Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyИран: либерализация наркополитики и снижение вреда в действииTalking Drugs.Dec 22, 2016Ирану удалось создать свою, устойчивую в собственных реалиях, систему снижения вреда. Не похожую, как на Западе и не совсем такую,…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyTreatment or Torture: Why Ukrainian Doctors are Afraid to Prescribe OpioidsAnastasia Bezverkha.Dec 21, 2016Despite recently relaxed rules on the medical provision of opioid analgesics, tens of thousands of patients in Ukraine are suffering…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyThe Arusha Declaration: East African Parliamentarians pushing for Harm Reduction servicesTalking Drugs.Dec 19, 2016“We call for the scale-up, strengthening and funding of harm reduction services for people who use drugs across Eastern Africa,…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyДобровольное лечениe наркозависимости эффективнее пыток и принуждения – исследованиеAvinash Tharoor Перевод: Anastasia Bezverkha.Dec 19, 2016Люди, страдающие опиоидной зависимостью, с большей вероятностью вернутся к употреблению наркотиков, если их принудительно поместили в центр содержания для наркозависимых,…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyStudy Shows Compulsory Drug Detention Can Increase Risk of RelapseAvinash Tharoor.Dec 16, 2016People with problematic opioid use are more likely to relapse if they are forced into a compulsory drug detention centre…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsChemsex Study Shows Urgent Need for Education amid Rising GHB DeathsTalking Drugs.Dec 15, 2016The results of a study into chemsex in the UK illustrate the need for improved public education on the risks…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyIn the UK’s Opioid-Related Deaths Crisis, the Home Office has Blood on its HandsAvinash Tharoor.Dec 14, 2016The Home Office has demonstrated yet again that, when it comes to drug policy, it is more concerned with political…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrug Use Becoming “Particularly Severe” in North KoreaAvinash Tharoor.Dec 10, 2016Drug use is even more pervasive in North Korea than previously thought, according to new information presented by a South…
Drug Harm ReductionPersonal StoriesDaniil Stolbunov: “For me, the most important thing is to change young people’s attitudes towards HIV”Talking Drugs.Dec 7, 2016He wanted to name his HIV Marla, like in the film Fight Club. Danylo Stolbunov is an 18-year-old Ukrainian. He…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyOf Condoms and Crack Pipes: A Lesson in Harm ReductionTalking Drugs.Dec 7, 2016In early 2014, I began volunteering at a drop-in centre for homeless youth in Boston. At the time, I had…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & GenderЖенщины, употребляющие наркотики, из Кыргызстана: объединиться против насилияAnastasia Bezverkha.Dec 5, 2016В рамках кампании "16 Дней Против Гендерного Насилия", которое проводится в этому году с 25 ноября по 10 декабря, представительницы…
Drug Harm ReductionOpioidsGovernment Rolls Out Naloxone in Moscow, But Is it Enough?Edward Fox.Dec 2, 2016Drug treatment centres in Moscow have reportedly begun distributing the overdose reversal drug naloxone to people who use heroin and…