Opium

Dutch to ban Khat

In keeping with the regressive turn that the Dutch drug policy has taken under its conservative coalition government, the government said it will ban khat, a plant used by people from the Horn of Africa and the Arabian peninsula for its mild stimulant properties.

Added on 17 January 2012

The Soviet doctor and the treatment of drug addiction: "A difficult and most ungracious task"

This paper reviews the development of early Soviet drug treatment approaches by focusing on the struggle for disciplinary power between leading social and mental hygienists and clinical psychiatrists as a defining moment for Soviet drug treatment speciality that became known as "narcology."

Added on 17 January 2012

Expanding naloxone availability in Australia

Australia’s first overdose management programme that provides naloxone on prescription to potential overdose victims has been developed and will be implemented in the Australian Capital Territory.

Added on 16 January 2012

UN says Myanmar opium production increases again

Opium production in Myanmar increased for the fifth consecutive year in 2011, while its price skyrocketed nearly 50 percent, United Nations officials declare.

Added on 15 December 2011

Launch of Naloxone programme in Australia

The Expanding Naloxone Availability in the ACT (ENAACT) Committee is pleased to announce the Launch of Australia’s first overdose management programme that provides naloxone on prescription to potential overdose victims.

Workshop – Opiate realities: “From behind the eyes”

A custom workshop of select CAST Canada material with panels of folks with lived experience - direct, family and professional - we will see the realities of the opiate experience "From Behind the Eyes"  of the folks who have been there and some who are there.  For front line helping professionals.

Count the Costs campaign: Deforestation and pollution

One of the frequently overlooked costs of the war on drugs is its negative impact on the environment – mainly resulting from aerial spraying of drug crops in ecologically sensitive environments such as the Andes and Amazon basin.

Added on 7 December 2011

Substance misuse detainees in police custody guidelines for clinical management

This report concludes that dependent individuals should always be cared for and treated without being stigmatised, whatever their particular circumstances.

Added on 22 November 2011

EMCDDA mortality related to drug use in Europe: Public health implications 2011

This EMCDDA Selected issue focuses on mortality among drug users due to all causes, of which drug-induced deaths (overdoses) is only a component, albeit the one most well-documented.

Added on 22 November 2011

EMCDDA Annual Report 2011: The State of the Drugs Problem in Europe

This year’s EMCDDA Annual report notes some worrying developments in respect of HIV among injecting drug users.

Added on 21 November 2011
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