CannabisUkraine: Legal Medical Cannabis Offers Only Two Expensive Drugs For PatientsAnastasia Bezverkha.Apr 9, 2021On 7 April, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 324 on the removal of certain cannabis-based preparations…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyTalking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [March 2021]Anastasia Bezverkha.Apr 5, 2021DECRIM: Redistribution of the state budget from criminalization to the expansion of harm reduction services in the EECA region will help defeat…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyTalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [March 2021]Anastasia Bezverkha.Apr 5, 2021Reallocating state budgets from criminalisation to the expansion of harm reduction services in the EECA region can defeat the HIV…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug Policy“Less money in prisons – more in pills” – The Economist’s study on drug policy in the EECA regionAnastasia Bezverkha.Mar 20, 2021By reallocating budget savings from reduced spending on prosecuting drug users to expanding treatment programmes for people living with HIV…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyTalkingDrugs news from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [February 2021]Anastasia Bezverkha.Mar 3, 2021Belarus: 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]Anastasia Bezverkha.Mar 3, 2021BELARUS: How did Covid-19 impact the drug market in Belarus? Check out survey results published by Legalize Belarus here (Rus).…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyTalkingDrugs news from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [December 2020 – January 2021]Anastasia Bezverkha.Feb 8, 2021In December 2020, Russia adopted a new strategy of state drug policy until 2030. It also introduced new fines for…
CannabisDrug PolicyRussia: A New Drug Policy in ActionAnastasia Bezverkha.Jan 26, 2021In November 2020, a new strategy of state anti-drug policy until 2030 was approved in Russia by Presidential Decree. The…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingOther DrugsRevealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug MarketsAleksey Lakhov.Jan 19, 2021Heroin use became widespread in Russia in the late 1990s, amid the opening of international borders and social upheaval and…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingOther DrugsRevealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug MarketsAleksey Lakhov.Jan 13, 2021Heroin use became widespread in Russia in the late 1990s, amid the opening of international borders and social upheaval and…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesНовости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Ноябрь 2020]Anastasia Bezverkha.Dec 14, 20201. В ноябре-декабре 2020 года московские художники проводят аукцион-марафон современного искусства «Выручай!» в поддержку заключенных и осужденных по делам о…
Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [Oct-Nov 2020]Anastasia Bezverkha.Dec 14, 2020November 2020 Across November-December 2020 Russian artists are holding an online charity auction called “Help out!” to support people imprisoned…