National HIV league report in Myanmar
This report presents the key findings and recommendation of the review of Myanmar's legal framework and its impact on acess to health and HIV prevention and treatment services for people living with...
View ArticleCannabis regulation: the need to develop guidelines on use
A regulated cannabis market could be a good thing. Potential benefits range from breaking the dominance of drug cartels and redistributing law enforcement budgets to taxation, consumer choice, quality...
View ArticleMarijuana use associated with lower death rates in patients with traumatic...
LA BioMed researchers surveyed emergency patients tested for THC levelsLOS ANGELES – – Surveying patients with traumatic brain injuries, a group of Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute researchers...
View ArticleAdvocacy for the human rights of people who use drugs
Contextual backgroundProtection of the human rights of People who Use Drugs is important, not only because the rights of these people must be respected, protected and fulfilled, but also because it is...
View ArticleNew trends and regional differences in the manufacturing of methamphetamine
The illicit manufacture of methamphetamine has traditionally been concentrated in North America and East and South-East Asia , close to the major consumer markets. The latest UNODC's Global SMART...
View ArticleDeveloping drug policy: gender matters
Patterns of drug use, sales and trafficking are profoundly gendered. Most users, dealers and traffickers are men, so women suffer from their "Cinderella status" whereby interventions are aimed at the...
View ArticleThe road to UNGASS 2016: Process and policy asks from IDPC
In the summer of 2016, there will be a United Nations General Assembly Special Session held in New York, dedicated to the issue of drug policy. The General Assembly is the highest policy making and...
View ArticleHow to respond to organised crime and leave behind the "War on drugs"
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View ArticleMarijuana legalisation is an opportunity to modernise international drug...
Two U.S. states have legalized recreational marijuana, and more may follow; the Obama administration has conditionally accepted these experiments. Such actions are in obvious tension with three...
View ArticleCommunity-based treatment and care for drug use and dependence - Information...
Community based treatment refers to a specific integrated model of treatment for people affected by drug use and dependence in the community which provides a continuum of care from outreach and low...
View ArticleKey findings from the 2014 IDRS: a survey of people who inject drugs in...
Key findingsHeroin remained the most commonly reported drug of choice.Recent heroin use remained stable and frequency of use increased . The availability of heroin was ‘very easy’ and purity ‘low’.The...
View ArticleDrug injection trends among participants in the Australian Needle and Syringe...
Key findingsNationally, heroin and methamphetamine were the most commonly reported drugs last injected in 2013. Over the period 2009 to 2013, prevalence of heroin injection declined and methamphetamine...
View ArticleTowards a human rights-based drug policy in Tanzania: A public health approach
Now that the Tanzanian drug law is under revision, it is time for the government to move away from the war on drugs and move towards a rights-based approach. Only this way we will be able to curb the...
View ArticleDruglink: UK drug scene - telling the story
This issue of Druglink covers the period 1986- 94, ending with the lead-up to the publication of the first proper UK drug strategy Tackling Drugs Together. It intends to reflect the key developments of...
View ArticleOpioid-related deaths in Australia
From 2007 to 2009, the number of opioid drug deaths identified on the National Coronial Information System increased by 25.0% , with an apparent subsequent decrease in opioid related fatalities in 2010...
View ArticleAssociation of opioid agonist therapy with lower incidence of hepatitis C...
Importance - Injection drug use is the primary mode of transmission for hepatitis C virus infection. Prior studies suggest opioid agonist therapy may reduce the incidence of HCV infection among...
View ArticlePersisting pain in children package: WHO guidelines on the pharmacological...
The brochure Persisting pain in children for policy-makers offers concise information which is extracted from the WHO guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of persisting pain in children with...
View ArticleCare when there is no cure - Ensuring the right to palliative care in Mexico
Tens of thousands of patients with terminal illnesses in Mexico suffer unnecessarily from severe pain and other symptoms because they cannot access adequate end-of-life care, Human Rights Watch said in...
View ArticleDrugs: International comparators
This report describes the findings of the Coalition Government’s international comparators study of approaches to drugs misuse and drug addiction. The UK Government has considered a range of policy and...
View ArticleIDPC/Youth RISE case study series: Drug policy, harm reduction and young...
While the United States of America has become infamous for having the largest prison population in the world as a result of its regressive drug policy, the impacts of its drug policy towards young...
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