Adherence to methadone maintenance treatment and associated factors among patients in Vietnamese mountainside areas Long Hoang Nguyen†, Huong Thu Thi Nguyen†, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen†, Bach&…

West Virginia has the highest overdose death rate in the country. Locals are fighting to save their neighbors - and their towns - from destruction. (The New Yorker, 05.06.2017) http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/05/the-addicts-next-door

Das 20. Substitutions-Forum fand von 6. bis 7. Mai 2017 im Schlosshotel Mondsee statt.  Wir danken allen ReferentInnen, TeilnehmerInnen und Unterstützern sowie der Kongressorganisation! Die Fachvorträge des 20. Substitutions-Forum a…

The Tshwane initiative could help reduce drug use, drug-related crime and new HIV infections Tshwane residents who use opioid drugs such as heroin or whoonga can now swap their dangerous drugs of choice for something safer as part of an innovative…

The State of Opioid Agonist Therapy in Canada 20 Years after Federal Oversight. Eibl JK, Morin K, Leinonen E, Marsh DC. Can J Psychiatry. 2017 Jan 1:706743717711167. doi: 10.1177/0706743717711167. Abstract https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/285…

The journey of opioid substitution therapy in India: Achievements and challenges. Rao R. Indian J Psychiatry. 2017 Jan-Mar;59(1):39-45. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_37_17. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5419011/