4 July 2024
Current drug laws focus on criminalisation, causing high incarceration rates and poor outcomes. Reform is needed to prioritise harm reduction and treatment.
Tag: harm reduction
4 August 2023
At a Monash University Malaysia forum, a UCL health psychology professor, whose research area is tobacco, says data on harm from e-cigarettes is hard to interpret, since most users are ex-smokers, claiming that the science shows harm reduction for vape.
12 July 2023
Azalina Othman Said says BHEUU is studying two proposals: a sentencing council to review all criminal sentences in legislations, including for drug offences, and promoting community-based rehab instead of jail for offenders sentenced to jail for ≤3 years.
9 June 2023
Vaping is not just about nicotine addiction, but the trap of #VapeLife for Malaysian youths. Three young adults explain how they switched from conventional to e-cigarettes, vaping for years due to flavours and the vaping lifestyle.
7 June 2023
The Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2023 must be passed and implemented to protect our vulnerable youth before another generation of smokers is enslaved by nicotine.
7 June 2023
MOH moots – for its Control of Smoking Product for Public Health Bill – an indefinite delay of the GEG ban on cigarettes with heating devices (e-cigs/ vape/ heated tobacco), separate from the immediate enforcement of the GEG ban on conventional cigarettes.
17 May 2023
FPMPAM and AMAM say the GEG will drive smokers to black markets and that vaping regulations are needed urgently instead.
4 May 2023
At the Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) in Melbourne, Australia, people inject drugs under medical supervision. MSIR provides other services, including Hep C testing, opioid replacement therapy, a GP clinic, and dental care. Should Malaysia adopt this?
25 April 2023
A French study on drug consumption rooms (DCRs) in Paris and Strasbourg – where people inject drugs safely – shows less overdoses, shared needles, abscesses, ER visits, public drug use, and crime, compared to cities without DCRs.
18 April 2023
Malaysia
Ramkarpal: Desperately Poor Drug Mules Inspired Malaysia’s Repeal Of Mandatory Death Penalty
Deputy Minister Ramkarpal Singh says executing a drug mule – like a desperate mother trying to feed her kids – won't deter other similarly desperate people. He describes Malaysia’s repeal of the mandatory death penalty as "a bit of a milestone" in his political career.