While it is not yet clear whether the Taliban's opium ban will remain, policymakers must consider the huge risk of increased overdose deaths in Europe if the heroin supply does dry up, and urgently begin contingency planning and delivery of interventions.
Youth-led organisations are mobilising to demand more accessible treatment and harm reduction programmes, and to put an end to criminalisation and state violence.
Policy changes broadening the range of state responses to people who use drugs have facilitated the work of peer-led organisations providing health and harm reduction.
Against the backdrop of police harassment, extortion and imprisonment, drug user networks provide a vital lifeline through the provision of harm reduction equipment and information.
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Czechia's plans to legally regulate cannabis are likely to be challenged by other EU member states who oppose the move, despite the ongoing harms and costs of prohibition across Europe.
WHO improves its information-sharing process by introducing a new single-source repository, representing the only online, freely accessible collection of information and reports on new psychoactive substances and medicines.
