Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [April 2021]
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Ukraine: Instead of drug policy reform, Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree allowing for the legal circulation of a…
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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [April 2021]
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Ukraine: Instead of drug policy reform, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree on the circulation of some cannabis-based medicines…
New psychoactive substances in Estonia: fentanyl, alpha-PVP and harm reduction
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Estonia has historically had an extremely high number of drug-related deaths per capita. However, over the past 3 years, according…
Ukraine: Legal Medical Cannabis Offers Only Two Expensive Drugs For Patients
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On 7 April, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 324 on the removal of certain cannabis-based preparations…
Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [March 2021]
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DECRIM: Redistribution of the state budget from criminalization to the expansion of harm reduction services in the EECA region will help defeat…
TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [March 2021]
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Reallocating state budgets from criminalisation to the expansion of harm reduction services in the EECA region can defeat the HIV…
“Less money in prisons – more in pills” – The Economist’s study on drug policy in the EECA region
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By reallocating budget savings from reduced spending on prosecuting drug users to expanding treatment programmes for people living with HIV…
TalkingDrugs news from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [February 2021]
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Belarus: how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the drug market – results of the study. Read the full text on the…
Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [February 2021]
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BELARUS: How did Covid-19 impact the drug market in Belarus? Check out survey results published by Legalize Belarus here (Rus).…
TalkingDrugs news from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [December 2020 – January 2021]
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In December 2020, Russia adopted a new strategy of state drug policy until 2030. It also introduced new fines for…
Russia: A New Drug Policy in Action
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In November 2020, a new strategy of state anti-drug policy until 2030 was approved in Russia by Presidential Decree. The…
Revealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug Markets
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Heroin use became widespread in Russia in the late 1990s, amid the opening of international borders and social upheaval and…