Afghanistan. Taliban's Poppy Ban in Afghanistan: Can It Work? (Video) In April 2022, Afghanistan’s de-facto authorities banned all cultivation of opium poppy under strict new laws. Opium is the essential ingredient for manufacturing the street dr...

USA. Cannabis Policy Impacts Public Health and Health Equity Over the past several decades, more than half of all U.S. states have legalized cannabis for adult and/or medical use, but it remains illegal at the federal level. The public health con...

"It should be hard to be a drug abuser" An evaluation of the criminalization of drug use in Sweden.  Stenström A, Estrada F, Tham H.  Int J Drug Policy. 2024 Sep 10;133:104573. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104573. Epub ahead of print. PM...

The Overdose Crisis in the 2024 Election—Political Fights and Practical Problems.  Saloner B.  JAMA. 2024;331(19):1621–1622. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.4997 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2817848

The Imperative of Regulation: The Co-creation of a Medical and Non-medical US Opioid Crisis.  Pieters T.  Psychoactives. 2023 Nov 3;2(4):317-336. doi: 10.3390/psychoactives2040020. PMID: 39280929; PMCID: PMC7616444. https://www.ncbi.n...

Schweiz. «Wir haben Sorge, dass wir vor einer neuen Überdosiskrise stehen» Nach ihrem erfolgreichen Debüt 2023 in Wien fand die zweite Harm-Reduction-DACH-Konferenz dieses Jahr nicht weniger erfolgreich in Basel statt. Wir baten die Organisatoren...