USA. Major drugstore chains sue doctors in sprawling federal opioid case
Major drugstore chains — which face an October trial in the mammoth federal opioid litigation — have sued doctors across northeast Ohio, claiming that physicians are the real culprits in the nation’s deadly drug epidemic. (Washington Post, 08.01.2020)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/major-drugstore-chains-sue-doctors-in-sprawling-federal-opioid-case/2020/01/07/3ac9cd70-317d-11ea-9313-6cba89b1b9fb_story.html
Schweiz. «Eine bessere Drogenpolitik hätte viel Elend verhindert»
André Seidenberg kämpfte vor 30 Jahren mit Methadon und sauberen Spritzen gegen die Verwahrlosung der Heroinsüchtigen. Heute fordert er die ärztliche Abgabe aller Drogen. (Beobachter, Schweiz, 16.01.2020)
https://www.beobachter.ch/gesundheit/pravention/platzspitzbaby-eine-bessere-drogenpolitik-hatte-viel-elend-verhindert
Europa. Civil Society Forum on Drugs
The Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD) is an expert group of the European Commission that was created in 2007 on the basis of the Commission Green Paper on the role of civil society in drugs policy in the EU. Its purpose is to provide a broad platform for a structured dialogue between the Commission and the European civil society which supports drug policy formulation and implementation through practical advice.
http://www.civilsocietyforumondrugs.eu/
Marokko. The Moroccan government agrees to discuss draft laws on cannabis cultivation
Six years ago, MPs from the parties of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) and Istiqlal submitted draft laws on cannabis cultivation in Morocco. The debate on these proposals is back on track as the government agreed to discuss it. (yabiladi.com, Marokko, 03.01.2020)
https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/87428/moroccan-government-agrees-discuss-draft.html
USA. US-Regierung verbietet Verkauf aromatisierter E-Zigaretten mit einigen Ausnahmen
Washington – Die US-Regierung verbietet eine Vielzahl aromatisierter E-Zigaretten, verzichtet unter dem Druck der Zigarettenlobby aber auf ein Komplettverbot. (aerzteblatt.de, 03.01.2020)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/108462/US-Regierung-verbietet-Verkauf-aromatisierter-E-Zigaretten-mit-einigen-Ausnahmen
China. The China Drug, Crime and Detention Database - 中国毒品、犯罪和拘留数据库
The China Drug, Crime and Detention Database Project is the first open access quantitative database focused on Chinese government drug policy and the country's justice system. It is an open access resource for researchers, advocates, journalists and organisations engaged in the study of drug policy, criminal justice, policing and detention in China. (LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, Dezember 2019)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/united-states/international-drug-policy/IDPU-China-drug-database
Addressing the context and consequences of substance use, misuse, and dependence: A global imperative.
Tsai AC, Alegría M, Strathdee SA (2019)
PLoS Med 16(11): e1003000. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003000
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003000
USA. House Committee Passes Landmark Bill To End Federal Marijuana Ban
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - The House Judiciary Committee passed a landmark bill Wednesday that will legalize marijuana at the federal level by removing it from the Controlled Substances Act. (finanznachrichte.de, 21.11.2019)
EMCDDA. Europäischer Drogenbericht 2019: Trends und Entwicklungen
Europäische Beobachtungsstelle für Drogen und Drogensucht, Lissabon (2019), Amt für Veröffentlichungen der Europäischen Union, Luxemburg
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/11364/20191724_TDAT19001DEN_PDF.pdf
European Drug Report 2019: Trends and Developments
EMCDDA, Lisbon, June 2019
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/edr/trends-developments/2019
U.S. Opioid Epidemic: Impact on Public Health and Review of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs).
Boté SH.
Online J Public Health Inform. 2019 Sep 19;11(2):e18. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v11i2.10113.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6788897/
Philippinen. Philippines: President Duterte's fierce rival becomes new drug czar
Leni Robredo, an outspoken critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, has accepted his offer to lead the controversial campaign.
Ms Robredo, the vice-president and Mr Duterte's political rival, said she would use her powers to stop the killing of innocent people and hold authorities to account. (BBC, 06.11.2019)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50313866
Ärztlich assistierter Suizid: Weltärztebund bestätigt Ablehnung
Dtsch Arztebl 2019; 116(45): A-2053 / B-1685 / C-1649
Hillienhof, Arne
Forscher fordern Verbot von Filterzigaretten
London/San Diego. (…) Zigarettenstummel sind weltweit das am häufigsten weggeworfene Abfallprodukt. Das ist nicht nur problematisch wegen der in den Stummeln enthaltenen Giftstoffe. Die Filter bestehen zudem zum Großteil aus dem nur schwer abbaubaren Kunststoff Celluloseacetat. Milliarden achtlos weggeschnippter Kippen tragen so täglich zum wachsenden Plastikmüllproblem bei. (aerzteblatt.de, 29.10.2019)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/106976/Forscher-fordern-Verbot-von-Filterzigaretten
Australien. Australia: ACT legalises personal cannabis growing and consumption
On 25 September 2019, the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) approved a law permitting personal cultivation, possession and use of cannabis for recreational purposes. The background note to the act describes the objective as a ‘harm minimisation approach’, stating that ‘the outright prohibition model of drug policy is not working’. (EMCDDA, Lissabon, 30.10.2019)
The Cannabis Effect on Crime: Time-Series Analysis of Crime in Colorado and Washington State.
