Items tagged with substitution treatment
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| We should hand out free heroin to drug users [26.08.2021] | Let’s give out heroin, for free, to anyone who wants it. This is not a provocation meant to make you gasp or to elicit angry clicks—rather, it’s a pr ... |
| Canada’s opioid crisis: The people and communities fighting for change and finding solutions [23.12.2019] | The drug crisis has claimed thousands of lives in Canada, with no communities spared. Now, many are banding together to speak up and find solutions. ... |
| An opioid crisis foretold [21.04.2018] | Today’s opioid crisis is already the deadliest drug epidemic in American history. Opioid overdoses killed more than 45,000 people in the 12 months th ... |
| Could a medically supervised distribution program be the answer to the opioid crisis? [15.01.2018] | Canada should develop a regulated program to distribute opioids and prevent deaths if it wants to address the opioid overdose crisis, argues a commen ... |
| Cannabis may help wean people off crack, study finds [16.05.2017] | Cannabis has been identified as a potential substitute for users of legal or illicit opioids, but a new Vancouver-based study shows the drug may also ... |
| Federal government set to crack down on drug courts that fail addicts [04.02.2015] | The federal government is cracking down on drug courts that refuse to let opioid addicts access medical treatments such as Suboxone, said Michael Bot ... |
| UN: Nearly 100 drug users died in Crimea after Russia closed methadone program [20.01.2015] | The United Nations' AIDS envoy sounded the alarm over an impending health catastrophe in Russia's newly acquired Crimean Peninsula, where nearly 100 ... |
| Thailand’s cure for meth addiction? A leafy jungle stimulant [16.09.2013] | The legal status of kratom is under review in Thailand. Options include making kratom available only by prescription, decriminalizing small amounts a ... |
| Colombia’s capital banks on marijuana cure for hard drug addicts [07.05.2013] | Marijuana has long been accused of being a gateway to deadlier vices. But could cannabis be a swinging door that might also lead people away from har ... |
| Cannabis to substitute crack [22.04.2013] | The mayor of Bogota has recently proposed a pilot scheme with crack cocaine addicts to explore the substitution of crack made of cocaine base paste ( ... |
| Marijuana to fight drug addiction [01.04.2013] | BBC Mundo reports that Bogotá is planning a system of "controlled consumption centers," where addicts could be weaned off more hard-core drugs, such ... |
| Doctors say UK drug policy should focus more on health [15.01.2013] | Although illicit drug use has been declining in the UK, long-term problem drug use and drug-related deaths are not decreasing, says the British Medic ... |
| Legalise ganja to treat HIV, cancer, doctors tell gov't [22.12.2012] | Marcus Day of the Caribbean Drug and Alcohol Research Institute believes the time has come for regional governments to legalise marijuana to countera ... |
| Study: marijuana a susbstitute for prescription drugs and alcohol [10.12.2012] | Research being conducted by a former Victoria city councillor is poking holes in marijuana’s reputation as a gateway drug. According to an academic p ... |
| Cannabis as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs [19.11.2012] | This article examines the subjective impact of medical cannabis on the use of both licit and illicit substances via self-report from 404 medical cann ... |
| Cannabis as an Adjunct to or Substitute for Opiates in the Treatment of Chronic Pain [31.05.2012] | There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of medical cannabis as an adjunct to or substitute for prescription opiates in the treatment o ... |
| Russia: Government shuts HIV-prevention group’s website [08.02.2012] | The Russian government’s anti-drugs agency has ordered the blocking of the website of a public health organization, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation, for ... |
| Cocaine addiction treatments to improve control and reduce harm (CATCH) [18.08.2011] | Cocaine, particularly in its base form ('crack'), has become one of the drugs of most concern in the Netherlands, being associated with a wide range ... |
| The Russian drug czar vs. methadone: Parcel of lies [15.04.2011] | HCLU's video advocacy team filmed the press conference of the Russian government delegation at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs this year - our movie ... |
| Kratom in Thailand [01.04.2011] | In early 2010, the Thai Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) developed a policy proposal to review different aspects of the criminal justice ... |
| The Dutch treatment and social support system for drug users [15.01.2011] | This paper, written in collaboration with the Correlation Network, briefly describes the history and the basic elements of the Dutch drug dependence ... |
| A Russian Drug Czar for the world? [06.07.2010] | A top Russian diplomat, Yuri V. Fedotov, has emerged as the front-runner in the race to become the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and C ... |
| Randomized controlled trial of dexamphetamine maintenance for the treatment of methamphetamine dependence [18.06.2009] | This study tested the impact of a long-acting form of amphetamine as medication to help control dependent use of the closely allied stimulant, metham ... |
| Characterization of the crack cocaine culture in the city of São Paulo: a controlled pattern of use [01.07.2008] | In the city of São Paulo, the culture of crack use has undergone considerable changes over these 11 years since it was first described. The sociodemo ... |
| Flexibility of treaty provisions [30.09.2002] | In a confidential and authoritative memorandum to the INCB, UNODC legal experts argue that most harm reduction measures are in fact acceptable under ... |
| Substitution therapy for amphetamine users [31.05.2002] | The illicit use of amphetamines continues to be a growing problem in many countries around the world, yet treatment responses remain in need of furth ... |
| Crack Heads and Roots Daughters [01.01.2002] | An ethnographic study of women and drug use in inner city neighborhoods in Kingston, Jamaica, revealed that cannabis is commonly used in conjunction ... |
| Coca leaf chewing as therapy for cocaine maintenance [30.09.2000] | The cocaine base, or “pasta”, may be seen as a type of South American crack. Its obligatory method of administration is smoking. A primary condition ... |
| Reviewing legal aspects of substitution treatment at international level [01.08.2000] | Treatment for drug addiction was seen as a measure to reduce drug abuse as early as 1961 when the UN Single Convention was signed. However, the only ... |
| Therapeutic Use of Cannabis by Crack Addicts in Brazil [01.10.1999] | This study ensued from clinical observations based on spontaneous accounts by crack abusers undergoing their first psychiatric assessment, where they ... |
| The standard low dose of oral cocaine [31.12.1993] | Coca tea has been used for the treatment of cocaine dependence. Two previous reports found that treatment that includes coca tea can be successful in ... |
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