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Addiction Centre Director Resigns Amidst Revelations From Former Sex Worker
The now-former director of the National Center of Addiction Medicine (SÁÁ), Einar Hermannsson, resigned from his position last Monday, telling reporters that he had responded to an ad he saw and bought the services of a sex worker. [su_pullquote]Win a signed copy…
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Olís, Snælandsvídeó, Núpalind and Skálinn All Stopped Using Slot Machines In Their Stores
Olís, Snælandsvídeó, Núpalind and Skálinn in Þorlákshöfn have all stopped using slot machines in their stores, Fréttablaðið reports. The reason being is they say that they have a social responsibility to do so. Two weeks ago, a lawyer for the Gambling Addiction…
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Safe Injection Site Plans Move Forward In Iceland
Plans to open a safe injection site for drug users in Reykjavík are moving forward according to Vísir. Minister of Health Svandís Svavardóttir is drafting legislation to legalise such a center. The proposed centre was the recommendation of a commission tasked with…
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The Icelandic Opioid Crisis: Iceland Approaching U.S. Numbers In Drug-Related Deaths
In the first half of 2018, 29 recorded deaths in Iceland were likely to be related to drug overdoses. This is a heavy increase compared to last year’s numbers, when 32 people died due to illicit substance consumption over the entire year.…
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Morphine Addiction In Iceland A Serious Epidemic Amongst Young Kids
According to Icelandic doctor Hjalti Már Björnsson, morphine addiction in Iceland is becoming an increasingly serious problems amongst young kids—one that authorities have to deal with as soon as possible, RÚV reports. The situation seems in fact to be developing in a similar way…
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Container Society: xDeathrow Photographs A Stored Away Reality
Þórsteinn Sigurðsson, aka xdeathrow, is one of Iceland’s most exciting photographers. His gritty and realistic portraits capture the shady side of Reykjavík. In his latest series ‘Container Society,’ he turns the lens towards the world of drug addicts who live hidden away…
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Funds Secured For Children’s Addiction Treatment Facility
Iceland’s Minister of Social Affairs and Equality has secured 500 million ISK to the construction of a substance abuse treatment facility specifically for children, reports RÚV. “We’ve secured the funds for the project and will be commissioning designs and construction bids as quickly…
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Rethinking How We Treat Addiction: An Interview With Dr. Gabor Maté
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is notorious for being one of Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods, where rates of drug use are high and where Indigenous women go missing or are murdered just blocks away from the multimillion-dollar condos of the city’s elites. It’s also the…
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Health Minister Forms Committee To Help Addicts
Minister of Health Kristján Þór Júlíusson has formed a committee whose task it is to find ways to help drug addicts, socially and medically, rather than taking a more punitive approach. Vísir reports that the committee is based on a parliamentary proposal…