International Doctors for Healthy Drug Policies
Our Aims increase the participation of medical doctors in drug policy reform

Mission Statement

IDHDP's aim is to increase the participation of medical doctors in drug policy reform. Drug policies affect the health of us all, but especially people who use drugs and those who are living with HIV and chronic pain. There is a gap between evidence-based clinical practice and drug policy in many countries and IDHDP aims to provide the voice of doctors to advocate for changes in harmful drug policies and promote harm reduction and healthy drug policies based on evidence, human rights and compassion.

International Doctors for Healthy Drug Policies

IDHDP also offers support to doctors in their home countries or regions by  providing a forum for doctors to seek and get help from experienced colleagues, making available an action kit for our members to use  including an IDHDP slide presentation on the necessity for doctors to advocate for healthy drug policies, relevant clinical and policy resources and research  to assist them in promoting best practices, harm reduction and healthy drug policies.

IDHDP aims to be a global network facilitating involvement of medical doctors in drug policy reform and maximizing their impact on the policies of national governments and international agencies with regard to the way that people who use drugs are treated. We believe that doctors are in a particularly strong position to advocate for much-needed change.

If you are a doctor and agree with our aims please join IDHDP free and add the issues that you would like to be addressed by IDHDP.

Join the voice of international doctors working for healthy drug policies and harm reduction.

Discuss the hot topics below on the IDHDP forums

  • Buprenorphine Maintenance Therapy Health Care Professionals: IDHDP member Sharon Stancliff discusses the article "Buprenorphine Maintenance Therapy in Opioid-Addicted Health Care Professionals Returning to Clinical Practice: A Hidden Controversy" read more and discuss here

  • Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution on overdose: IDHDP member Sharon Stancliff highlights a pivotal decision at the Fifty-fifth Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) read and discuss here

  • Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse With A National Online Database? IDHDP member Robert Newman responded to an article in Forbes, read and discuss here

  • Afghanistan's toxic cocktail of drugs, graft, mafia: Article written in Outcome Magazine, with a response from Dr Amin from Afghanistan - read and discuss here

  • Drug policy and HIV prevalence?  Need to promote healthy drug policies to reduce HIV rates in people who inject drugs - examples please - read and discuss here

  • Are the dangers of methamphetamine being overstated?  Overstating the dangers of methamphetamine may impede treatment of drug abusers, asserts a review by Columbia University researchers - read more and discuss here

 

News

 

HIV, Drug Use and the Global Fund: Don't Stop Now!  

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This report produced by International HIV/AIDS Alliance. It includes a set of recommendations, to the Global Fund to ensure that it continues to support HIV and harm reduction programmes. Read the full publication here

 

Documentary on Portugal's Drug Policy  

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An interesting 13 minute documentary on Portugal's Drug Policy - watch here

 

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Meetings

23 May 2012
International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases
The main topics on which the event will focus include: prevention of HIV transmission, HIV pharmacology, antiretroviral therapy, human rights and access to care, viral hepatitis, and emerging infectious diseases.

25 May 2012
Europad 10th International Conference - Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems
The mission of Europad has always been to promote information exchange and updating within the scientific community, but also to spread an illness-centred conception of addictive disorders, with heroin addiction as a long-dating prototype. The structure of meeting has always tried to propose systematic updating on different issues from a common biomedical viewpoint.

30 May 2012
Sixth Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy
The conference will discuss a wide range of drug policy issues, with a particular focus on 'how can and do empirical studies influence drug policy?
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