A new issue, Volume 5, issue 1 – Spring 2011 of the Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice has been published.
The issue examines two developments in drug treatment in the United Kingdom and Australia, respectively, to determine their effects on the public health in general and problem drug users in particular.
The UK has instituted a ‘treatment war on drugs’ that has been in place long enough to provide data for evaluative purposes. The intended and unintended consequences of this approach are debated.
The Sydney Injecting Centre in Australia has provided a hygienic place for injecting illicit drugs since 2001. The authors analyze overdose statistics and discuss the Centre’s effects on both drug use in the surrounding area and on the community itself.
The commentary piece focuses on the thorny issue of chronic pain management and poses valuable questions for practitioners to consider.
The Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice, a joint effort of the Institute on Global Drug Policy and the International Scientific and Medical Forum on Drug Abuse, is an international, open access, peer-reviewed, online journal with the goal of bridging the information gap on drug policy issues between the medical/scientific community, policymakers and the concerned lay public. Edited by Eric A. Voth, MD, FACP and David A. Gross, MD, DFAPA, the intended readership includes clinicians, clinical researchers, policymakers, prevention specialists and the interested public.
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