Opioids

Articles on opioids like opium, heroin, morphine and fentanyl, methadone, buprenorphine and others.

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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…

Oct 27, 2016

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

Oct 26, 2016

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

Oct 13, 2016

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

Sep 26, 2016

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

Aug 10, 2016

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

Aug 6, 2016

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