The evidence base and human rights framework for decarceration and harm reduction in prisons – Prisons Briefing (Harm Reduction International)
Bibliography: Interventions – Harm Reduction
Trends in, and characteristics associated with, trouble accessing sterile needles and syringes among people who inject drugs in Sydney, New South Wales
This bulletin highlights the percentage of participants amongst a sample of people who regularly inject drugs in Sydney, NSW who reported having trouble accessing sterile needles in the past month, from 2011-2019 (NDARC)
Successful ‘click and deliver’ naloxone service delivers lifesaving kits in the post to reduce drug-related deaths
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs (Scottish Families) has issued 348 naloxone kits in its first year of running its online ‘click and deliver’ service. People order online and receive their lifesaving kit in the post a few days later
Public Health England: ‘Preventable bacterial infections remain a problem’
Bacterial infections may be less likely to make the headlines than fatal overdoses and blood-borne viruses, but they are a source of considerable suffering among people who inject drugs (SSA)
Failure To Fund
The continued crisis for harm reduction funding in low- and middle-income countries download (HRI)
Who’s more likely to be able to get naloxone (Narcan) at their pharmacy?
A look at the socioeconomic factors associated with naloxone availability (Recovery Research Institute)
Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use, harms and drug services in the community and prisons
The results from this study provide a first glimpse into new developments emerging both during and in response to the pandemic, and which could have important implications for the future (EMCDDA)
HHS Releases New Buprenorphine Practice Guidelines, Expanding Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
The Practice Guidelines for the Administration of Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid Use Disorder exempt eligible physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives from federal certification requirements related to training, counseling and other ancillary services that are part of the process for obtaining a waiver to treat up to 30 patients with buprenorphine (SAMHSA)
Death Penalty For Drug Offences: Global Overview 2020
This report, our tenth on the subject, continues our work of providing regular updates on legislative, policy and practical developments related to the use of capital punishment for drug offences, a practice which is a clear violation of international law (Harm Reduction International)
Independent report Crime and policing
Includes Drivers of stop and search activity (b): tackling drug-related crime (Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities)
Civil Society Monitoring of Harm Reduction in Europe, 2020
The purpose of this report is to enrich the information and knowledge base of harm reduction interventions in Europe from the viewpoint of civil society organisations. We believe that this approach is a necessary, and useful, contribution to the development of drug policy in the region (Correlation Harm Reduction Network, The Netherlands)
Medication Assisted Treatment
MAT Standards for Scotland (Scottish Drugs Death Taskforce)
Drug control policies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The economic, health and social impact (Economist Intelligence Unit)
A state policy option to expanding access to methadone: Utilize Federally Qualified Health Centers
A state policy option to expanding access to methadone: Utilize Federally Qualified Health Centers (Recovery Research Institute)
Doing more harm than good
International examples of success, growing public support and the clear failure of current laws to stop drug use means the time is right now for drug law reform (Australian Lawyers Alliance)
Syringe Distribution Programs Can Improve Public Health During the Opioid Overdose Crisis
Such initiatives can reduce overdose rates and infectious disease, increase use of treatment (PEW)
College publishes report on drug-related deaths in Scotland
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (“the College”) has launched a new report on drug-related deaths in Scotland, based on the views of leading experts
Key findings from the ‘Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats’ (ADAPT) Study Wave 3
The Australians’ Drug Use: Adapting to Pandemic Threats (ADAPT) Study is exploring the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experiences of Australians who use illicit drugs (NDARC)
Maximising access to drug treatment while minimising diversion of medications
A new EMCDDA report looks at striking the balance
Understanding high death rates of people with multiple and complex needs
Many people experiencing homelessness, drug and alcohol problems, mental ill health, and repeat offending die early as they become desensitised to death through suffering vast loss and lack of hope, new research has revealed (Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health)
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