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26 cze 2024 · The emergence of new synthetic opioids and a record supply and demand of other drugs has compounded the impacts of the world drug problem, leading to a rise in drug use disorders and environmental harms, according to the World Drug Report 2024 launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today.
A global reference on drug markets, trends and policy developments, the World Drug Report offers a wealth of data and analysis and in 2024 comprises several elements tailored to different audiences.
23 paź 2019 · The shift from plant-based illicit drugs to synthetic drugs has resulted in greater access to more potent and cheaper substances that are potentially more harmful to the health of users than some of those derived from plants.
22 mar 2021 · ‘These people are broken’: Why the UK’s war on drugs has failed. There was a time when drug use in the UK was not considered a matter for the police and judges, but for the doctor. Then it...
26 June 2021 Law and Crime Prevention. The world’s drug problem remains an urgent challenge that threatens to exacerbate COVID-19 pandemic impacts and hinder a healthy and inclusive recovery,...
12 sie 2021 · Indeed, drug consumers are often labelled as “weak”, “immoral” or “depraved”. Consequently, drug addiction is often perceived as an individual problem and not societal.
23 cze 2023 · Despite their centrality to medicine, drugs are not easily defined. We introduce two desiderata for a basic definition of medical drugs. It should: (a) capture everything considered to be a drug in medical contexts and (b) rule out anything that is not considered to be a drug.