The study, soon to be published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, assessed changes in the availability of five substances commonly used among people who inject drugs (IDUs) in Bangkok between 2009 and 2011.

The report summarises two years of research findings on HIV risk behaviours and barriers to accessing HIV and harm reduction services among people who inject drugs.

A coalition of health and human rights organisations have voiced their fears that the Thai government’s planned round up of people suspected of using drugs will trample on human rights and potentially rekindle widespread abuses of vulnerable people.

The Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group (TTAG) developed a policy brief, "Illuminating a Hidden Epidemic: The Public Health Crisis of HIV/HCV Co-infection Among Injecting Drug Users (IDU) in Thailand," which will also be adapted to the regional level in collaboration with Indian, Chinese and...

This study suggests that Thai people who inject drugs suffer from high rates of overdose. There is a need to expand harm reduction strategies in Thailand and to further emphasize the need to balance the current emphasis on enforcement-based responses to drug use with health-focused policies.