A new article, "Ensuring Patient Access to Essential Medicines While Minimizing Harmful Use: a Revised WHO Tool to Improve National Drug Control Policy," written by several members of the PPSG, was recently published.

In August 2011, the Open Society Foundations' Global Drug Policy Program announced the second volume in their series of reports that documents positive examples of drug policy reform around the world, "Drug Policy in Portugal: The Benefits of Decriminalizing Drug Use"

On June 22, 2011, the Bolivian Congress accepted a request from the Bolivian President, Evo Morales to temporarily withdraw from the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

A recent commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, and Thomas McLellan, former Deputy Director of ONDCP

A recent editorial from the Lancet asserts that people who inject drugs have been neglected in global efforts to scale up access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support.

DCAM is pleased to share the news that the Access to Opioid Medications in Europe (ATOME) project has recently released an updated WHO Policy Guidelines document.

A recent WHO Bulletin article highlights the need for opioid substitution therapy (OST) in resource-poor countries. India is highlighted as an example of a country that is gradually integrating OST into public health policies and programs.