Patient choice as a means of empowerment in opioid substitution treatment: a case from Sweden Lisa Andersson & Björn Johnson (2019)  Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2019.1591342 https://www.tandfonline.com/…

Marokko. Morocco celebrates 10 years of opioid agonist treatment With a regional seminar organised on 22-23 February 2019 in Tangier, the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Pompidou Group celebrated 10 years of…

Uganda. Uganda approves first-ever OST clinic The decision comes after PITCH embarked on a year of advocacy to convince the Ministry of Health of the need for the clinic. (IDPC - International Drug Policy Consortium, 04.04.2019) https://idpc.net/a…

USA. Increasing Access to MAT: What Is the Role of Harm Reduction? There are moves—important and funded ones—to support the expansion of medication-assisted treatment (MAT), but those moves apply mostly to office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) provi…

Schweiz. Immer mehr Pflegebedürftige bei Heroinabgabe Die Patienten der Heroinabgabe in Bern werden immer älter - und sie sind zusehends pflegebedürftig. Das geht aus dem Jahresbericht hervor, den die Heroingestützte Behandlung KODA publiziert hat…

USA. As overdoses rise, New Jersey removes a barrier to treatment for opioid addiction Starting this week, Medicaid recipients in New Jersey no longer have to wait for approval from an insurance company before a doctor can prescribe them opioid-add…