Two separate workshops brought together panellists with experience in mainstream print and broadcast media, as well as in social media. Symposium participants were able to enrich their understanding of the role of the media--and the realities that they face--in covering issues related to HIV/AIDS.
In 2010, the Appeals Tribunal of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) of Ontario held that Gary Simpson's cannabis costs should be reimbursed. Simpson sustained an acute back injury in 2000 while working as a heavy equipment mechanic. In 2003, Health Canada approved his application for medical marijuana.
This article contains summaries of the five presentations made during this panel. Emilie Laliberté provides an overview of the activities of Stella, which fights for sex workers' rights in the Montréal region. Louis Letellier de St-Just speaks of the work of CACTUS Montreal and the question of public health policy in Quebec as it relates to drugs. Nikki Thomas outlines the dangers that sex workers face on a daily basis due to obstacles in the Criminal Code. Ann Livingston of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and Glyn Thomson of the Positive Living Society of British Columbia each speak of the accomplishments of their respective organizations.
On 27 May 2011, the Leninsky district court of Kaliningrad Region upheld the refusal of the Ministry of Health of Kaliningrad Region to ensure access to opioid substitution therapy (OST) as an effective treatment for opioid dependence and an effective intervention for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs.
On 26 March 2011, when Parliament was dissolved for a federal election, Bill C-393 died on the Order Paper. The bill addressed flaws in Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR), which is supposed to facilitate the export of lower-cost medications, including HIV treatments, to developing countries.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy recently declared in a report that the global "war on drugs" has failed. The report calls for a new approach to reduce drug abuse by replacing the current strategy of criminalization and incarceration of people who use drugs with the adoption of drug policies based on sound scientific evidence as well as on human rights and public health principles.
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by a Grenadian national without legal status in Canada who had sought to receive health coverage under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter).
In July 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court decision stating that a provision in the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Leadership Act) was unconstitutional.
A groundbreaking trial has confirmed that HIV treatment can greatly reduce the transmission of HIV, prompting discussion on next steps and possible human rights implications.
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