Maziyar Ghiabi, guest editor of the special issue explains the 3 main purposes of this issue: complementarity, questions of methods and discipline, and finally to challenge the established assumptions about the place of drugs in the social sciences.
Both the criminalization of drug use, and high stigma and discrimination faced by PWUD, negatively affect access to health services for this population.
The FORECAST study conducted by the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recommends support for drug
checking as a public health approach to the fentanyl crisis.
The International Network of Drug Consumption Rooms calls for lessened barriers for the provision of HCV services, particularly at safer consumption sites.
The UN Secretary-General provides an overview of the global situation on drugs, and crucially highlights cross-UN efforts to implement the UNGASS Outcome Document.
