Items tagged with ATS
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Illegal drug market is booming, says UN watchdog [22.06.2017] | The world’s illicit drug economy is “thriving” owing to large increases in the production of heroin and cocaine and a wider spectrum of synthetic sub ... |
EU Drug Markets Report [04.04.2016] | The 2016 EU Drug Markets Report provides a unique insight into the operation of illicit drug markets in the EU. The report assesses the impact of the ... |
Current State of Counternarcotics Policy and Policy Reform Debates in Myanmar [28.04.2015] | This paper explores the current state of counternarcotics policy and policy reform debates in Myanmar. It analyzes the main trends in drug production ... |
Global Experiences with Harm Reduction for Stimulants and New Psychoactive Substances [14.05.2014] | The objective of this seminar is to compare the findings on innovative tools for the prevention of problematic cocaine use patterns, with experiences ... |
Civil war turns Syria into major amphetamines hub [11.01.2014] | Syria has become a major amphetamines exporter and consumer as the trauma of the country's brutal civil war fuels demand and the breakdown in order c ... |
Outcast: Egypt's growing addiction problem [26.06.2013] | Assistant professor of psychology at the American University in Cairo (AUC) Mona Amer says that a number of factors lead to drug abuse in Egypt. Thes ... |
Meth Hype Could Undermine Good Medicine [27.12.2011] | Four scientists from Columbia University published an analysis of previous studies on methamphetamine use that called into question some of the purpo ... |
ATS and Harm Reduction [04.11.2011] | Problematic use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) has become a significant health and social problem in East and Southeast Asia, in particular the ... |
Amphetamine Type Stimulants and Harm Reduction [01.10.2011] | Little is known about the methamphetamine market in the region, but there are strong indications that the situation is deteriorating with substances ... |
Expert Seminar on ATS and Harm Reduction [26.11.2010] | This report captures the main outcomes from an informal expert seminar on harm reduction in relation to the rising problems with the use of Amphetami ... |
Speeding up the response [01.04.2010] | Despite heavy media coverage of amphetamines and increased research attention in some countries, the harm reduction response remains underdeveloped w ... |
The fast and the furious [01.04.2010] | Harm reduction programmes targeting stimulants like cocaine and (meth)amphetamines in several countries have shown positive results. However, these p ... |
The ATS Boom in Southeast Asia [15.01.2009] | In the 1990s, Southeast Asia experienced a boom in the production and consumption of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), in particular methamphetamine ... |
Withdrawal Symptoms in the Golden Triangle [09.01.2009] | Drug control agencies have called the significant decline in opium production in Southeast Asia over the past decade a 'success story'. The latest re ... |
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 ... |
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