Humane Welfare Program Reduces Crack use in Sao Paulo
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The Brazilian Crack User Support Program, With Open Arms, provides people with housing and jobs. This approach, applied to residents of the…
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The Futility of Fighting Dark Web Drug Markets
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The use of dark web drug markets is growing exponentially. While law enforcement has consistently failed to reduce online sales,…
Groundbreaking Programme Reduces Drug Misuse in Brazil’s “Crackland”
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A Brazilian drug programme, With Open Arms, is providing people who misuse crack cocaine with housing and employment. The approach,…
US Increasing Access to Vital Opioid Treatment, Buprenorphine
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The US government has increased the number of patients that doctors can treat with buprenorphine. This is a step in…
Guatemala Begins Debating Cannabis Regulation
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Debates have begun in Guatemala’s Congress over whether or not the country should regulate cannabis, but given the country’s conservatism…
Switzerland to Get New Supervised Injection Facility in 2017
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Legislators in Lausanne hope to open the Swiss city’s first supervised injection facility (SIF) in 2017. The facility will provide…