Bogota fights heroin overdoses with South America's only supervised drug consumption room

Harm Reduction Activists Gather in Bogotá, as World Grows More Hostile

Around 1,000 people who use drugs, activists, scholars and policymakers have gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, for the 28th annual Harm Reduction International Conference, which opened on April 27. High-profile speakers also include Colombian Minister of Justice Ángela María Buitrago, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, who sent a video salutation. “Welcome to the city that represents global change,” stated Harm Reduct…

Bogota fights heroin overdoses with South America's only supervised drug consumption room

Colombia's capital has South America’s only supervised room for drug use, aimed at reducing harm and preventing overdoses and now a topic of the International Conference on Harm Reduction, which has been taking place since Sunday in Bogota.

Colombia Pioneers Safe Heroin Injection Transforming Latin American Reality

Inside an unmarked room in a modest Bogotá district, people openly inject heroin under the cautious gaze of trained staff. This pioneering Colombian supervised facility signals a groundbreaking effort to curb overdoses and reshape the national conversation around drug use. New Paths Toward Harm Reduction With tattoos spanning his left arm, Christian Camilo Amaya exemplifies … The post Colombia Pioneers Safe Heroin Injection Transforming Latin Am…

In a room without identifying the door, in a mobile street of the district of Santa F , in the center of Bogot , use rivers make controlled consumption of injet drugs you see, within a program of reducing the damage you are about to and avoiding overdoses, preventing the transmission of the pain and offering support to the vulnerabilities you see. Read more (04/29/2025

Asunción, IP Agency.- In different communities of the district of Carlos Antonio López, of the 7th Health Region – Itapúa, educational days were held with the aim of raising awareness about the different forms of addiction, from the consumption of psychoactive substances to other problems such as smoking and alcoholism. The activities were carried out within the framework of the Action Plan against Drug Abuse, with support from health institutio…

It looks like an ordinary stick or straw, but it works wonders. Researchers from a Canadian university have come up with a product called Spikeless, which will be appreciated not only by young women enjoying wild parties. Thanks to it, drugs such as GHB, or hydroxybutyric acid, and ketamine can be detected. That is, substances that are tasteless and odorless, so their detection is almost impossible. Both substances are notorious for being liked …