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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Boltushka: A homemade amphetamine-type stimulant and HIV risk in Odessa, Ukraine

Conclusions: Although Ukrainian government regulations have limited access to precursor chemicals, IDUs have continued to make and use boltushka. The actual extent and demographics of boltushka use are unknown.

Exploring stakeholder perceptions of acceptability and feasibility of needle exchange programmes, syringe vending machines and safer injection…

Conclusions: Increasing HIV infection rates among injection drug users in Tijuana have prompted interest in public health responses. Our results may assist policy strategists in implementing social-structural interventions that will help create enabling environments that facilitate the scale-up and implementation of harm reduction in Tijuana. (Source: International Journal of Drug Policy)

Hundreds of Thousands Locked Out of Voting Because of Drug War Policies

Estimates range from 300,000 to more than 900,000 former Florida felons who’ll be staying home on Election Day because voting rights were taken–Many of these individuals are locked out of civic engagement because of previous drug charges.

Significant Differences Amid Candidates’ Drug Policies

The differences among the two presidential candidates are sharp, including that of drug policies.

Correlates of methadone client retention: A prospective cohort study in Guizhou province, China

Conclusion: Clients need to receive an adequate methadone dose to assure continued retention. Patients who expect to be treated for life have higher retention rates than patients who anticipate only short-term treatment. Key factors associated with successful clinics in China need to be elucidated.

UCLA Prop. 36 2008 Final Study

The University of California – Los Angeles issued a new report on California’s Prop.

Measures Would Greatly Expand Oregon Prison System

Oregon voters are faced with two competing measures that could expand the prison industrial complex by over $1 billion.

Methamphetamine: Prohibition Shifts Smuggling Routes

The demand for meth and prohibition of its ingredients is re-shaping the global drug trafficking map.

Tues Oct 14, 2008 News Articles

Voters could relax marijuana penalties Stateline.org Proposition 5: Measure requires greater leniency in drug crimes Ventura County (CA) Star S.F. leads way on patient-friendly pot clubs San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Official: Drug problem in schools Wheeling Intelligencer (WV) As the violence soars, Mexico signals it’s had enough of America’s stupid war on drugs AlterNet A plan to win drug war The Windsor (Canada) Star “Three strikes and out” penalty for cannabis users falls apart The Times (London, England) Afghan minister welcomes NATO’s role in war on drug Xinhua (China) Life in the midst of a drugs war Nouse (York University, UK)

The Safety, Tolerability, and Subject-Rated Effects of Acute Intranasal Cocaine Administration During Aripiprazole Maintenance II: Increased…

Conclusions: Aripiprazole (15 mg/day) is safe and tolerable when combined with cocaine; however, the usefulness of aripiprazole as a treatment for cocaine-use disorders remains to be determined. PMID: 18855244 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)