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Around the world, hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children with mental health conditions have been shackled—chained or locked in confined spaces—at least once in their lives. Of the 60 countries where Human Rights Watch found evidence of shackling, only a handful have laws, policies or strategies in place that explicitly ban or aim to end shackling of people with mental health conditions. Human Rights Watch calls on the international community and national governments to ban shackling, adopt measures to reduce stigma against people with psychosocial disabilities, and develop adequate, voluntary, and community-based mental health services. Read more in this report (82 Pages).
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), 2020
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview and summary of the European drug situation up to the end of 2019. Watch this five minute video of the key findings.
Download PDF: European Drug Report 2020: Trends and Developments
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Kiva Centers request to video my story for the KIVA center and his Global Peer Support Network." - Marlie Van De Berg
Kiva Centers are peer-run, survivor-led, healing justice communities in Massachusetts. Our trauma-informed community-healing model offers training, technical assistance, peer support, and networking opportunities.
