Heino Johann Stöver

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences · Faculty of Health and Social Work

Objective: We aimed to identify in this study time trends of relapses in the illicit consumption of narcotics in a special at-risk population of former drug users under a public health perspective. Methods: In a pooled dataset of 14 consecutive calendar years (2006–2019), the use of seven different narcotic substances was studied in 380 persons wi...

Background: Out of the 11 million detained in prisons globally, the female prison population of 740,000 has increased by 50 % since 2000. There are 19,000 children living with their primary caregiver (almost always mother) in prison. We conducted a socio legal assessment of global progress in adopting the Convention on the Rights of the Child since...

In der offenen Drogenszene hat Crack (rauchbares Derivat von Kokain) seit Anfang 2000 das pulverförmige Kokain in den Städten Frankfurt am Main, Hannover und Hamburg fast vollständig verdrängt (Kemmesies 2004). Aber auch in anderen Großstädten breitet sich seit einigen Jahren der Crack-Konsum im öffentlichen Raum und unter bestimmten Konsumierenden...

Die erste Harm Reduction DACH-Konferenz (DACH = D (Deutschland), A (Österreich), CH (Schweiz)) fand am 23. Juni 2023 in Wien statt und widmete sich dem Thema Schadensminimierung (engl. Harm Reduction) beim Tabakkonsum. Es ist die erste deutschsprachige Konferenz, die Expert*innen aus allen drei deutschsprachigen Ländern unter dem Thema Harm Reducti...

The results were presented of a multistage scoping review into the availability of services to control infection transmission in prisons in EU countries and, consequently, to identify any gaps in service provision. EU prison health policymakers are recommended to initiate and expand the availability of acceptable, accessible and high-quality servic...

Women represent a growing proportion of the global prison population of 11·5 million people. No reliable estimates exist of the number of pregnant women or number of children born in or living in prison with a primary caregiver. Permitting a child to stay in prison with a primary caregiver for any duration has advantages and disadvantages for both...

This review aimed at evaluating the state of availability, accessibility and model of delivery of oral health services in prisons, globally. Five databases of peer-reviewed literature and potential sources of grey literature were systematically searched. Inclusion criteria encompassed oral health papers related to prisons globally, with exclusion o...

Dieser Bericht ist im Rahmen des Projekts SO-PREP entstanden, das mit Mitteln des Criminal Justice Programme der Europäis- chen Union finanziert wurde. Der Inhalt dieses Berichts gibt aus- schließlich die Meinung der Autor:innen wieder und obliegt allein ihrer Verantwortung; er spiegelt nicht die Meinung der Europäis- chen Kommission und/oder der E...

The objective of this study is to examine interventions implemented to increase vaccine uptake among people who live and work in prisons around the world. Peer-reviewed and gray literature databases were searched systematically to identify relevant information published from 2012 to 2022. Publications were evaluated by two researchers independently...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused a major refugee crisis, particularly impacting Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine has one of the highest prevalence rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) in Europe, which increases the risk of HIV spread due to injection drug use. Opioid agonist maintenance therapies (OAMT) are a gold standard treatment for OUD and...

Bedeutung von Tobacco Harm Reduction in der RAuchentwöhnung

Opioid Agonist Treatment in Prisons: evidence, epidemiology, problemes, solutions

Das Institut für Suchtforschung an der Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (ISFF) wurde 1997 von Prof. Dr. Volker Happel, Prof. Dr. Dieter Henkel und Prof. Dr. Irmgard Vogt ins Leben gerufen und wird seit dem 01.09.2009 von Prof. Dr. Heino Stöver als geschäftsführendem Direktor geleitet. Das ISFF sieht seine Aufgabe darin, Substanzgebrauchsst...

Schnittstellenprobleme Haft <=> Freiheit und Übergangsmanagement

GENDER.FRAU.SUCHT. – Genderfragen in (Post-)Corona-Zeiten Der vorliegende Band geht zurück auf die gleichnamige Tagung, Die als Jahrestagung von Sucht.Hamburg gGmbH am 17. November 2021 veranstaltet wurde. Fast alle Referent*innen dieser Veranstaltung haben ihren Beitrag verschriftlicht, einige Neue sind hinzugekommen. Herausgekommen ist ein Buch,...

Für eine Suchtarbeit, deren Ziel es ist, das Handlungsspektrum und die Lebens-möglichkeiten von Menschen mit Substanzgebrauchsstörungen zu erweitern, ist es u.a. notwendig, ein weites Spektrum geschlechtlicher Identitäten jenseits polarer Zuschreibungen und eine Vielzahl damit verbundener Lebensentwürfe und Leitbil-der als gleichwertig anzuerkennen...

