17 May 2023
FPMPAM and AMAM say the GEG will drive smokers to black markets and that vaping regulations are needed urgently instead.
Tag: harm reduction
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.
17 April 2023
HRI executive director Naomi Burke-Shyne says "stigma and lies" are the basis of most public policy on drugs. "Because there is so much scaremongering on drugs, many people have bought into the un-nuanced idea that drug use is bad, rather than drug policy is bad".
17 April 2023
Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark calls for the decriminalisation of drug use and possession and the legal regulation of all drugs, saying that cannabis, for example, should be regulated similar to tobacco that's actually more dangerous.
25 October 2022
As the current Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin is well within the accepted global public health scientific discourse when he dismissed the idea of harm reduction as a less harmful alternative to smoked tobacco.
20 October 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says there is “no such thing” as using vape or e-cigarettes for tobacco harm reduction for non-smokers.
14 September 2022
FPMPAM wants MOH to study the differences in the risk profiles of all non-combustion nicotine products before seeking to ban vape, alongside smoked tobacco, for future generations.
10 August 2022
Police officers who received training on harm reduction reported making fewer arrests for syringe and heroin possession, which could reduce fatal overdoses and HIV spread.