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Drug Users Need Care, Not Punishment with Rosma Karlina

Drug Users Need Care, Not Punishment with Rosma Karlina

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Today, Rosma Karlina talks about her experiences with drug use and her time in prison, highlighting the harm caused by incarceration and forced rehabilitation programs. She also explains why health-focused, human-rights approaches like peer support, counselling, and community programmes are so important for women who use drugs.

Rosma is the director of SPINN, an Indonesian community group supporting women and trans women who use drugs. She is also part of the International Network of Formerly Incarcerated Women.

Learn more about the International Network of Formerly Incarcerated Women: theinfiw.com

To learn more about some of the issues touched upon in this episode, visit www.womenbeyondwalls.org/rosma

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