Ruibin Lu, Dale Willits, Mary K. Stohr, David Makin, John Snyder, Nicholas Lovrich, Mikala Meize, Duane Stanton, Guangzhen Wu & Craig Hemmens (2019)
Justice Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2019.1666903
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07418825.2019.1666903
Mexiko. Key Mexican Lawmaker Proposes Legalizing All Drugs To Combat Cartel Violence
Mexico should legalize drugs—starting with marijuana—in order to combat cartel violence, the leader of the ruling MORENA party in the nation’s Chamber of Deputies said over the weekend.
The comments come days after Mexican authorities released the son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who led the Sinaloa Cartel until he was captured and extradited to the U.S., where he is serving a life sentence. After apprehending the son, the military engaged in a shootout with cartel members and ultimately surrendered him in an effort to quell the violence.
“I think that from the events we saw in Culiacán, it is urgent to enter a process to regularize drugs—we should start with cannabis—make a legal framework for its regulation and legalization, and reduce this black market,” Mario Delgado Carrillo said, according to a translation. (Marihuana Moment, USA, 21.10.2019)
USA. Addressing the Socioeconomic Complexities of Addiction—Lessons from the Kensington Neighborhood in Philadelphia
This September, I was invited by Thomas Farley, the Health Commissioner of Philadelphia, to see firsthand how that city is responding to the opioid crisis. With other members of NIDA leadership, we toured Prevention Point, a private non-profit organization providing harm reduction services to Philadelphia and the surrounding area. We also visited the health unit of the city’s Prisons Department, where they recently started a program that provides medications to prisoners with opioid addiction, and met with outreach workers from Temple University who run a mobile treatment unit that provides medications and behavioral health services for opioid addiction, as well as basic wound care. (NIH – National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA, 29.10.2019)
USA. The Full Cost of the Opioid Crisis: $2.5 Trillion Over Four Years
October 26 marked National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, which provided Americans an opportunity to prevent drug misuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. One of the most tangible examples of the dangers of misusing prescription drugs comes from the opioid crisis, which the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimates cost $696 billion in 2018—or 3.4 percent of GDP—and more than $2.5 trillion for the four-year period from 2015 to 2018. These massive costs point to the nationwide economic destruction from America’s very human “crisis next door.” (The White House, 28.10.2019)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/full-cost-opioid-crisis-2-5-trillion-four-years/
USA. Economic Impact of Non-Medical Opioid Use in the United States
Annual Estimates and Projections for 2015 through 2019. (Society of Actuaries, USA, Oktober 2019)
USA. DEA announces additional regulatory steps to address opioid epidemic
WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced proposed regulations to improve DEA’s ability to oversee the production of dangerous drugs at the height of the national opioid crisis. This proposed regulation would further limit excess quantities of medications that might be vulnerable to diversion for illicit distribution and use. (DEA – Drug Enforcement Administration, USA, 23.10.2019)
USA. Report: DEA did too little to constrain opioid supply even as crisis escalated
WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration fell dramatically short in regulating the prescription opioid supply over the past two decades — even as the country’s addiction and overdose crisis escalated, according to a new report from the Justice Department’s inspector general. (statnews.com, USA, 01.10.2019)
https://www.statnews.com/2019/10/01/dea-report-opioid-crisis/
USA. Trump just expanded drug testing to hundreds of thousands of workers - It’s a huge win for the drug testing industry.
The Trump administration just made it harder for laid-off workers to get government assistance. (Vox, USA, 04.10.2019)
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/4/20893225/trump-unemployment-drug-testing-rule
USA. E-Cigarettes Went Unchecked in 10 Years of Federal Inaction
A decade after Congress gave the F.D.A. the power to regulate tobacco products like e-cigarettes, the federal government has repeatedly delayed or weakened efforts that could have protected teenagers. (New York Times, 14.10.2019)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/health/vaping-e-cigarettes-fda.html
USA. Watchdog finds DEA was 'slow to respond' to opioid epidemic
The Drug Enforcement Administration was "slow to respond" as America grappled with a rising opioid epidemic, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report Tuesday that faulted the agency for cutting back use of a key enforcement tool and continuing to raise production quotas even as the number of deaths rose. (medicalxpress.com, USA, 01.10.2019)
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-watchdog-dea-opioid-epidemic.html
Introduction to the special issue: Responding to the opioid crisis: Perspectives, challenges and directions.
Borsari, B., & Read, J. P. (2019).
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(10), 845-848. doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000443
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2019-57426-001.html
Russland. Russland macht Fortschritte im Kampf gegen Alkohol
Moskau – Russland macht nach einer neuen Studie der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) Fortschritte im Kampf gegen den Alkohol. Der Konsum sei von 2003 bis 2016 um 43 Prozent zurückgegangen, teilte die WHO heute mit. Zugleich habe sich die Lebenserwartung dramatisch erhöht. (aerzteblatt.de, 01.10.2019)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/106406/Russland-macht-Fortschritte-im-Kampf-gegen-Alkohol
Merkel verstärkt Kampf gegen Aids, Tuberkulose und Malaria
Berlin – Politik und Hilfsorganisationen haben die zugesagten deutschen Investitionen für den Globalen Fonds zur Bekämpfung von Aids, Tuberkulose und Malaria positiv aufgenommen. Deutschland verstärke seine Unterstützung um 18 Prozent, erklärte Bundesentwicklungsminister Gerd Müller (CSU) in Berlin. (aerzteblatt.de, 26.08.2019)
USA. DEA proposes to reduce the amount of five opioids manufactured in 2020, marijuana quota for research increases by almost a third
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reduce the amount of five Schedule II opioid controlled substances that can be manufactured in the United States next year compared with 2019... (DEA – Drug Enforcement Administration, USA, 11.09.2019)
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