Use of common opioid painkillers such as codeine, morphine and oxycodone has more than quadrupled in Australia over the past decade and doubled worldwide over the same period a report published today in the Lancet (3rd February 2016) by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) reveals (NDARC)
Archives for February 2016
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The Association of Directors of Public Health: Position Statement – Take home naloxone
This position statement:
1. provides Directors of Public Health with the ADPH position statement on Naloxone use
2. provides a briefing on take home naloxone schemes and issues for Directors of Public Health to
consider, and
3. provides references and sources for key resources and information
A simple (ish) guide to the Psychoactive Substances Act
The Psychoactive Substances Act will come into force on the 6th April 2016. The Act will make it an offence to produce, supply or offer to supply any psychoactive substance if the substance is likely to be used for its psychoactive effects and regardless of its potential for harm (DrugWatch)
INPUD Submission to the Civil Society Task Force to UNGASS on Drug
The submission of the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) to the Civil Society Task Force to UNGASS on Drugs 2016 is derived from INPUD’s Consensus Statement on Drug Use Under Prohibition: Human Rights, Health, and the Law (INPUD)
Psychoactive Substances Act 201
This is the original version (as it was originally enacted). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format (UK Government)