News
10 July 2026
The Future of Synthetic Drugs 2050: Scenarios for Europe
SOLID
This page presents four scenarios developed as part of the Synthetic Drugs 2050 foresight project, ‘Increasing EU resilience to possible developments in the availability and use of synthetic drugs in Europe by 2050’.
7 July 2026
Video's of International Conversations Series "Addiction and Drug Use" Now Online
SOLID
In the winter term, the International Conversations Series "Addiction and Drug Use" was organized. From the SOLID team, Daniel Deimel (Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Germany), Dalida Mukasheva (Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan) and Nurgual Musaeva (Bishkek State University, Kyrgyzstan) contributed to the lecture series. The video's, recordings, texts and publications are now available online.
7 July 2026
PhD Defense of Zhlydyz Bakirova
SOLID
On 24 of June 2026, Zhlydyz Bakirova, SOLID PhD student and deputy head of the Republican Center of Psychiatry and Narcology in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Organization of Psychosocial Assistance for People with Substance Use Disorders” at Bishkek State University.
7 July 2026
Global HIV Response Requires Global Political Support
SOLID
The UNAIDS Global AIDS Brief United to End AIDS, released June 11, is the annual reckoning for the global HIV response. Each year, we pick over the numbers, charts, and descriptions of data to make sense of trends, successes, failures, and threats.
19 May 2026
PhD Colloquium and Conference in Kazakhstan
SOLID
From 27 of April to 8 of May 2026, the SOLID team visited beautiful Kazakhstan. The first week we organized a PhD colloquium in Astana where we discussed the research projects and took a deep dive into research methodology.
26 March 2026
SOLID Small Research Projects 2026 – Call for Proposals
SOLID
The SOLID project invites applications for small research projects in 2026. The initiative brings together researchers and practitioners working on drug use and related social and health issues in Central Asia and China.
6 March 2026
New Drug Trends: Insights from Focus Group Discussions. Civil Society Monitoring of Harm Reduction in Europe 2025
European Harm Reduction Network
Understanding substance use trends is vital to quickly respond to and reduce associated risks. This study contributes to such knowledge by qualitatively exploring drug use trends across 20 European cities between July 2024 and July 2025. It uses focus group discussions conducted with key informants who are directly or indirectly engaged
in the dynamics of local drug markets, including people who use drugs. This approach permits the identification of emerging developments that may not yet appear in quantitative datasets, while providing rapid insights into changes in local drug
landscapes.
26 February 2026
Strengthening Prevention Through Quality Standards: The Example of the European Drug Prevention Quality Standards (EDPQS)
SOLID
ISSUP Global presents a webinar on improving prevention practice through the European Drug Prevention Quality Standards (EDPQS).
26 February 2026
First SOLID Talk in 2026: Guzalkhon Zakhidova Presents Research on New Psychoactive Substances in Uzbekistan
SOLID
On 24 February 2026, the first SOLID Talk of 2026 took place. Guzalkhon Zakhidova of Bukhara State Medical Institute presented her PhD research on new psychoactive substances in Uzbekistan.
3 February 2026
The Ungass Decade in Review: Gaps, Achievements and Paths for Reform
International Drug Policy Consortium
This report examines the progress that has been made as a result of the 2016 UNGASS, to determine the role of the global drug control regime in shaping such change. To do so, it draws on UN data and reporting, research by academia, civil society and community organisations, and a civil society survey amongst IDPC members and partners.