New Ipsos MORI poll shows 53% of GB british public want cannabis legalised or decriminalised, and 67% want a comprehensive review of our approach to drugs.
In this edition of Guidelines for Debate of Espolea, Marián Gulías Ogando explains the concept of gender-based violence, examining how it is manifested and analysing some of its causes.
This DrugScope briefing for the Recovery Partnership aims to provide a summary of the public health reforms and to inform about how organisations can most effectively prepare to meet the challenges of this new environment.
The University of Aberdeen and NHS Health Scotland have launched a study to identify facilitators and barriers for General Practitioners to engage effectively with the naloxone programme in Scotland.
The aim of this report is to take a fresh look at the city’s response to the problems associated with drug markets and drug use, and to suggest ways in which the local agencies could be more successful in reducing the drug related problems.
The report states that criminalization and restriction of access to health care constitutes abusive treatment based on unjustified discrimination solely related to health status.
During the 1980s, Spain had very strict laws limiting access to opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OAMT). Legal changes facilitated the expansion of OAMT, and the annual incidence of HIV infection decreased from 6200 a year of early 90 to 690 in 2010.