Drugs & DevelopmentOpioidsPersonal Stories2024 Marks 20 Years of OST Delivery in UkraineAlexander Levin.Oct 20, 2024This year marks 20 years since Ukraine first introduced opioid substitution therapy (OST) programme. Over the course of these two…
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Coca & CocaineDrug Harm ReductionDrug TraffickingOpioidsTwo Years In, Ukraine’s Drug Markets Keep ShiftingAndré Gomes.Mar 6, 2024February marked two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This has not only caused the displacement of millions from…
Drug Harm ReductionPersonal StoriesNatalya Kaluzhskaya: “In Mariupol, people were dying because there were no medicines and they were in a state of withdrawal”Alexander Levin.Feb 9, 2023DUNews, a documentary film studio covering the life of the community of people who use drugs, has been off the…
CannabisUkraine took a step towards the legalization of medical cannabisAnastasia Bezverkha.Jun 30, 2022On June 14, the National Health Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the new bill 7457 on the…
Drugs & GenderPersonal StoriesVictoria Lintsova: “Behind every woman who takes drugs, there is a history of violence”Anastasia Bezverkha.Jul 20, 2016Victoria Lintsova, a Ukrainian activist of the Eurasian Network of People Who Use Drugs (ENPUD), appealed on her Facebook page…