Heroin

Drug dealers, drug lords and drug warriors-cum-traffickers: Drug crime and the narcotics market in Tajikistan

This report analyses the role played by the police, petty drug dealers and users in the street level drug trade in Tajikistan.

EMCDDA: Kosovo Country Overview 2010

The report consists of a summary of the national drug situation presenting brief information in key areas (drugs prevalence, prevention, harm reduction, drug laws etc.).

Launch of the Global Drug Survey 2012

The Global Drug Survey is an anonymous online survey that addresses how people are using illegal drugs as well as alcohol, tobacco and prescription medications. It combines basic information on what drugs people use, how often they take them, and the medical, social and legal consequences of drug use.

Amphetamine Type Stimulants and Harm Reduction: Experiences from Myanmar, Thailand and Southern China

This TNI briefing paper sheds light on the methamphetamine market in Southeast Asia and China, including patterns of supply and use. It highlights the urgent need for donors and governments to introduce effective harm reduction measures aimed at ATS users.

Afghanistan Opium Survey 2011 - Summary Findings

The 2011 Afghan Opium Survey reports an increase in opium production and prices, and sustained high rates of opiate consumption and HIV prevalence amongst injecting drug users in Afghanistan.

Release of 2011 Afghan Opium Survey by the Afghanistan Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

The 2011 Afghan Opium Survey reports an increase in opium production and prices, and sustained high rates of opiate consumption and HIV prevalence amongst injecting drug users in Afghanistan.

Cambodia opens first MMT centres

Cambodia has opened the country’s first methadone-treatment programs/centers in September 2011, in approach to help heroine users. The methadone program will be strictly voluntary.

Counting the costs of archaic drug policies and strategies in Southern Africa

It is high time for Southern African law and policy makers to consider the utility of a harm reduction approach in dealing with the drug problem.

United States expands its drug watch list to include all Central America

The White House added El Salvador and Belize to its list of drug producing and transit countries, placing for the first time all seven Central American nations on the list in a sign of how awash in illegal narcotics the region has become.

UN warns on drugs as Thailand starts new crackdown

Thailand's new Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, is mobilising a crackdown on illegal drugs as a United Nations agency reveals a massive increase in the production and use of amphetamines across Asia.

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