UK. DRUG POLICY RESPONSES TO COVID 19: ESSENTIAL FIRST STEPS  The COVID-19 crisis has, very quickly, highlighted a range of critical risks faced by both people who use drugs problematically and the providers of substance use services. Many i...

Time to let non-violent drug offenders out of jail  Outdated criminal and correctional laws are threatening the lives of over 1.6 million people incarcerated for non-violent offences. Countries are failing to meet their basic needs and right...

The doctors facing deportation while fighting coronavirus (Audio) The Take explores the hardships many non-white doctors in the US and in the UK are facing while on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. (Al Jazeera, 17.04.2020, Podcast, 18...

USA. Vast Coalition Issues Demands for Far-Reaching MAT Reform Harm reduction organizations, providers, experts and advocates from across the US are calling on government agencies to eliminate the notoriously burdensome restrictions imposed on me...

UN. Statement by the UN expert on the right to health* on the protection of people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic  In the current COVID-19 context, people who use drugs face unique needs and risks, due to criminalisation, stigma,...

USA. Intubated Patients Need Fentanyl. The DEA Had Recently Cut Production. As the pandemic sweeps the country, overwhelming intensive care units with patients in need of emergency respiration, medical-grade fentanyl is urgently needed. But suppl...