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Our positions, commentary and media coverage on addiction policy.
The European Commission has presented a new EU drugs strategy and action plan aimed at combating the illicit drug market. The str…
Read more →New regulation on e-cigarettes comes into force. Stricter rules for sale and use As of today, 1 December 2025, a new regulation …
Read more →The illicit tobacco trade undermines taxation policies, damages public budgets, and increases access to cheap and potentially dan…
Read more →This joint memorandum of the Institute for Rational Addiction Policies and the Institute for Mental Health and Addiction Studies …
Read more →The upcoming EU Drugs Strategy offers a unique opportunity to move away from a disproportionately punitive model and toward a bal…
Read more →The legislative process of the amendment to the Criminal Code has been concluded with the President’s signature, introducing a nu…
Read more →We have examined some of the key security implications of the illegal trade in drugs and related substances. Security aspects—vio…
Read more →The Institute for the Rational Addiction Policies joins the call on the UN Secretary-General to use his mandate to play an active…
Read more →An international initiative led by the United States has the ambitious goal of stopping the synthetic drug boom. But it brings te…
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