The Pompidou Group provides a series of recommendations to ensure access to opioid agonist treatment, including amending prescription practices and reconsidering stigmatising terminology.
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Partnership on Substance Abuse recommends deploying overdose prevention strategies that empower communities and significantly expand access to naloxone.
UNAIDS sheds light on the global progress toward ending the AIDS epidemic, noting it has slipped dramatically off-track. People who inject drugs remain 22 times more likely to live with HIV than the general population.
The authors argue that despite the growing salience of harm reduction in the new Master Plan, implementation is likely to be significantly hindered by the 'war on drugs' framework that structures the country's drug control responses.
Coalition Plus outlines the many ways in which the war on drugs wreaks devastation among the most vulnerable and how alternative approaches could stop and redress the damage.
ECDC and EMCDDA report suggests new prevention, treatment and care tactics in order to prevent and control the outbreak of infectious diseases, such as HIV and HCV, in prisons.
International Journal of Drug Policy published a report that suggests decriminalisation of marijuana does not lead to increased use amongst young people.
Psychological medicine study suggests there is evidence that ayahuasca, a healing brew used by indigenous populations, has therapeutic values when specifically looking to treat depression.
This policy paper outlines the barriers for the integration of harm reduction into rehabilitation services in Indonesia and proposes policy recommendations to surpass them.
Scottish government research suggests women in Scotland face more drug related deaths due to a multitude of factors including heroin availability, lack of social services, and untreated mental health issues.
Centre for American Progress suggests harm reduction is a necessary tool and paradigm shift that must occur in order for the U.S. to end its war on drugs and address the opioid crisis.
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