harm reduction

Implementing Quality Measurement in the Field of Drug Treatment and Harm Reduction: A Case Study in Flanders

Scientific article

31 March 2023

BACKGROUND: Implementing quality measurement is still a challenge in the field of drug treatment and harm reduction. In this case study, we investigate which strategies can be used to enhance the implementation of a policy in which quality...

The need to establish the first safe consumption site in Israel

Scientific article

1 January 2021

The paper presents the case for establishment of safe consumption sites (SCS) in Israel. An SCS, also known as a drug consumption room (DCR), provides a safe and medically supervised setting for people who inject drugs (PWID) to use drugs...

Harm Reduction 2023

16 April 2023

Melbourne

Australia

HR23 will take place in Melbourne from 16th-19th of April. The theme of the conference is 'strength in solidarity'.

HR23 presents an opportunity too good to miss for organisations and individuals looking to maintain or enhance their profile with a diverse conference audience.

Moving towards a continuum of safer supply options for people who use drugs: A qualitative study exploring national perspectives on safer supply among professional stakeholders in Canada

Scientific article

27 September 2022

Background Novel public health interventions are needed to address the toxic drug supply and meet the needs of people who use drugs amidst the overdose crisis. Safer supply – low-barrier distribution of pharmaceutical grade substances – has...

Society for the Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT-E) Symposia # 2

14 September 2022

online

SRNT-E are very pleased to announce that we’ve opened registration for our three autumn/fall symposia.

These symposia are taking place on three different days in September, all with a similar format: two and a half hours long, with talks from five experts and international leaders in their fields followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.

Symposium #1: Cessation in Specific Populations

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Eleventh Session)

ISSUP Webinar

12 April 2022

ISSUP Nigeria would like to present the next Bi-monthly webinar in their Knowledge Update Series.

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Eleventh Session)

12 April 2022

Abuja

Nigeria

ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to the next Bi-monthly webinar in their Knowledge Update Series.

How People Living in Canada Consume and Acquire Cannabis: Assessing Progress in Minimizing Harms and Establishing a Safe Supply Chain

Report

13 January 2022

Summary People’s attitudes and behaviours about cannabis have shifted since it was legalized in 2018. The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) has funded research to examine these changes. As we approach the three-year...

Methadone maintenance treatment

Book

10 November 2021

Document of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia that presents baseline of the maintenance programs with methadone in the country and the profile of the population served and the general characteristics of the treatment...

Harm Reduction Rise and Fall. The Lessons Learned from the Greek Experience, Challenges and Recommendations

Scientific article

4 December 2018

Abstract Greece represent a unique case for investigating harm reduction policy since the unprecedented economic recession and the radical austerity programs coupled with the auxiliary effects of an unstable, punitive political environment...