UK. NSPdirect: postal equipment supply NSPdirect is a great new way for UK drug services to deliver an online postal needle exchange service to their clients via the Exchange Supplies webshop. Designed to work alongside traditional needle and syri…

Schweiz. Wegen Corona: Heroinabhängige können sieben Dosen aufs Mal mitnehmen Der Bundesrat lockert wegen der Pandemie die Bestimmungen des Betäubungsmittelgesetzes. Schwerstsüchtige erhalten die Wochendosis nun auf ein Mal und müssen nicht mehr tä…

Kanada. B.C. moves to dramatically increase access to safe alternatives to illicit drugs (…) “We know the pandemic has only made the street drug supply in B.C. more toxic than ever, putting people who use drugs at extremely high risk for overdose,”…

UK. Prescription of alcohol in emergency homeless hotel accommodation during the COVID-19 lockdown by Dr Emmert Roberts and Dr Emily Finch During the COVID-19 lockdown in London, a number of people experiencing rough sleeping were temporarily hous…

USA. This Trio Took Care of the Bronx’s Homeless Drug Users Through the Worst Months of COVID-19 New York City has boasted low COVID-19 numbers throughout the summer, but in March through May, the virus ravaged the city, killing more than 20,000 an…

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