As the second major report in the series, the document provides a region-by-region update of key developments in harm reduction, as well as several issues key to the response to drug-related harms worldwide.
Documenting the complexities and disappointments of the Obama Administration’s relations with Latin America in its first year, the report focuses on U.S. military relationships with the region.
Despite good evidence for its effectiveness in HIV prevention, countries such as Russia remain resistant to harm reduction. This article shows the obstacles to and potential benefits of changing policy on opiate substitution treatment.
The purpose of this paper is to give meaning and insight into some of the key drug and alcohol issues that affect children from the perspectives of the children themselves.
This paper aims to compare the effectiveness of supervised injectable treatment with medicinal heroin (diamorphine or diacetylmorphine) or supervises injectable methadone versus optimised oral methadone for chronic heroin addiction.
Drugs produce negative consequences for both users and societies in general, and minimizing their consumption should be the main goal. The salient discussion is therefore about choosing among different strategies to achieve the same goal. This book contributes to the debate by shedding light on the understanding of the economics and logistics of the drug market.
Relevant drug policy publications are almost nonexistent in languages other than English. With the help of leading drug policy experts, the Global Drug Policy Program has selected five key documents for translation, the first of which - "Legislating for health and human rights: model law on drug use and HIV/AIDS" - is now available in English, Chinese, Fahsi, French and Russian.
NGO Veza organised a study visit to Slovenia from 11th to 14th April 2010 for 22 representatives of institutions and civil society organisations working with drug users in Serbia. The main goal of this study visit was to enable participants to learn about the treatment and harm reduction services available for drug users in Slovenia.
Hundreds of drug offenders are executed annually and the number likely tops 1,000 if figures from countries that don't disclose their death penalty data are included, according to this new IHRA report.
Although perhaps more conciliatory in tone than in previous years, the document receals the INCB as a body that maintains a very narrow and selective interpretation of the drug control conventions. As policy debates around the world grow richer and more diverse, the INCB is in danger of being left behind.
Women who use drugs are at exceptionally high risk of HIV infection. They share injecting equipment and typically use after their partner. They are also more likely to have sexual partners who inject drugs. This report examines six harm reduction programmes in Ukraine that provide gender sensitive services to women.
The ICSDP released its first report, Effect of drug law enforcement on drug-related violence: evidence from a scientific review in April 2010. The report revealed that rather than reducing drug related violence, drug law enforcement likely leads to more violence, gun offenses and homicide.