INPUD Publications and Other Useful Documents.
Here is an continually evolving list of interesting publications and information that INPUD release to its members and the wider world and other publications and papers that we think are useful for anyone interested in drug user organising at either a grassroots or international level. If you have a paper you think should be here, please add your suggestion in the comments box on any page, it would be really good if we could begin to collect vital documents regarding drug user organising, Thanks!
INPUD Documents:
INPUD and GIPA: Towards a Meaningful Relationship.4 pages. Volume 1 Issue 1) Issue 1 briefly documents INPUD’s journey onto the international arena and how it is able to use a civil society created document (GIPA Principle – Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV) as a lever in creating partnerships and discussion on an international level, and how it has become an effective tool (endorsed by the UN) for drug user organising. Written by Black Poppy Publications for INPUD
INPUD Membership Information/Application Pack; A detailed document on representation in INPUD and how to become an INPUD member. Click link – INPUD Member Application Pack
Other useful documents on drug user organising and related issues:
Human Rights: Documentation and Advocacy: Produced by OSI, this guidebook/toolkit provides activists with the tools necessary to develop a human rights advocacy plan, particularly by documenting abuses against people who use drugs. Available in English and Russian. Click here.HRDaA_doc
Nordic Countries; Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland
Drug User Organizations in the Nordic Countries – Local, National and International Dimensions. Written by Vibeke Asmussen Frank, Jørgen Anker and Tuukka Tammi Click here for the doc This fascinating document (34 pages) is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of drug user self organising in the Nordic countries. Despite the regional closeness, each country (and their respective drug user organisation) faces its own unique concerns regarding drugs and this well researched paper shines a spotlight on the people who it may be said understand it the best -the drug using community itself. The text follows “the opportunities and challenges that these organizations face in their search for legitimacy and political influence”. It also draws together the “similarities and differences in national contexts that both support and challenge the existence of drug user organizations, including drug policy, social welfare policy, trends in drug use, and organizational conditions organizations.” Well worth a read if your interested in the past and present of drug user organising, if only because the region houses amongst the best examples of drug user organising in Europe if not the world.
