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Please sign the statement of support: Calling all police and law enforcement officers!

The statement represents a tool in the effort to acknowledge the important and under-recognised role of police in preventing HIV.

News Alerts February 12, 2013

The war against people who use drugs: the costs

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.

Publications March 26, 2012

Drug policy reform – From evidence to practice: Session report

The last of the series of Correlation Conferences, entitled ‘Getting out of the margins – Changing realities and making the difference’, took place from 12th to 14th December 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This report is an account of the discussions that took place during the final session of the…

Publications March 26, 2012

New guidance manual for addressing viral hepatitis in people with substance use disorders

This new manual was developed to provide behavioral health care programs offering substance abuse treatment services information to better address the needs of clients who have viral hepatitis.

Publications March 26, 2012

Towards a revision of the UN drug control conventions: The logic and dilemmas of like-minded groups

Recent years have seen a growing unwillingness among increasing numbers of States parties to fully adhere to a strictly prohibitionist reading of the UN drug control conventions. Such behaviour has been driven by a belief that non-punitive and pragmatic health oriented domestic policy approaches…

Publications March 12, 2012

The UN drug control conventions: The limits of latitude

This briefing paper outlines the international legal drug control obligations, the room for manoeuvre the regime leaves open to national policy makers and the clear limits of latitude that cannot be crossed without violating the treaties.

Publications March 12, 2012

Harm reduction interventions for opioid injectors

This EMCDDA Best Practice Portal page refers to the current evidence on the effectiveness of the available harm reduction options for opioid injectors.

Publications March 1, 2012

New recreational drugs and the primary care approach to patients who use them

This article reviews some common examples of new recreational drugs, and provides a framework for conducting an interview in the primary care setting with people who may have problems with their use.

Publications February 20, 2012

Community-based opioid overdose prevention programmes providing naloxone in the United States

In October 2010, the Harm Reduction Coalition, a national advocacy and capacity-building organization, surveyed 50 programmes known to distribute naloxone in the United States, to collect data on local programme locations, naloxone distribution, and overdose reversals.

Publications February 20, 2012

Opioid maintenance in European Prisions: Is the treatment gap closing?

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.

Publications February 20, 2012

Don't stop now: How underfunding the Global Fund impacts on the HIV response

This report draws on recently collected field data from numerous countries where the International HIV/AIDS Alliance operates to explain why the funding crisis requires urgent action on the part of Global Fund donors and all other stakeholders.

Publications February 17, 2012

First do no harm: Responding to Canada’s prescription drug crisis

This report highlights the action required to address the harms associated with prescription drugs in Canada in the areas of prevention, education, treatment, monitoring and surveillance, and enforcement.

Publications April 9, 2013

Testing for rehab success on cocaine users hailed as a success

An Irish-designed psychological test can successfully predict whether a person dependent on cocaine will attend treatment and how successful the treatment will be.

Publications February 13, 2012

Interpersonal violence and illicit drugs

This briefing summarises the links between interpersonal violence and illicit drug use, identifies risk factors for involvement in drug-related violence, outlines prevention measures that address drug-related violence, and explores the role of public health in prevention.

Publications February 13, 2012

Guidance for the use of substitute prescribing in the treatment of opioid dependence in primary care

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.

Publications February 13, 2012

Needle and syringe types used by people who inject drugs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Key findings from a rapid situation assessment

The overall objective of the assessment was to examine opportunities for introducing LDS (low dead-space) syringes, and informing future policy and advocacy efforts.

Publications February 8, 2012

A guide to developing and implementing overdose prevention programs

This guide was developed in response to the growing need among service providers working with drug users in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia to introduce overdose prevention work into their services.

Publications February 8, 2012

Tackling the problem of hepatitis C, substance misuse and health inequalities: a consensus for London

This document represents a call to action from experts in the fields of addiction and hepatitis in London. It provides a framework with which to address the epidemiological, clinical and financial challenges presented by current rates of hepatitis C among people who have injected drugs and sets…

Publications January 31, 2012

Policy recommendations for vulnerable populations

Service providers and community leaders from across Europe have developed policy recommendations to inform policy making in Europe, both at national level and at EU level, with a view to reducing existing HIV/AIDS-related health inequalities.

Publications January 25, 2012

HIV in injecting drug users in the EU/EEA, following a reported increase of cases in Greece and Romania

Two countries in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) have reported a significant increase in HIV case reports and HIV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs) during 2011 (Greece and Romania).

Publications January 17, 2012

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