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REGIONAL CHAPTERS THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 REREGGIONIALO OVERNVIEWAL ASIA 2 OVERVIEW: ASIA THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 AUTHOR OF ASIA REGIONAL OVERVIEW: Gideon Lasco Gideon Lasco is senior lecturer at the University of the Philippines, Diliman Department of Anthropology, research fellow at Ateneo de Manila University, Department of Development Studies, and honorary fello. [...] This is illustrated penalty for drug offences.7 by the suicide of South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun following allegations of drug use and the trauma and In the Philippines, there have been some welcome stigmatisation experienced by LGBTQI+ people in developments, like the dropping of trumped-up Singapore.21,22 THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 REGIONAL OVERVIEW ASIA 8 Civil society organisatio. [...] THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 “ Many harm reduction programmes are designed for injecting drug use, even as drug use in the region has continued to shift to methamphetamine and amphetamine-type stimulants.” THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 REGIONAL OVERVIEW ASIA 10 KEY ISSUE DISPARITIES IN DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICES As Global State of Harm Reduction reports indicate, Many harm reduc. [...] 1,576 clients in its first 10 months.44 Meanwhile, 34,35 Crucially, marginalised communities are also on the incorporation of harm reduction services in the receiving end of the structural drivers of harms Malaysia’s healthcare system through One Stop related to drug policies.36,37,38 Crisis Centres is increasing access and improving trust.50 THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 REGIONAL OVERVI. [...] All of the at least 15 executions that Singapore carried out in 2022 and 2023 were for drug-related offences THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 REFERENCES 12 1 Muslim, N., (28 June 2024), ‘Taking The Next Step In The Nation’s Drug Policy, vol.