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On this page you will find the latest relevant updates on a broad range of health and policy related topics, including HIV, hepatitis C, drug use, overdose prevention, harm reduction, drug treatment and criminal justice.
Why are so many people denied the painkillers they need?
14 Jun 2018
The world is suffering from an invisible epidemic, an epidemic of pain. As many as 60 million people are reckoned to suffer avoidable agony every year.
14 Jun 2018
The world is suffering from an invisible epidemic, an epidemic of pain. As many as 60 million people are reckoned to suffer avoidable agony every year.
The Feds Are Raiding the Offices of Doctors Who Prescribe Addiction Medication
13 Jun 2018
Addiction doctors are worried about federal retribution against their treatment programs, and they're terrified for their patients, whose lives are at risk from overdose.
13 Jun 2018
Addiction doctors are worried about federal retribution against their treatment programs, and they're terrified for their patients, whose lives are at risk from overdose.
Extrajudicial Killings Surge in Bangladesh amid Fear of New Duterte-Style Drug War
12 Jun 2018
At least 131 people have been publicly killed for alleged drug offences in Bangladesh in the past three weeks, with the country’s leaders lending their support to the approach.
12 Jun 2018
At least 131 people have been publicly killed for alleged drug offences in Bangladesh in the past three weeks, with the country’s leaders lending their support to the approach.
Anyone's Child could be a casualty of the drug war in Kenya
7 May 2018
It’s time for drug laws that protect our families
7 May 2018
It’s time for drug laws that protect our families
Almost 1,000 prisoners executed worldwide in 2017
7 May 2018
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq record highest executions, as rights group reports global decline in the use of death penalty.
7 May 2018
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq record highest executions, as rights group reports global decline in the use of death penalty.
How France cut heroin overdoses by 79 percent in 4 years
6 May 2018
In the 1980s, France went through a heroin epidemic in which hundreds of thousands became addicted.
6 May 2018
In the 1980s, France went through a heroin epidemic in which hundreds of thousands became addicted.
The Disconnects in Indian Drug Policy
26 Apr 2018
Policymakers in India have responded to proliferating reports of substance use disorders with great concern, opening the winter session of Parliament with a discussion of drug addiction and ways and means to reverse the trend.
26 Apr 2018
Policymakers in India have responded to proliferating reports of substance use disorders with great concern, opening the winter session of Parliament with a discussion of drug addiction and ways and means to reverse the trend.
The struggle for humane drug policy in Georgia
26 Apr 2018
Decriminalising drugs has become a central demand of Georgian political parties, but the fight for decriminalisation has divided Georgian society.
26 Apr 2018
Decriminalising drugs has become a central demand of Georgian political parties, but the fight for decriminalisation has divided Georgian society.
New affordable hepatitis C combination shows 97% cure rate
25 Apr 2018
"....a safe and effective cure for hepatitis C in low- and middle-income countries for $300 or less...."
25 Apr 2018
"....a safe and effective cure for hepatitis C in low- and middle-income countries for $300 or less...."
Meet the 91-year-old doctor who's the granddaughter of slaves
19 Apr 2018
Dr Melissa Freeman is a Bronx-born medical doctor who finished medical school in 1955, and has practiced medicine since 1961. Her grandfather, Albert B. Walker, was born a slave in the 1850s. She attended Howard University College of Medicine. She is one of the first doctors to treat women with opioid addiction.
19 Apr 2018
Dr Melissa Freeman is a Bronx-born medical doctor who finished medical school in 1955, and has practiced medicine since 1961. Her grandfather, Albert B. Walker, was born a slave in the 1850s. She attended Howard University College of Medicine. She is one of the first doctors to treat women with opioid addiction.
