Drug Deaths to be Measured in Effort to Properly Assess State of UK Drug Treatment
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The UK Department of Health has updated its Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) to include a new sub-indicator on the…
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Why Naloxone Should Be Accessible For Everyone
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A medical examiner has confirmed that musician Prince died of an overdose on fentanyl, a powerful opioid. This high-profile case…
What You Need to Know About SSDP’s Drug Testing Initiative
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We’ve recently launched a drug testing initiative in Newcastle university, with plenty of media coverage this week. Here’s the roundup…
Russia, Science and the World War on Drugs
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The atrocities of the world drug war are often so brutal that they become like a parody of themselves: sinister…
Tackling the US Heroin ‘Epidemic’: The Need for Decriminalization
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President Barack Obama’s commitment to increased investment in drug treatment is welcome, but people will still face barriers to accessing…
Civil Society Groups Lambast Russia’s Position on OST in Face of HIV Crisis
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Civil society groups from Europe and North America have sent an open letter to UNAIDS questioning if the agency will…
Naloxone Now Available Over the Counter in Canada
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In a fantastic step forward, Health Canada has announced the Naloxone Federal prescription status review results – and it's great…
Faith-Based Rehabilitation vs. Opioid Substitution Therapy in Russia: What Will the ECHR Decide?
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From October 2015 to January 2016, the European Court of Human Rights received the latest documents for the case Kurmanayevskiy,…
We Can End AIDS Among People Who Inject Drugs: the Case for a Harm Reduction Decade
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The world has come a long way in providing harm reduction services to people who use drugs. But this journey…
Dublin Implements Public Sharps Bins to Tackle Drug-Related Litter
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In an effort to address the city’s drug-related litter problem, Dublin has moved to install public sharps bins for people…
Senegal Leading The Way on Methadone Provision in West Africa
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Over a year into its pilot methadone program, Senegal is paving the way for harm reduction in West Africa. …
Moving Forward by Changing the Narrative on Drug Use
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On Friday February 12, 2016, I presented to the UCC Journalism Society on a subject that I am passionate about.…