WHO officially launches procedures for critical review of coca leaf VPEP / Geneva - Switzerland - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, announced to the Vice-President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Ji…

USA. Biden-Harris Administration Calls on Housing Community to Help Expand Access to Life-Saving Opioid Overdose Reversal Medications Like Naloxone As part of President Biden’s Unity Agenda priority to beat the overdose epidemic, federal agencies a…

USA. Opioid-Overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach -- A Guide for Policymakers for Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies that Address Opioid Overdose - Practice Guide 2023 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)…

Off track: Shadow report for the mid-term review of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on drugs - The implementation of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration is off track The 2019 Ministerial Declaration on drugs laid down the main objectives of the inter…

When self-direction meets conformity: Surfacing Schwartz's 10 basic human values in drug policy dialogue with lived/living experience participants.  Askew R, Ritter A.  Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Nov 5;122:104257. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023…

Afghanistan. Prosperity or Penury: The political and economic fallout of the opium ban in Afghanistan Two new reports, one from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and another by David Mansfield and Alcis, show that Afghan farmers have largely…