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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.
In the 21st century, we finally need to tackle the gender gap in drug policy
20 Mar 2017
By Werner Sipp, president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent, quasi-judicial body that monitors implementation of the UN international drug control conventions.
20 Mar 2017
By Werner Sipp, president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent, quasi-judicial body that monitors implementation of the UN international drug control conventions.
Strict limits on opioid prescribing risk the ‘inhumane treatment’ of pain patients
8 Mar 2017
Amid a rising toll of opioid overdoses, recommendations discouraging their use to treat pain seem to make sense. Yet the devil is in the details.
8 Mar 2017
Amid a rising toll of opioid overdoses, recommendations discouraging their use to treat pain seem to make sense. Yet the devil is in the details.
South Africa health experts warn of risk and futility of sharing blood to get high
7 Mar 2017
Medical experts in South Africa have issued stark health warnings to people engaging in “bluetoothing", whereby people inject the blood of someone who has already injected drugs in a futile attempt to get high.
7 Mar 2017
Medical experts in South Africa have issued stark health warnings to people engaging in “bluetoothing", whereby people inject the blood of someone who has already injected drugs in a futile attempt to get high.
Striving for Equity 2
28 Feb 2017
IDHDP launches phase 2 of its campaign with a new film "Striving for equity in the treatment of opioid dependence"
28 Feb 2017
IDHDP launches phase 2 of its campaign with a new film "Striving for equity in the treatment of opioid dependence"
India
28 Feb 2017
Professor Atul Amber tells us about: Poor availability of opioid medications for treatment of opioid dependence in India: A persistent pain in the neck
28 Feb 2017
Professor Atul Amber tells us about: Poor availability of opioid medications for treatment of opioid dependence in India: A persistent pain in the neck
Tanzania authorities split over crackdown on people who use drugs
27 Feb 2017
Tanzania's security forces have been urged by authorities to crackdown on drugs.
27 Feb 2017
Tanzania's security forces have been urged by authorities to crackdown on drugs.
Dr Bob Newman tells us about OAT (OST) in the USA
24 Feb 2017
Dr Bob Newman tells us the situation of Opioid Agonist Therapy (“OAT”) formally know as Opioid Substitution Treatment (“OST”) In the USA.
24 Feb 2017
Dr Bob Newman tells us the situation of Opioid Agonist Therapy (“OAT”) formally know as Opioid Substitution Treatment (“OST”) In the USA.
Department turns to methadone to fight opiate addiction.
23 Feb 2017
People who use heroin and other strong opiates have resisted all efforts so far to get off drugs, so authorities have turned to the controversial 'cure' of methadone.
23 Feb 2017
People who use heroin and other strong opiates have resisted all efforts so far to get off drugs, so authorities have turned to the controversial 'cure' of methadone.
OST History in France
22 Feb 2017
Dr Beatrice Stambul, former Head of the Center for Prevention and Addiction Treatment (CSAPA) tells us the situation of OST in France.
22 Feb 2017
Dr Beatrice Stambul, former Head of the Center for Prevention and Addiction Treatment (CSAPA) tells us the situation of OST in France.
In Duterte’s footsteps, Hun Sen launches a drug war
21 Feb 2017
Cambodia's new war on drugs aims to blunt a spike in addiction and trafficking, but critics see a publicity stunt ahead of crucial provincial elections.
21 Feb 2017
Cambodia's new war on drugs aims to blunt a spike in addiction and trafficking, but critics see a publicity stunt ahead of crucial provincial elections.
