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23 June 2011

EMCDDA Drug Policy Profiles - Portugal

This first profile describes the national drug policy of Portugal, including national strategies and action plans, the legal context within which they operate and the public funds spent, or committed, to resource them. It also describes the political bodies and mechanisms set up to coordinate the response to the multi-faceted problem and the systems of evaluation that may help to improve future policy.
22 June 2011

IDPC Briefing Paper - Policy responses to drug issues in Malaysia

This paper provides an insight into Malaysian drug policies and the environment in which the national response to drugs has been developing in terms of harm reduction, prisons, drug treatment, law enforcement responses and civil society participation. An analysis of the situation concludes with recommendations for further drug policy development. 
21 June 2011

Harm Reduction: A Low-Cost, High-Impact Set of Interventions

This poster by Harm Reduction International provides an overview of the growing body of literature which demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of harm reduction programmes such as needle and syringe exchange and opioid substitution therapy.
21 June 2011

Lebanon - Filling the gap: Meeting the needs for treatment of substance users and treatment centres

Tackling substance dependence through treatment instead of punishment is still one of the most critical issues in Lebanon. In 2008, Skoun, Lebanese Addiction Center, launched the project "For a Greater Respect for the Rights of Drug Addicts" to analyse why the 1998 law (which provides for decriminalisation of drug use and treatment for dependent users) is still scarcely applied, working with the police force and judicial system to sensitise them on the nature of drug dependence and effectiveness of treatment versus incarceration.
20 June 2011

Il mercato illecito della droga e el sue possibili regolamentazioni - Agire nel mercato per contrastare l’industria della droga

I 500.000 consumatori più assidui, più o meno 1/6 dei consumatori regolari, generano quasi la metà dei guadagni illeciti nel mercato della droga. Secondo stime correnti la repressione con i sequestri arriva ad eliminare appena il 10% della droga circolante. Una nuova politica dovrebbe puntare decisamente al reinserimento nella società e nel lavoro dei consumatori più assidui.
20 June 2011

Russia's punitive drug laws (The Lancet)

In the article below, The Lancet calls the Russian Government to create a drug dependence treatment infrastructure and reform its health policy, rather than resorting to imprisonment, to tackle increasingly high rates of HIV infection among drug users.
17 June 2011

WOLA Report - Tackling urban violence in Latin America: Reversing exclusion through smart policing and social investment

The report discusses the relative effectiveness of strategies to reduce violence in four different Latin American cities: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Medellín in Colombia, Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, and Santa Tecla in El Salvador. The four cities are attempting to improve citizen security by combining smart policing strategies and social investment in marginalized communities most affected by crime.
17 June 2011

WHO Technical brief on ATS No.4 - Therapeutic interventions for users of amphetamine-type stimulants

The interventions described in this brief adhere to internationally accepted principles of drug treatment, are evidence based and reflect a public health perspective. These are alternatives proposed to the predominantly law-enforcement approaches to ATS use currently common in the Asia–Pacific region. Medical interventions for the treatment of physical and mental health problems are described, as well as psychosocial treatment approaches including community-based interventions.