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International Drug Policy Reform Conference

18 - 21 November 2015

Arlington, USA

The conference calls on people who committed to finding alternatives to the war on drugs to participate the sections given by leading experts from around the world.

Events 12 December 2014

Updates from the 6th Adriatic Drug Addiction Treatment Conference

The conference was a very important and useful meeting that was attended by professionals, care providers and policy makers from across South East Europe.

News Alerts July 9, 2012

1st Scottish Harm reduction cafe report

This report intends to support anyone wanting to host a harm reduction cafe in their local area.

Publications February 12, 2014

The twilight state of the Psychoactive Substances Act in New Zealand

New Zealand took a remarkable initiative when regulated NPS in April 2014, however things are evolving fast.

News Alerts November 27, 2014

Global naloxone accessibility survey

Thousands of people die unnecessarily from opioid overdose every year. From this survey IDHDP hopes to understand more about where the life saving drug naloxone is and isn’t available as well as its level of accessibility.

News Alerts December 18, 2014

Challenges to implementing OST in Ukrainian prisons: Personnel attitudes toward addiction, treatment, and people with HIV/AIDS

In Ukraine, the adoption of OST is more influenced by ideological biases and prejudices than by existing scientific evidence.

Publications January 6, 2015

São Paulo’s ambitious ‘crackland’ programme sees results

While participants largely continue to use crack, the intensity of their use has dropped significantly. They have also benefited from a drastically increased quality of life as result of the housing and access to health care.

News Alerts August 19, 2014

Why “harm reduction” means something different in Mexico

Substance analysis opens a window of opportunity to talk about safer ways to use drugs.

News Alerts May 10, 2016

Updates on the Community Action on Harm Reduction project

During 2012 the Community Action on Harm Reduction project has been fully operational in 5 project countries providing services to people who inject drugs, their families and partners.

Publications November 5, 2012

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

IDPC Drug Policy Guide

Welcome to the second edition of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide. The Guide brings together global evidence and examples of best practice to provide guidance on the review, design and implementation of national drug policies.

Publications March 15, 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

PHS Community Services Society in Vancouver recruits new interns

This internship programme is an opportunity for harm reductionists from around the world to spend a six-week internship with the PHS Community Services Society in Vancouver, Canada.

News Alerts January 31, 2013

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

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