Macmadu et al. emphasise the need for increased investment and integration of mental health and bereavement services for people who use drugs, with findings showing that overdoses within social networks can have severe consequences for individual overdose risk.
Fontecha and Walker allude to a lack of formal economic opportunities, familial traditions and armed groups pressure as key factors that motivate young people's involvement in informal coca growing.
This report by You Matter contains policy recommendations and guidelines for the testing and linkage to care for STBBIs
in provincial correctional centres in British Columbia (BC), Canada, but may also be adapted for other jurisdictions or correctional settings.
The EMCDDA rapid assessment study is two-fold evaluates the initial service response to the needs of displaced Ukrainians in
neighbouring EU countries and identifies factors that may help EU countries to be better prepared for possible future needs in this area.
The Truth Commission describe their experiences and processes in 23 countries around the world in order to understand the reason for the internal armed conflict and its persistence and to recognise the impact on its victims.
TNI examines the drugs-environment nexus, its implication for rural working people, and critically interrogates drug policy and development responses to it.
Clark et al. analyse the gap between morphine estimated requirements, needs and actual consumption, concluding less than a third of the world's countries meet patients' needs.
The survey's respondents were primarily cannabis growers, who had experiences of self-medication with cannabis, and supported different policies of legalisation and regulation - including age restrictions and licensing requirements to apply for commercial growing.
The Taskforce's recommendations focus on extending the reach and engagement in emergency responses, maximising support, and addressing vulnerability —the report acknowledges that criminalisation is harmful.
