Opioids

Report: India Must Decriminalise Drug Use to Address Punjab Crisis

Aug 29, 2018

A new report has called on the Indian government to decriminalise drug use, primarily as a response to an ongoing…

Canada’s ‘Good Samaritan’ Act Not Doing Enough to Reduce Overdoses

Aug 21, 2018

Canada introduced the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act to provide legal protection for individuals who seek emergency help during an…

Norway to be 7th European Country to Offer Heroin Assisted-Treatment

Aug 20, 2018

Norway will offer free heroin prescriptions through a heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) programme by 2020 in an attempt to improve the…

UK Drug Policy is Fuelling an HIV Outbreak in Scotland

Drug Harm Reduction Opioids

Jul 9, 2018

The UK Government’s continued opposition to the introduction of drug consumption rooms is fuelling an HIV outbreak in Scotland. Scotland…

As Overdoses Rise, Toronto Police Equipped with Overdose-Reversal Medication, Naloxone

Jul 6, 2018

As opioid overdoses continue to rise in Toronto, and across Canada, over a thousand police officers in the city are…

Drug Trafficking Opioids

Heroin Trade Becoming “Uber-ised” in Mozambique

Drug Trafficking Drugs & Development Opioids

Jul 4, 2018

Groups trafficking heroin through Mozambique are turning to the gig economy and smartphone apps to coordinate their activity, allowing them…

As the US Spent $8 Billion on Afghan Drug War, Opium Production Soared by 164%

Jun 21, 2018

The US Government has spent over $8 billion on counternarcotic efforts in Afghanistan, yet illicit opium production has reached record…

Tehran Drug Police Chief: Treat Dependency in Iran as a Health Issue

May 9, 2018

The top drug cop in the Iranian capital has criticised the state’s approach to drug use, and has said that…

Drug Trafficking Opioids

U.S. Expands Airstrikes on Afghan Opium Labs: Military Justifies Killing Civilians for Alleged Drug Offences

Drug Harm Reduction Opioids

Apr 11, 2018

The U.S. is using airstrikes to destroy opium labs, and kill any people who happen to be present in them,…

A Highly Publicised Research Paper on Naloxone is Spreading Dangerous Misinformation

Cannabis Drug Policy Opioids

Mar 19, 2018

A new research paper on the life-saving medication naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses, is spreading dangerous misinformation that could cost…

Приход к власти правых партий в Словакии и Австрии – препятствие для либерализации наркополитики

Avinash Tharoor Перевод: Anastasia Bezverkha

Mar 9, 2018

В конце февраля 2018 года законодательная инициатива Словацкого Министерства юстиции о декриминализации личного употребления наркотиков была снята с рассмотрения из-за…

Drug Harm Reduction Opioids

Study: Prison Drug Treatment Cuts Statewide Opioid Overdose Deaths by 12%