Rauchentwöhnung und Schadensminimierung (Tobacco Harm Reduction/THR) Es ist zu konstatieren, dass der Rückgang der Raucher*innenzahlen in Deutschland ins Stocken geraten ist: - Während die Zahl jugendlicher Raucher*innen jedes Jahr einen historischen Tiefstand erreicht , bleibt die Rauchprävalenz im mittleren und höheren Erwachsenenalter stabil ode...

Zusammenfassung Das Medikament Naloxon ist ein Opioidantagonist, der innerhalb von Minuten die (atemlähmende) Wirkung von Opioiden im Körper aufhebt. Naloxon kann dadurch zur Reduktion von Todesfällen bei Opioidüberdosierung beitragen. „Take-Home Naloxon“ (THN) ist eine Maßnahme, die vom European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCD...

Background and Objectives: Women and girls are becoming the fastest growing segment of the global prison population. Women with a history of incarceration experience markedly poorer health and social vulnerability compared to both their male counterparts and women in the general population. Drawing on the patient-centered access to healthcare model...

Zusammenfassung Der Konsum von orientalischen Wasserpfeifen (Shishas) ist seit Mitte der 2000er Jahre nicht mehr nur unter migrantischen Populationen ein Thema, sondern auch unter deutschen Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen im Allgemeinen verbreitet. Über die Ergebnisse der jüngeren Prävalenzforschung hinausgehend ist jedoch über Konsumgewohnheit...

People who inject drugs (PWID) and prisoners are considered key populations at risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). In 2016, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) was implemented to eliminate HIV and AIDS by 2030 and the World Health Organization (WHO) presented the first strategy to eliminate...

Dieser von der Transform Drug Policy Foundation herausgegebene Leitfaden für die Regulierung des Cannabismarktes für Genusszwecke ist hervorragend geeignet für alle, die sich mit den Detailfragen der Regulierung beschäftigen. Jenseits der Extreme, einer Totalprohibition mit harten Strafen bis hin zur Todesstrafe einerseits und einem unregulierten l...

Незаконное употребление психоактивных веществ в регионе Центральной и Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии (ЦВЕЦА) продолжает оставаться проблемой общественного здравоохранения. Распространенность опиоидов, новых психоактивных веществ (НПВ) и стимуляторов амфетаминового ряда (САР), в том числе полинаркомания (НПВ в сочетании с другими традиционными...

Illicit drug use in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA) region continues to be a public health concern. The prevalence of opioids, new psychoactive substances (NPS) and amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), including polydrug use (very often NPS combined with other traditional drugs), is observed not only among experienced drug use...

Während allgemein die Zahl der Pa tient:innen in Substitutionsbehandlung ansteigt, bestehen nach wie vor Settings, in denen diese evidenzbasierte medika mentengestützte Behandlung nicht oder nicht ausreichend genutzt wird. Neben dem Maßregelvollzug[1] und den Justiz vollzugsanstalten [2] ist dies auch in der medizinischen Rehabilitation Abhängig ke...

This report evaluates more than 10 years of project implementation within the Criminal Justice and Prison Programme (CJPP) of the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe. The implementation of the CJPP commenced in 2010 and is still ongoing. From the beginning of the programme until the finalisation of the most recent, Strengthening Human Rights-Ba...

In vielen Großstädten – vor allem in den westlich und nördlich gelegenen Bundesländern, breitet sich seit einigen Jahren der Crack-Konsum (rauchbares Derivat von Kokain) im öffentlichen Raum und unter bestimmten Konsumierenden in problematischer Weise aus. Dieser war zuvor jahrzehntelang auf Hamburg, Frankfurt und Hannover beschränkt. Einrichtungen...

Anderson and Fenton have underlined the role of stigma as one of the main barriers towards reaching the international HIV elimination goals [1]. While supporting their approach, in this manuscript we discuss a recently-published set of guidelines on controlling HIV among a highly stigmatized population: transgender people living in prisons (PLP)....

Creating humane prison conditions is one of today’s greatest challenges, as penitentiary systems remain closed and hidden from the public in many countries. This edited volume studies the development of social work and health services in the penitentiary systems of Central Asia and China in the context of ongoing prison reform. It examines state ef...

