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Check out NAPUD's new publication. This issue focuses on "Long-Acting Depot Buprenorphine (LADB): Access, choice and equity for people who use drugs in Asia-Pacific".

https://napud.org/long-acting-depot-buprenorphine-ladb-access-choice-and-equity-for-people-who-use-drugs-in-asia-pacific/

Trump lauds India's crackdown on poppy farming; lists 23 major drug transit nations Trump praises India's efforts against poppy farming while urging China to combat precursor chemicals for synthetic drugs.

On behalf of the Network of Asian People who Use Drugs (NAPUD), we extend our heartfelt condolences to Yudi’s family, friends, and all who had the privilege of knowing and working alongside him. We share in your grief and mourn this tremendous loss together.
, dear Yudi.
Your struggle, your courage, and your love for the community will never be forgotten.

With deepest sympathy,
Network of Asian People Who Use Drugs (NAPUD)

https://napud.org/your-struggle-your-courage-and-your-love-for-the-community-will-never-be-forgotten-rest-in-peace-dear-yudi/

The wait is over! 🎉

Join us in Belfast next May for another transformative global harm reduction gathering.

Book now to secure your place at the early bird rate. 👉 https://hr27.hri.global/registration/

ICYMI: Earlier this week we opened registration for our upcoming webinar launching our newest report, The Human Cost of Policy Shifts: A World in Turmoil. This report is a follow-up to last year's report measuring how cuts to global harm reduction and health services have created a full-blown emergency for people who use drugs, initiating a human rights crisis that is costing more lives every day.

🗓 21 July, 2026
🕓 14:00–15:30 CET
🔗 https://bit.ly/4aLxvjS

Read more information on the report, including an executive summary, here: inpud.net/human-cost-of-policy-shifts/

Melbourne injecting room cut ambulance callouts by 70pc, report reveals Data from a new paper shows the number of heroin-related ambulance call-outs dropped from 48 a month to 14 a month in the first five years following the Richmond medically supervised injecting room's opening.

End criminalisation of drug use Earlier this month, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its latest regional report showing another year of record-breaking increases in drug seizures made by countries in Southeast and East Asia, particularly of methamphetamine and ketamine -- both synthetic drugs produced....

On this 26 June, NAPUD and its national network members jointly call on governments, donors, UN agencies, civil society, and development partners to move beyond failed punitive approaches and embrace policies grounded in science, public health, human rights, and social justice.

https://napud.org/support-dont-punish-invest-in-health-rights-and-communities-across-asia/

The ‘war on drugs’ is a war on us
The ‘ ’ is a war on people. It hurts us all, and particularly those already pushed to the margins.

On Day, 26 June, communities worldwide reclaim the narrative and build alternatives anchored in health and rights.

Join Support. Don’t Punish Global Day of Action 2026 Resisting repression. Building care. Across the world, communities continue to resist punitive drug policies and build alternatives rooted in care, dignity and justice. While the ongoing backlash against harm reduction and decriminalisation is highly...