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Overdose Antidote Takes Harm-Reduction Centre Stage

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27 March 2017

One of our selection of hot topics, analyses of important issues which sometimes generate heated debate. Programmes distributing the opiate overdose antidote naloxone have become the great new hope for curbing the rise in drug-related...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Mandatory Assessment for Arrestees Does Not Cut Crime

Scientific article

27 March 2017

Further evidence from England that the ‘Tough Choices’ schemes which force people arrested for certain offences to be tested for heroin or cocaine use and if positive to be assessed for treatment do not pay back in terms of treatment...

Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths in the UK

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1 December 2016

Robust messages for the government from the UK’s official drug policy advisers: Ageing profile of multiply-ill heroin users will continue to press up drug-related deaths. To counteract this pressure government must maintain investment in...

Sporting Activity and Substance Abuse among Teens: What’s the Link?

Scientific article

14 March 2017

A recent survey which looked at the drug habits of over 20,000 US high-school athletes has found those who play high-contact sports, such as hockey, are more likely to use heroin and prescription opioids for non-medicinal purposes. The...

The Punjabi Problem: Drug Use in One of India’s Wealthiest Regions

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According to the BBC, a recent government-conducted investigation suggests that more than 860,000 young men (15 – 35) in the Punjab region of India take drugs. This is three times the national average. Heroin is used by 53% of all addicts...

Opioid Abuse Linked to Heroin Use

Scientific article

9 October 2016

New research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors has found the likelihood of 18- to 34-year-old nonmedical prescription opioid users having a prescription opioid use disorder has increased between 2002 – 2014. More specifically...

White House Eases Cap on Medication for Opioid Addiction

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In the USA, Frontline report on changes in policy to allow doctors to issue more prescriptions for buprenorphine; new rules aimed at improving drug monitoring by federal prescribers treating Native Americans and military veterans