Creating humane prison conditions is one of today’s greatest challenges, as penitentiary systems remain closed and hidden from the public in many countries. This edited volume studies the development of social work and health services in the penitentiary systems of Central Asia and China in the context of ongoing prison reform. It examines state ef...

Creating humane prison conditions is one of today’s greatest challenges, as penitentiary systems remain closed and hidden from the public in many countries. This edited volume studies the development of social work and health services in the penitentiary systems of Central Asia and China in the context of ongoing prison reform. It examines state ef...

Creating humane prison conditions is one of today’s greatest challenges, as penitentiary systems remain closed and hidden from the public in many countries. This edited volume studies the development of social work and health services in the penitentiary systems of Central Asia and China in the context of ongoing prison reform. It examines state ef...

Creating humane prison conditions is one of today’s greatest challenges, as penitentiary systems remain closed and hidden from the public in many countries. This edited volume studies the development of social work and health services in the penitentiary systems of Central Asia and China in the context of ongoing prison reform. It examines state ef...

Creating humane prison conditions is one of today’s greatest challenges, as penitentiary systems remain closed and hidden from the public in many countries. This edited volume studies the development of social work and health services in the penitentiary systems of Central Asia and China in the context of ongoing prison reform. It examines state ef...

Significant progress has been made worldwide in preventing, treating,and reducing new infections and deaths due to AIDS and HIV. However, there are still many gaps from a regional perspective. For example, there are barriers to access to treatment and prevention in Central Asian countries that relate to stigma and discrimination. A great deal of re...

In order to implement the resocialization mandate, a broad range of legal, criminological, methodological and institutional knowledge is required in the practice of the penal system and offender assistance. The 5th, updated and expanded new edition of the handbook provides practice-oriented interdisciplinary expertise on resocialization, education...

This scientific article presents a comprehensive study on the challenges and needs of women in prison, with a focus on social and health-related factors. The research aims to identify key problems faced by incarcerated women, analyze the social and economic factors contributing to their difficult situations, assess HIV infection rates, and evaluate...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Why prevention? From what, for whom or against whom? What do we know about prevention from research? What role can social work play in prevention? This textbook provides a modern understanding of preventative work for students and social work practitioners by introducing the concepts of behavioural and situational prevention with reference to drug...

Ziel der Studie Die COVID-19-Pandmie hat die Substitutionsbehandlung vor große Herausforderungen gestellt. An der oft als restriktiv angesehenen Rechtsgrundlage (BtM-VV) wurden befristete Änderungen vorgenommen, um Behandler:innen mehr Spielraum bei der Gestaltung der Therapien zu gewährleisten. Weitreichende Flexibilisierungen wurden in den Bereic...

Zusammenfassung Die Haftentlassung stellt für Konsumierende von Opioiden einen riskanten Übergang in die Freiheit dar. Insbesondere innerhalb der ersten 10–14 Tage liegt das Risiko einer drogeninduzierten Überdosierung, im schlimmsten Fall mit Todesfolge, besonders hoch. Medizinische Maßnahmen zur Vermeidung dieser gesundheitlichen Risiken für die...

Zusammenfassung Ziel der Studie Die COVID-19-Pandmie hat die Substitutionsbehandlung vor große Herausforderungen gestellt. An der oft als restriktiv angesehenen Rechtsgrundlage (BtM-VV) wurden befristete Änderungen vorgenommen, um Behandler:innen mehr Spielraum bei der Gestaltung der Therapien zu gewährleisten. Weitreichende Flexibilisierungen wurd...

Background Out of the 11 million detained in prisons globally, the female prison population of 740,000 has increased by 50 % since 2000. 410,000 children are in detention. 19,000 live in prison with their mother. Objective To conduct a socio legal assessment of global progress in adopting the Convention on the Rights of the Child since 2010, and a...

Approximately 11.7 million people are detained globally, with an observed rise in the female prison population in recent years. A range of human rights treaties, and non-binding minimum standards of care (2016 Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules), 2010 Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial...

Introduction Vaccinations are one of the most powerful preventive tools discovered by modern medicine. Although expanded programmes of immunization are well established in EU/EEA, significant immunity gaps and suboptimal coverage are registered among specific populations, including people living in prisons (PLP). PLP are also at increased risk to v...

Introduction Prisons are high-risk environments for the transmission of drug related infections, due to over-incarceration of people who inject drugs; often inadequate healthcare, substandard prison conditions; and others. An overview of the availability and coverage of prison-based harm reduction interventions in Europe is presented. Methods Nati...

