The EMCDDA confirms the promising future of wastewater-based epidemiology as a complementary approach to obtain a more accurate and balanced picture of substance use within different communities.
Harm Reduction International points out that prohibitionist and punitive approaches to drugs fail to achieve any reduction in drug use and trafficking, and are a clear violation of fundamental human rights under international law
This paper provides recommendations for overcoming challenges in light of current policies and practices in Thailand so that the drug treatment system can result in improved health and human rights outcomes for people who use drugs and people dependant on drugs.
This guideline supports using a stepped and integrated care approach, in which treatment intensity is continually adjusted to accommodate individual patient needs and circumstances over time.
งานวิจัยนี้ชี้ให้เห็นว่าการเข้าถึงกัญชาทางการแพทย์ทำให้สามารถใช้สารทดแทน opioids สำหรับกัญชาได้
สมัครสมาชิก แจ้งข่าว IDPC ทุกเดือน เพื่อรับข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับประเด็นที่เกี่ยวข้องกับนโยบายยาเสพติด
กรุณาดูด้านล่างสำหรับข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมเป็นภาษาอังกฤษ
By David Powell, Rosalie Liccardo Paccula and Mireille Jacobson
Recent work finds that medical marijuana laws reduce the daily doses filled for opioid analgesics among Medicare Part-D and Medicaid enrollees, as well as population-wide opioid overdose deaths. We replicate the result for opioid overdose deaths and explore the potential mechanism. The key feature of a medical marijuana law that facilitates a reduction in overdose death rates is a relatively liberal allowance for dispensaries. As states have become more stringent in their regulation of dispensaries, the protective value generally has fallen. These findings suggest that broader access to medical marijuana facilitates substitution of marijuana for powerful and addictive opioids.
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