This week, diplomats gathered at the United Nations in New York will adopt a document outlining the future of global drug policy a text that may have been better in the eyes of many advocates if it weren’t for one country: Russia. Moscow’s rise as the most vocal proponent of the drug war not only affects the pace of change worldwide, it has also created a domestic HIV crisis, and coincided with allegations of corruption among top Russian drug officials.The outcome document of the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) was drafted in Vienna last month. There, …read more
Source: VICE News
