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Huge Drug Trafficking Raids Across Turkey Amid Terrorism Fears

Avinash Tharoor

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Feb 17, 2017

Numerous drug raids have taken place across Turkey this month, including a large-scale anti-trafficking operation in Ankara, as authorities warn…

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Government Rolls Out Naloxone in Moscow, But Is it Enough?

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Dec 2, 2016

Drug treatment centres in Moscow have reportedly begun distributing the overdose reversal drug naloxone to people who use heroin and…

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Ukraine to Fully Fund Opioid Substitution Therapy

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Nov 23, 2016

The government of Ukraine will fully fund an opioid substitution therapy (OST) programme for people with high-risk drug use. Beginning…

Drug Trafficking Opioids

Многоликий героин

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Nov 14, 2016

Афганский коричневый, черная смола, колумбийский белый. Разные внешние и химические вариации уличного героина. Разные цвета, разные названия, разное происхождение, разный…

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5 Reasons Why Drug Consumption Rooms Benefit People Who Don’t Use Drugs

Avinash Tharoor

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Nov 2, 2016

As the proposal moves forward to open the UK’s first drug consumption room (DCR) in Glasgow, here are five key…

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A Brief History of Opium in India

Avinash Tharoor

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Oct 27, 2016

An MP in India, Dharamvira Gandhi, has put forward a bill to legalise cannabis and opium. While movements to decriminalise…

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UN Supporting Myanmar Drug Reform as Opium Cultivation Increases

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Oct 26, 2016

The Myanmar government is receiving support from the UN to develop a new national drug policy, as the rates of…

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The Urgent Need for Sterile Needles in UK Prisons

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Oct 13, 2016

The lack of harm reduction measures for people who use drugs in UK prisons is fuelling health problems, including the…

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Could European Court of Human Rights Overturn Russia’s Ban on Drugs to Treat Heroin Dependence?

Avinash Tharoor

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Sep 26, 2016

A recent decision in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) could have significant implications for an upcoming challenge against…

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HIV Resurgence among People Who Inject Drugs in Mauritius

Avinash Tharoor

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Aug 10, 2016

Mauritius is seeing a rise in HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID), partly as a result of the government's…

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Kazakhstan is Ready to Adopt a State Program on Substitution Therapy

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Aug 6, 2016

Kazakh doctors are in favour of expanding the use of substitution therapy in the country through the adoption of a…