EHRA. Survey of client satisfaction with opioid maintenance therapy (OMT) services among patients of OMT programmes in Kyiv and the Kyiv Oblast region. Pilot study report.  Vilnius: The Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA); 2020. …

High retention in an opioid agonist therapy project in Durban, South Africa: the role of best practice and social cohesion. Marks, M., Scheibe, A. & Shelly, S.  Harm Reduct J 17, 25 (2020). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-020-00368-1 https://harm…

USA. Study Report: Pharmacy-Based Methadone Distribution Eight investigators from medical centers in the U.S. and Canada recently looked into methadone access in the U.S., and evaluated the current availability of methadone treatment for opioid use…

Portugal. Portugal isn’t trying to force people with addiction into treatment. It wants to help them stay alive until they’re ready for it. Across Lisbon, health workers in such vans dispense the treatment every day, for free, to nearly 1,200 peopl…

Schweiz. Über 700 Aargauer in Drogen-Programm, doch wer kümmert sich um alte Süchtige? (…) Heute wird davon ausgegangen, dass Heroinabhängige im Normalfall dauerhaft substituiert bleiben. Das stellt die Gesellschaft vor neue Herausforderungen. Wer…

Practicing What We Preach - Ending Physician Health Program Bans on Opioid-Agonist Therapy. Beletsky L, Wakeman SE, Fiscella K. N Engl J Med. 2019 Aug 29;381(9):796-798. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1907875.  https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp…