Global War on Drugs Takes Devastating Toll on Human Lives, Advocates Say
Press Release
March 5, 2009
In advance of a UN meeting meant to set the direction of drug policy for the next decade, the Open Society Institute released a report documenting the health and human rights costs of current, repressive approaches to drug control.

Newsflash Georgia: Citizens Mobilize to Amend Country’s Drug Laws
December 19, 2008
More than 58,000 Georgians have petitioned the government to reform the country’s punitive drug policies.

Superheroes Raise Awareness of Lifesaving Medicines for Drug Users
August 3, 2008
OSI has launched a campaign, "Where's the Methadone?" to raise awareness about the lack of access to lifesaving drug-addiction treatments.

Leading Groups Petition to Protect Human Rights of Drug Users on UN Anti-Drug Day
June 26, 2008
More than 400 leading HIV, public health, and human rights organizations in 78 countries endorsed a petition that urges the UN to address drug use through public health measures rather than through punitive policies.

A Light in the Dark: Health Services for Drug Users in St. Petersburg
August 2008
 VIDEO  
This multimedia piece documents the work of an OSI grantee fighting to save the lives of injecting drug users.

Human Rights Documentation and Advocacy
February 2009
Produced by OSI, this guidebook provides activists with the tools necessary to develop a human rights advocacy plan, particularly by documenting abuses against people who use drugs.

Nothing About Us Without Us
May 2008
This report and manifesto addresses the fact that millions of people who use drugs remain largely unrepresented in public health decisions, including responses to HIV and hepatitis C epidemics.

Barriers to Access: Medication-Assisted Treatment and Injection-Driven HIV Epidemics
April 2008
Life-saving, medication-assisted addiction treatment remains largely inaccessible in developing and transitional countries with injection-driven HIV epidemics, as this OSI fact sheet documents.

Police, Harm Reduction, and HIV
April 2008
This fact sheet describes how police practices help fuel HIV epidemics by driving drug users away from lifesaving care while doing little to stem drug use, and discusses how police and health providers can work together to save lives.

Harm Reduction Developments 2008
March 2008
This OSI report provides a snapshot of key developments in HIV prevention, policy, and treatment for injecting drug users in countries with injection-driven HIV epidemics.