Heroin and other opioids – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2025) Heroin remains Europe’s most commonly used illicit opioid and is responsible for a large share of the health burden attributed to illicit drug consumption. Europ…

Drug supply, production and precursors – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2025)  Analysis of the supply-related indicators for commonly used illicit drugs in the European Union suggests that availability remains high acros…

From Kabul to Khyber - Tracing the Shift in Poppy Cultivation from Afghan Fields to Pakistan’s Borderlands (VIF Brief) Dr Angana Kotokey Published in 2025 by Vivekananda International Foundation (Indien) https://www.vifindia.org/sites/defaul…

Hospital Addiction Consultation Service and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (Audio) Interview with Itai Danovitch, MD, author of Hospital Addiction Consultation Service and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: The START Randomized Clinical Trial, and Micha…

Opioid medication doses among safer supply clients: Current safer supply doses and previous OAT experience.  Kolla G, Fajber K, Sereda A, Morris C, Deacon P, Cipriano LE.  Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2025 Apr 23;15:100338. doi: 10.1016/j.da…

Manifestations of potential xylazine withdrawal: A retrospective cohort study with nested case series.  Thakrar AP, Zwiebel SJ, Christine PJ, Spadaro A, Davis MH, Bhatia R, Rohacs N, Xu L, Perrone J, Lowenstein M.  Drug Alcohol Depend. 2…