Factors associated with quality of life (QOL) scores among methadone patients in Myanmar.  Tun S, Balasingam V, Singh DS.  PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022 Aug 22;2(8):e0000469. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000469. PMID: 36962722; PMCID: PMC1…

Rigid opiate agonist treatment programmes risk denying people their agency  Chang J.  BMJ 2023; 380 :p400 doi:10.1136/bmj.p400  https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p400

Adaptation of the Tele-Harm Reduction intervention to promote initiation and retention in buprenorphine treatment among people who inject drugs: a retrospective cohort study Edward Suarez, Jr., Tyler S. Bartholomew, Marina Plesons, Katrina Ciraldo…

Afghanistan. From Bad to Worse? Drug Use and Treatment in Afghanistan Dave Bewley-Taylor, Ross Eventon, Mat Southwell Policy Brief 19, March 2023, Swansea University, UK https://www.swansea.ac.uk/media/Policy-Brief-19.pdf

Kanada. Alberta Revokes Pharmacy Access for “High-Potency” Safe Supply Opioids People with opioid use disorder in Alberta can no longer pick up safe supply medications like hydromorphone from pharmacies, following the March 4 implementation of a ne…

Seychelles: The island paradise held prisoner by heroin Some 10% of the local population in the tropical island nation of Seychelles is dependent on heroin in what is now an epidemic, according to the country's government. Even being locked away of…