USA. Opioid Settlement Windfall: Where the Billions Are Going (Audio) Billions of dollars from opioid settlements are being paid out by drug manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to address the overdose crisis. Most of this money is landing in…

USA. DEA Annual Report: Fentanyl Purity Down, Prohibition Not Yet Working The Drug Enforcement Administration is back with a new National Drug Threat Assessment, the annual report that returned in 2024 after a three-year hiatus. The 2025 NDTA, publ…

Illicit Opioid Use May Be More Prevalent Than Previously Estimated.  Anderer S.  JAMA. Published online May 30, 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.7760 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2834871

Zentrale Ergebnisse der Europäischen Schülerstudie zu Alkohol und anderen Drogen (ESPAD) 2024 In dieser Veröffentlichung werden die wichtigsten Ergebnisse der 8. Erhebungswelle der Europäischen Schülerstudie zu Alkohol und anderen Drogen (Euro…

Understanding the impact of the Taliban drug ban: situational analysis of Afghanistan to inform EU policymakers  Introduction This paper analyses how drug production in Afghanistan has evolved under the current Taliban drug ban, with a partic…

Editorial - Supporting the best quality science and the rights of people who use drugs regardless of global policy changes: Perspectives from the co-Editors in Chief of the International Journal of Drug Policy.  Treloar C, Grebely J.  In…