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Archive: 2022

VIEWPOINT Health Workers on the Political Frontlines

Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 121-123 |  PDF Gideon Lasco, Raudah Mohd Yunus, Edward Christopher Dee, and Martin McKee Health workers have been on the clinical frontlines of the struggle against COVID-19, enduring conditions they could never…

The Politics of Drug Rehabilitation in the Philippines

Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 147-158 |  PDF Gideon Lasco and Lee Edson Yarcia Abstract The international consensus to end compulsory drug treatments and close forced rehabilitation facilities needs urgent transformation to country policies.…

No Exit: China’s State Surveillance over People Who Use Drugs

Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 135-146 |  PDF Mu Lin, Nina Sun, and Joseph J. Amon Abstract In China, although drug use is an administrative and not criminal offense, individuals detained by public security authorities are subject to coercive…

Capacity-Building in Community-Based Drug Treatment Services

Volume 24/1, June 2022, pp. 189-202  |  PDF Michael J. Cole Abstract Globally, there are not enough services to meet the enormous demand for evidence-based community-based drug treatment. Further, the effectiveness of available…