USA. Overview: The opioid crisis in America Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Carol Graham, Keith Humphreys, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Bryce Pardo, Peter Reuter, Bradley D. Stein, and Paul H. Wise Monday, Brookings, USA, 22.06.2020 https://…

USA. When Justice for Black People Begins, the Looting Will Stop Mr. Malakai Z. Hart and Dr. Carl L. Hart discussed the fallacy that drug use played a role in George Floyd's death and examined how this myth is used to justify police brutality and p…

NIDA. Nora's Blog: A Message from the Director on Racially Motivated Violence  (…) The long history of discrimination against racial minorities in America bears directly on NIDA’s mission to address addiction as a disease rather than a moral f…

Amnesty International. „The COVID-19 pandemic must serve as a catalyst for the transformation of outdated and failed drug policies“ The COVID-19 pandemic, and government responses to it, are exacerbating existing inequalities that pose particular r…

UNODC. World Drug Report 2020 Presented in six separate booklets, the World Drug Report 2020 provides a wealth of information and analysis to support the international community in implementing operational recommendations on a number of commitments…

New WHO report on alcohol pricing: Europe ignores cost-effective ways to lower health risks Not all alcohol taxation policies have the same impact on health  According to the new WHO/Europe report, “Alcohol pricing in the WHO European Region”…