Drogenabhängige werden aufgrund verschiedener medizinischer und gesundheitspolitischer Fortschritte (z. B. Opioidsubstitutionsbehandlung, akzeptierender, schadensminimierender Ansatz in der Suchtkrankenhilfe) zunehmend älter. Es mangelt allerdings an zielgruppenspezifischen, lebensweltnahen und genderspezifischen Angeboten der Suchtkrankenhilfe, Ge...

The article considers health and human rights implications for people deprived of liberty during the COVID-19 crisis. The health risks of incarceration for individual and community health, particularly in overcrowded and under-resourced prisons and detention centres, are well known, but with the COVID-19 pandemic have become a public health emergen...

Several examples from Germany indicate that the provision of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) to people living in prisons is rather fragementary. As prison healthcare is in the responsability of the Ministries of Justice in the 16 ‘Länder’ (states) the health care for opioid dependent prisoners is rather heterogenous, there are countries with almost...

Background: The measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic have led to significant changes in people's daily lives. This paper examines changes in substance use during the first lockdown (March-July 2020) and investigates mental health burdens in substance users with increased consumption of alcohol, nicotine or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in...

Zusammenfassung Aus einer gesundheitsökonomischen Perspektive werden Überlegungen zu adäquaten Formen der Organisation und Medikamentenwahl in der Opioidsubstitutionsbehandlung opioidabhängiger Gefangenen – v. a. im Hinblick auf Depot-Anwendungen bei der Behandlung – angestellt.

Introduction: National drug discourses Ingo Ilja Michels and Heino Stöver Central Asia (CA) and China are key regions for the international activities tackling illicit drug trafficking and related problems, such as dependence – specifically the problems with illegal opioids, infectious diseases, and increasingly, also synthetic cannabinoids and st...

Haftstrafen in der Frankfurter offenen Drogenszene Häufig handelt es sich bei den Angehörigen der Frankfurter offenen Drogenszene um Menschen mittleren Alters, die seit vielen Jahren im Drogenmilieu leben und ihr finanzielles Auskommen teilweise oder vollständig aus illegalen Quellen wie Drogenhandel oder Diebstahl bestreiten. Je länger sie sol¬che...

Ergebnisse der quantitativen Forschung Im Jahr 2020 gaben 476 Konsumraumnutzer an, in prekären Wohnverhältnissen zu leben. Da nicht alle Klienten befragt wurden, liegt die tatsächliche Zahl höher, bei geschätzten 800 - 900 Klienten. Diese Personen leben aber nicht alle dauerhaft in Frankfurt, sondern halten sich teils nur vorüber¬gehend hier auf....

Until the 1980s most governments, including Germany’s federal, state and municipal authorities, tried to control the use of illicit drugs, and the harm caused, by attempting to limit their supply and by enforcing strict anti-drug laws. These methods continue to enjoy strong support in certain jurisdictions, although a major body of evidence indicat...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) hat im Anschluss an die Ziele der Agenda 2030 im Jahr 2016 die erste Strategie zur Eliminierung der Virushepatitis bis zum Jahr 2030 vorgelegt. Auch die Beendigung des erworbenen Immunschwächesyndroms (engl.: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) AIDS bis zum Jahr 2030 wurde als eines...

There has been a drastic increase in the use and associated harms of synthetic opioids (SOs) in the past two decades worldwide. This issue highlights the importance in paying attention to different interventions to mitigate the burden of SO use. The European research project, ’Strengthening Synthetic Opioids health systems’ preparedness to respond...

Inside tInside the research – a behind-the-scenes look at the research highlighted in the 2021 INHSU Prisons Bibliography On 5 May 2022, INHSU Prisons hosted a virtual event ‘Inside the Research’, which welcomed authors from research papers highlighted in the Annual INHSU Prisons Bibliography 2021.he research – a behind-the-scenes look at the resea...

Das Institut für Suchtforschung an der Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (ISFF) wurde 1997 von Prof. Dr. Volker Happel, Prof. Dr. Dieter Henkel und Prof. Dr. Irmgard Vogt ins Leben gerufen und wird seit dem 01.09.2009 von Prof. Dr. Heino Stöver als geschäftsführendem Direktor geleitet. Das ISFF sieht seine Aufgabe darin, Substanzgebrauchsst...

