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Drug Policy Drugs & Gender Opioids

The US Approach to the Overdose Crisis is Failing Women

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Jan 31, 2019

The overdose crisis continues to ravage the United States, but its egregious, multi-faceted impact upon women is not getting the…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids Other Drugs

Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [январь 2019]

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Jan 30, 2019

(in English) 1. Беларусь: Уголовное дело о смерти девушки после употребления MDMA привлекло внимание общественности, прессы и активистов, пишет Talking…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids Other Drugs

TalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [January 2019]

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Jan 30, 2019

(На русском) 1. A high-profile criminal trial, involving a group of young people and a young woman’s tragic death following…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking Drugs & Development Opioids

A New Drug Policy Approach Can Alleviate Poverty in Rural India

Avinash Tharoor

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Jan 23, 2019

The criminalisation of low-level opium cultivation in India is driving intergenerational poverty and inequality, but a new policy approach would…

Cannabis Coca & Cocaine Drug Policy Drug Trafficking Opioids

Интерактивная карта: что изменилось в глобальной наркополитике в 2018 году

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Jan 2, 2019

В 2018 в мире усилилась поддержка реформы каннабиса. Однако в некоторых странах – Бангладеш, Филиппинах и Бразилии и других –…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids

Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Декабрь 2018]

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Dec 21, 2018

1. Болгария в зоне риска. Из-за сокращения финансирования в стране с мая 2017 года не работают программы обмена шприцев. Детальней…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids

TalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [December 2018]

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Dec 21, 2018

1. Bulgaria at risk. Harm reduction financing has reached critically-low levels in Bulgaria. The government has failed to provide sufficient…

Drug Harm Reduction Drugs & Gender Opioids Personal Stories

Managing a Sober Living Home Taught Me The Importance of Naloxone

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Dec 19, 2018

I am a house manager of a sober living home for women in South Florida, USA. I love what I…

Drug Harm Reduction Opioids

UK Drug Service Users Design Promo Material to Reduce Infection Spread

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Dec 17, 2018

New posters, a booklet, and an animation, co-designed by service users at a UK drugs project, are being launched to…

Drug Harm Reduction Opioids

Needle and Syringe Programme Shutdown in California’s Orange County

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Dec 4, 2018

A Californian court has shut down one of the US state’s major needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), in a dangerous…

Drug Policy Opioids

Russia May Begin Domestic Opium Production to Counter Economic Sanctions

Avinash Tharoor

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Oct 25, 2018

The Russian government's legislative commission has approved a draft law that would legalise licensed opium production in the country. The…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Trafficking Opioids

Trump Identifies 22 “Major Drug Producing” Countries

Avinash Tharoor

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Sep 13, 2018

US President Donald Trump has listed the nations identified by his administration as being “major drug transit or major illicit…