ArticleThe International journal on drug policy2012
Opiate use, treatment, and harm reduction in Afghanistan: recent changes and future directions.
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- The status of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Revisiting Afghanistan's Drug Policy: A Policy Analysis of Eradication, Harm Reduction, and Economic Dependencies.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Afghan mental health and psychosocial well-being: thematic review of four decades of research and interventions.BJPsych open · 2023Review
- The ups and downs of harm reduction in Afghanistan.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Article
- Priorities for addressing substance use disorder in humanitarian settings.Conflict and health · 2021Article
- Drug Use Among Women and Children in Afghanistan: The Complexities of An Important Public Health Issue.HSOA journal of addiction & addictive disorders · 2020Article
- Opium trade and the spread of HIV in the Golden Crescent.Harm reduction journal · 2017Review
- Esophageal Cancer and associated Factors among Uzbek-Turkmen and Other Ethnic Groups in the Northern Part of AfghanistanAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017Article
- Hepatitis C and HIV incidence and harm reduction program use in a conflict setting: an observational cohort of injecting drug users in Kabul, Afghanistan.Harm reduction journal · 2015Observational
- Cross-sectional assessments of participants' characteristics and loss to follow-up in the first Opioid Substitution Therapy Pilot Program in Kabul, Afghanistan.Harm reduction journal · 2015Article
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Abstract
Afghanistan leads global opium and cannabis production, amidst concerted efforts to improve the country's infrastructure. In this commentary, the evidence base for drivers of increased drug use in the context of deteriorating security is presented, government, donor, and civil society responses to date are described, and key areas for health policy response are summarized. Opiate use in Afghanistan shows disturbing trends: multiple substances are accessible at low cost and frequently used in combination, and injecting use has become more common. Pressures from both donor and governmental sectors have compromised innovations in programming. Further, civil unrest and resultant displacement have created challenges for programme implementation. Afghanistan urgently needs a well-funded, sustainable, comprehensive, and inclusive programme of drug dependency treatment, aftercare, and harm reduction services, as well as realistic, effective, and culturally salient primary prevention programmes. To date, drug dependence is not a prioritised issue, current programmes are under-resourced, and the continuum of care has a narrow scope generally limited to treatment. Unless this issue is addressed, the next generation of Afghans is poised to become a casualty of the opiate industry.
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