Zusammenfassende Diskussion der Ergebnisse Kokainkonsum nimmt in ganz Europa und auch in Deutschland seit den 90er Jahren deutlich zu. Etwa 2,5% der Erwachsenen (18-59 Jahre) besitzt Konsumerfahrungen und etwa 1,5% konsumieren aktuell (bei den 18-34-jährigen: 4%). „Der missbräuchliche bzw. abhängige Konsum von Kokain ist als Hauptdiagnose in ambul...

Most European cities are faced with drug use and trafficking in public space. Supervised Drug Consumption Facilities (SDCFs) can be a tool to reduce open cast drug consumption, reduce the harm caused by drugs and addictions to local communities, and mitigate related challenges to urban security. But how should such facilities be established and ope...

Purpose – This study aims to report on the findings of a pilot study of the prevalence and treatment of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Design/methodology/approach – This study reports on study results based on two data collection methods: quantitative surveys and complimentary qualitative interviews....

Der Deutsche Bundestag hat am 19. Februar 2017 das Gesetz zur Änderung betäubungsmittelrechtlicher und anderer Vorschriften abschließend beschlossen, es ist am 10. März 2017 in Kraft getreten. Damit sollen Cannabisarzneimittel als Therapiealternative eingesetzt werden können, wenn nach begründeter Einschätzung des behandelnden Arztes eine spürbare...

Das Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) mandatierte René Akeret, soziale Dienstleistungen Winterthur, zusammen mit dem Institut für Suchtforschung (ISFF) und Harm Reduction International (HRI) eine umfassende, systematische Literaturrecherche zur Schadensminderung in Bezug auf legale und illegale Substanzen sowie zu substanzungebundenen Süchten durchzuf...

„E-Zigarette, Tabakerhitzer, Nikotinbeutel & Co. – Bedeutung und Konsequenzen für die zahnmedizinische Betreuung“: Zu diesem Thema diskutierten Experten aus Zahnmedizin, Medizin und Suchtforschung auf Einladung des Springer Medizin Verlags die aktuellen Empfehlungen von Fachgesellschaften sowie mögliche alternative Konzepte zur Schadensminimierung...

Die Studie untersucht das körperliche und psychische Wohlbefinden von LSBTIQ*. Hierzu gehören z. B. das subjektive Gesundheitsempfinden, chronische Erkrankungen, Suizidrisken sowie sexuelle Zufriedenheit bzw. Gesundheit. Zu den Forschungsschwerpunkten der Untersuchung gehören ferner das Coming-out sowie Diskriminierungs- und Gewalterfahrungen. Zude...

The question of whether e-cigarettes are a useful tool for smoking cessation is part of an ongoing and highly controversial scientific debate. In practice, however, the number of people trying to quit tobacco consumption by using these products is steadily increasing. This discussion article provides an outline of the current state of research on t...

Central Asia (CA) and China are key regions in terms of international efforts to tackle illicit drug trafficking and the problems related to it such as addiction. Modern and effective approaches to treating drug use disorders, according to the UN/WHO International Treatment Standards, exist in all countries but lack institutionalisation and require...

Central Asia (CA) and China are key regions in terms of international efforts to tackle illicit drug trafficking and the problems related to it such as addiction. Modern and effective approaches to treating drug use disorders, according to the UN/WHO International Treatment Standards, exist in all countries but lack institutionalisation and require...

This volume emerged from the 25th International Week at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. The contributions it contains are based on papers that examine social work in the areas of drug use and treatment, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and social work in prisons. They cover aspects of the history and international development of so...

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Take-home Naloxon in Germany. A pilot project

Psycho-social support for people in medication assisted treatment in Germany

Weltweit sind fast 11 Millionen Menschen inhaftiert. Schätzungsweise sind 741.000 davon Frauen. Damit Stellen Frauen in Haft sowohl weltweit als auch in Deutschland eine Minderheit dar. Vor 10 Jahren wurden die Rules of Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women offenders, die sogenannten Bangkok Rules, verabschiedet und auch...

Sowohl im Rahmen der Strafverfolgung, des Gerichtswesens, im Strafvollzug als auch im Übergang vom Strafvollzug in Freiheit, kommt es wiederkehrend zu Kriminalisie- rungsprozessen von Konsumierenden illegaler Drogen. Im Rahmen des vorliegenden Beitrages werden die Dynamiken der Kriminalisierung von Drogenkonsumierenden nachvollzogen und deren negat...

The number of drug-related deaths in Germany has steadily increased over the past 10 years. In 2020, it reached a new 20-year high with 1,581 cases, the highest it has been since 2001 (1,835). This development and the current health and drug policy response to it are no longer acceptable. At this point, expressing sympathy and indicating a continue...