The grungy, inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond is known for its abundance of authentic Vietnamese food and burgeoning live music scene. (The Citizen, Australien, 09.07.2017) http://www.thecitizen.org.au/news/overdose-deaths-drive-new-melbourne-push…

MONTREAL — Canada is attacking its expanding opioid crisis with an unusual measure: It’s giving addicts a safe place to shoot up. The government already has allowed seven “safe injection sites” to open and a score of others…

This toolkit offers strategies to health care providers, communities, and local governments for developing practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Access reports for community members, prescribers, patients and fa…

EMCDDA assessment of drug-induced death data and contextual information in selected countries This report examines the triggers and dynamics of drug-related death in the seven EMCDDA Member States with the highest drug-related death (DRD) rates per…

Charity says young mother from midlands one of many coming to Dublin to get drug.(The Irish Times, 05.07.2017) https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/woman-would-not-have-died-if-methadone-provided-outside-dublin-1.3144275

Fentanyl and carfentanyl – which are many times stronger than morphine – found in bodies of up to 46 people who died this year. (The Guardian, UK, 06.07.2017) https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/06/dozens-of-uk-drug-deaths-link…