The new regulations will allow family doctors to write the medical cannabis prescriptions under two conditions: when it is an extension of an existing treatment, and only keeping to an existing dosage.
Agios Stefanos prison in Patras is the proud new home of the country's very first "prison" MMT programme, where inmates struggling with addiction can now be provided with proper treatment while incarcerated.
The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights found that the closure of the largest needle and syringe program in Budapest violated the right to health and the mayor is now accusing the ombudsman of “being controlled by the drug lobby”.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry launched an awareness campaign on the spread of the viral hepatitis, aimed at informing citizens about the disease’s symptoms and consequences.
Women who use drugs in Georgia face a desperate struggle not only with their drug problems, but with accessing help in the face of institutionalised and systematic gender discrimination.
The declaration highlights the pressing need to take into account a human rights and public health approach when addressing the world drug problem, when assessing current policies and when finding solutions.
Deaths occur most commonly in people in their 30s, who are dependent, tolerant, long-term injecting users, and so purity variations would not greatly impact this group of people.
