Switzerland to Get New Supervised Injection Facility in 2017
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Legislators in Lausanne hope to open the Swiss city’s first supervised injection facility (SIF) in 2017. The facility will provide…
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UK Festivals & Sniffer Dogs: Their Regulations, Your Rights
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Festival season is fast approaching and across the UK sniffer dogs will be on the scent for festival-goers’ drugs. But…
Cannabis Clashes in Christiania, Copenhagen
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Cannabis is illegal in Denmark, and a conviction for trafficking may result in a lengthy prison sentence, yet people have…
Drug Deaths to be Measured in Effort to Properly Assess State of UK Drug Treatment
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The UK Department of Health has updated its Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) to include a new sub-indicator on the…
UK ‘Legal Highs’ Ban to Crackdown Harshly on Prison Inmates
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As the UK’s heavily-derided ‘legal highs’ ban takes effect, prisoners found in possession of these substances will face the prospect…
Ana Liffey Drug Project Calls on Irish Gov’t to Allocate a Drugs Minister
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Ana Liffey Drug Project has welcomed the inclusion of support for a “health-led rather than criminal justice approach to drugs…
What You Need to Know About SSDP’s Drug Testing Initiative
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We’ve recently launched a drug testing initiative in Newcastle university, with plenty of media coverage this week. Here’s the roundup…
The Case for Regulating Cannabis in Portugal
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Portugal has been a shining example of drug policy reform success, but its decriminalization model still has its drawbacks, something…
Faith-Based Rehabilitation vs. Opioid Substitution Therapy in Russia: What Will the ECHR Decide?
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From October 2015 to January 2016, the European Court of Human Rights received the latest documents for the case Kurmanayevskiy,…
Tackling Overdose Deaths: It’s Time for the UK to Introduce Good Samaritan Laws
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While other jurisdictions have begun implementing Good Samaritan laws, allowing those at the scene of a drug overdose to contact…
Dublin Implements Public Sharps Bins to Tackle Drug-Related Litter
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In an effort to address the city’s drug-related litter problem, Dublin has moved to install public sharps bins for people…
Moving Forward by Changing the Narrative on Drug Use
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On Friday February 12, 2016, I presented to the UCC Journalism Society on a subject that I am passionate about.…