Category: News, Blogs & Updates

We will miss you – Luke.
Luke Samson (1956–2025)
The entire Network of Asian People who Use Drugs (NAPUD) family was deeply saddened to learn about Luke’s death. Our team continues to mourn and finds it hard to believe that he is not with us.
A Rights-Based Approach to Drugs, Drug Use, and People Who Use Drugs in India – International Drug Users Day 2024
By Simon W Beddoe, Harm Reduction Advocacy. Today, November 1st, in countries across the globe, people with lived or living...

NAPUD Regional Photo Contest 2024: EXTENDED DEADLINE until 26 November 2024
For the International Drug Users Day 2024 (#IDUD24), NAPUD has launched a Regional Photo Contest, which is open to individuals with lived or living experience of drug use, as well as community-led organizations and networks of people who use drugs in the South and Southeast Asia regions. JOIN US! by submitting photos that tell our stories and align with the contest themes.

NAPUD participation in the 67th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
The NAPUD Executive Board Chairperson Mr. Abou Mere attended the UNODC/CSO face-to-face meeting held on Wednesday 13-Mar-24 in the Vienna...

Trailblazer of Vietnam
According to estimates, Vietnam is home to approximately 189,000 people who inject drugs (from 2019 to 2022), with an HIV...

Broken Urine Testing Policies in Thailand Harming Thousands
Since the 1970s, Thailand has grappled with how to address drug trafficking within its borders, as the country evolved into...

Before and after Duterte, Cebu group banners ‘better answer’ to drug war
In the midst of Duterte’s war on drugs, Johann ‘Panki’ Nadela and his fellow community members at IDU Care continued...

VNPUD National Dissemination Meeting
Purpose:To disseminate findings on the current situation of People who Use Drugs in Vietnam Objective:– Present findings to experts and...
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