National Overdose Awareness and Naloxone campaign launches in the UK
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A new national Overdose Awareness and Naloxone campaign – thought to be the first of its kind – has launched…
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UNDP Brazil Condones Forced Abstinence and Religious Pathologisation of People Who Use Drugs
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The United Nations Development Programme–Brazil is taking further steps in its ideological alignment with Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet. TalkingDrugs recently reported…
Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [March 2021]
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DECRIM: Redistribution of the state budget from criminalization to the expansion of harm reduction services in the EECA region will help defeat…
TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [March 2021]
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Reallocating state budgets from criminalisation to the expansion of harm reduction services in the EECA region can defeat the HIV…
“Less money in prisons – more in pills” – The Economist’s study on drug policy in the EECA region
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By reallocating budget savings from reduced spending on prosecuting drug users to expanding treatment programmes for people living with HIV…
The Other Pandemic
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This new way of living has meant being forced to stay at home, being physically isolated from our loved ones,…
A Chance To Get Their Life Back: Perspectives on Rehab and Recovery in the UK
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In the UK, cuts of £162m to drug and alcohol services in the last three years have led to many…
TalkingDrugs news from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [February 2021]
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Belarus: how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the drug market – results of the study. Read the full text on the…
Why I Think We Need to Move Beyond “Harm Reduction”
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I walked around the park grounds checking out the jubilant crowd of young partygoers. A gospel-sounding, organ-dominated groove played in…
Кардинальная реформа наркополитики в Орегоне – что именно приняли?
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3 ноября 2020 года жители американского штата Орегон проголосовали за декриминализацию всех наркотиков, включая вещества из Списка IV, такие как…
TalkingDrugs news from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [December 2020 – January 2021]
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In December 2020, Russia adopted a new strategy of state drug policy until 2030. It also introduced new fines for…
Is The COVID-19 Pandemic Increasing The Marginalisation Of People Who Inject Drugs?
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UK needle exchanges reducing their hours or services due to the COVID-19 pandemic is putting people who inject drugs at…