In Australia, preference for ecstasy has begun to return (32% in 2012 versus 27% in 2011). Alcohol has overtaken cocaine as the third drug of choice. This is one of the conclusions of the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS)-2012, conducted by National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre.
This paper explores in which extent gender perspective is present in the design of the policy guidelines issued by the various agencies involved in the development and implementation of European Union (EU) drug policy.
This report conducted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare presents data about alcohol and other drug treatment agencies, their clients, drugs of concern and the type of treatment received.
This visit was an opportunity for UHRN representatives to learn more about how these harm reduction services are design and delivered, in order to be able to promote similar initiatives in Uganda.
Despite a decreasing trend of HIV cases among injecting drug users in most of the EU/EEA countries, Greece reported in 2011 a significant increase in the HIV case reports and the HIV prevalence among this group.
Both the gender issue and drugs public politics are a relatively recent reality in Europe. The ambivalent juridical perspective (legal-illegal) to which certain behaviours linked to these kind of substances are subdued, has conditioned the scientific boundary of public politics related to drugs in the EU.
This report provides information based on visits to two methadone maintenance treatment clinics (MMT clinics), and three syringe exchange sites in china.
A recent risk assessment in Romania documented an increased HIV incidence, increased hepatitis C prevalence, recent changes in injecting patterns (with more frequent injecting), and low coverage of effective harm reduction services.
As estatísticas sobre o consumo de drogas estimam que aproximadamente 14,5 milhões de europeus já consumiram cocaína pelo menos uma vez na vida, 12,5 milhões experimentaram anfetaminas e cerca de 11 milhões já consumiram ecstasy. Actualmente, a panóplia de substâncias psicoactivas de uso recreativo disponíveis, com excepção do álcool, são ilegais em toda a Europa
The 2012 report on the global AIDS epidemic contains the latest data on numbers of new HIV infections, numbers of people receiving antiretroviral treatment, AIDS-related deaths and HIV among children.
This report provides an insight into patterns and levels of drug use among the European prison population and examines Europe’s prison health policies and models of delivery of drug-related healthcare to detainees.
