food crisis in Afghanistan is frustrating people as several cities witness protests, riots and looting. While people blame government for this crisis, experts attribute it to both local and global factors. The country would need over half-a-million tonnes of imported wheat to meet the current demand. ‘There’s more to Afghanistan than fighting’ http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158137/1/1966 Decades of warring guns may have turned Afghanistan into a ‘collapsed state’, but the country is now on the road to recovery, says Ehsan Zia, the Afghan Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Community Development Councils help villagers decide their own projects while microfinance initiatives have benefited women in rural areas. Kyrgyzstan's Invisible Addicts [photoessay] http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81887 In Kyrgyzstan and many other Central Asian countries, social norms bar women drug users from self-help programs, such as needle exchange, and facilitate their exploitation by other members of society. Afghanistan’s opium driven GDP http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/155437/1/1966 Opium accounts for more than half of Afghanistan’s GDP (at 53%) in 2007, says UNODC’s recent Afghan Opium Survey. The total export value of opiates produced and trafficked from the country hit $4 billion this year, of which three-quarters have been made by drug traffickers and insurgents, says Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of UNODC. Narcotics experts condemn legal opium project in Afghanistan http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/154890/1/1966 A proposal to grow opium poppy for medical use by the Afghan Senlis Council and the European Parliament has led to outrage among narcotics experts and officials working to end the opium trade. Legalizing poppy production, they fear, will lead to further insecurity among people. Children in Nepal sniffing glue to forget hunger http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/154623/1/1966 Homeless children are sniffing glue on the streets of Kathmandu to ward off hunger pangs. The NGO Child Workers in Nepal (CWIN) says 95% of the approximately 900 street children in Nepal's biggest city are addicted to dendrite. Afghanistan in dire straits http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/153672/1/1966 A recent report on Afghanistan reveals that social and economic progress is still a distant dream for its people as they struggle amidst military conflict. Over six million Afghans remain hungry while 60,000 children are addicted to drugs, the Human Development Report 2007 claimed. Crystal Methamphetamine and HIV: The Connection http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/152807/1/1966 Glue Boys - The Trailer http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/149392/1/1966 Advocating Protection of Drug-Addicts’ Human Rights http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/146991/1/1966 The “Doverba” Ngo, in cooperation with the Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia (FOSIM), announced, at the press conference held last Wednesday, March 7, the start of the pilot-project for Advocacy of Protection of Human Rights of Drug-Users. Be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/141397/1/1966 Under the framework of the “Be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem” National Campaign, series of educational and cultural events will be held in Skopje, under the motto “Attention! Prejudice Overdose”. The National Campaign aims to introduce the general public about the problem for reduction of damages and stigmatization and discrimination of drug-abusers and their families. Jericho http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/135667/1/1966 Youth in bangladesh join hands to combat drugs http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/135566/1/1966 An initiative by some youth in Bangladesh has raised great hopes among townspeoeple in Mymensingh. Their success in an anti-drug campaign has drawn attention of all including local public representatives and police officials. Fighting Drug-Abuse Demands Joint Efforts http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/135179/1/1966 The Macedonian Network for Reduction of Drug-Abuse (MNRDA), led by non-governmental organizations “Trust” (Doverba), “HOPS-Healthy Living Options Skopje”, and “Pasage”, protested the suspended process for dispersion of centres for prevention and treatment of drug-addicts in Skopje. The organizations claim that the continued postponement of the opening of the centres further jeopardizes the health of a huge number of addicts.