The new EHRN report shows that implementation of criminal laws regulating drug use and drug possession with no intent to supply costs more than double the amount spent on drug treatment, such as opioid substitution treatment in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is launching the Guide on Estimating Requirements for Substances under International Control on the occasion of the centennial of the first international drug control treaty, the International Opium Convention signed at The Hague on 23 January 1912,…
Of 30 European countries, 24 sanction prison OMT, but only eight provide coverage that matches average EU community levels. It is important to challenge negative perceptions of prison OMT and promote equivalence of care and continuity of treatment.
This guidance aims to aid primary care clinicians and others in the use of substitute medication for opioid dependence when prescribing for maintenance or detoxification.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has launched a new funding model that allows it to invest more strategically. Up to $1.9 billion may be available for the new funding model's transition period, in 2013 and 2014.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant global public health problem. The burden of HCV infection is concentrated among PWID, with an estimated five million PWID living with chronic HCV in the European Region. This qualitative study aims to assess the barriers and facilitators to HCV…
A study by University of B.C. journalism students says the global war on illicit drugs is preventing patients suffering terminal illnesses in some countries from having sufficient access to morphine to control their pain.
The year-long study done by the UBC Graduate School of Journalism involved…
With a decade of experience, Portugal provides a valuable case study of how decriminalization coupled with evidence-based strategies can reduce drug consumption, dependence, recidivism, and HIV infection, and create safer communities for all.
The WHO Policy Guidelines for Controlled Substances provide guidance on policies and legislation with regards to availability, accessibility, affordability and control of medicines made from substances regulated under the international drug control conventions.
This report describes Ukrainian government policies that make it impossible for cancer patients living in rural areas to get essential pain medications.
This DrugScope briefing for the Recovery Partnership aims to provide a summary of the public health reforms and to inform about how organisations can most effectively prepare to meet the challenges of this new environment.
These briefings address serious human rights abuses that result from drug control efforts, including torture and ill treatment by police, mass incarceration, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, and denial of essential medicines and basic health services. The briefings are now available in…
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.
The WHO Policy Guidelines for Controlled Substances provide guidance on policies and legislation with regards to availability, accessibility, affordability and control of medicines made from substances regulated under the international drug control conventions, herein referred to as …
