ARUD/Schweiz. ES BRAUCHT MEHR SCHADENSMINDERUNG! (Poster) Angebote zur Schadensminderung wurden seit den 1990er-Jahren kaum mehr weiterentwickelt. Dabei liesse sich das Prinzip der Schadensminderung auch auf andere Bereiche ausweiten, um den Konsum…

High levels of used syringe use and unsafe sex among people who inject drugs in Kumasi, Ghana: an urgent call for a comprehensive harm reduction approach.  Messersmith, L.J., Adjei, R., Beard, J. et al.  Harm Reduct J 18, 62 (2021). doi…

Public support for harm reduction: A population survey of Canadian adults.  Wild TC, Koziel J, Anderson-Baron J, Asbridge M, Belle-Isle L, Dell C, et al. (2021)  PLoS ONE 16(5): e0251860. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251860 https://jou…

The best of harm reduction  Rob Calder writes about this important, and sometimes hotly debated, issue. (SSA – Society fort he Study of Addiction, UK, 07.05.2021) https://www.addiction-ssa.org/the-best-of-harm-reduction/

Europa. Summary National Harm Reduction Survey We approached C-EHRN members in Q4 of 2020 to provide us with contact information of national harm reduction groups or networks in 34 European countries. 50% of approached countries have such a network…

Kanada. Virtual 'spotting' could help keep drug users safe during COVID-19, U of T researchers say A group of researchers at the University of Toronto and the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs are studying a remote supervi…