The seminar focused on the public health and law enforcement aspects of the EU Drugs Strategy, the issue of new psychoactive substances, and the role of Europe in preparation for the 2016 UNGASS.
Prevention programmes about harm reduction, treatment and counselling should include young people who inject drugs as a core focus of their intervention structure.
This multiannual EU Drugs Strategy sets out the priorities and objectives for the action on drugs of EU countries, the Commission and other EU Institutions and bodies.
The intersection of unprotected sex and use of street and party drugs is likely to amplify the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C virus and STIs among men who have sex with men.
A combination intervention approaches is needed, encompassing social interventions in relation to housing, stigma reduction and systemic changes in policy and health care delivery.
This briefing aims to provide recommendations for ASEAN member states as they consider approaches to conducting the final review of the ASEAN drug strategy ending in 2015.
