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.
This is the first of the three annual work programmes required to implement the activities and commitments set out in the EMCDDA’s new strategy for the 2013–15 period.
This study ensued from clinical observations based on spontaneous accounts by crack abusers undergoing their first psychiatric assessment, where they reported using cannabis in an attempt to ease their own withdrawal symptoms.
The report combines Europol’s strategic understanding of trends and developments in organised crime with the EMCDDA’s ongoing analysis of the drug phenomenon in Europe and beyond.
Com o propósito de investigar a extensão do desafio de saúde representado pelo VHC, a Economist Intelligence Unit, em nome da Janssen, realizou 16 entrevistas detalhadas com especialistas, incluindo autoridades de saúde nacionais e internacionais, ativistas, pesquisadores e pessoal médico, bem como uma extensa pesquisa documental.