Gunni Marís On Thursday, November 25, 2021, I left a COVID testing clinic near the Kringlan shopping centre in Reykjavík. Stepping into my car, the phone rang and an unknown number appeared on the screen. I listened as the voice of an old acquaintance, meek but quietly upbeat, worked its way through the speaker. We […]
Iceland’s Health Minister Willum Þór Þórsson says he will submit a revised bill to decriminalise possession of illegal substances in small quantities, RÚV reports. Willum
A group of active drug users gathered in a house that later caught fire last week, Vísir reports. Two in the group tested positive for
A harm-reduction initiative run by the Icelandic Red Cross has now expanded its services beyond the capital area – to the Suðurnes peninsula, Southwest Iceland.
As of March, 530 people were on the waitlist for admission to Vogur, the hospital and detoxification clinic run by Iceland’s National Center of Addiction
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided to take on Guðlaugur Jakob Karlsson’s case against the Icelandic state, Morgunblaðið reports. Guðlaugur says the
A small group of individuals struggling with addiction has been receiving the medications Ritalin or Contalgin in exchange for taking HIV or Hepatitis C medication,
It’s Friday night in downtown Reykjavík and Mónakó’s regulars are out in force. The sign on the outside of the drab green and red building reads Casino Club Bar, but what’s inside doesn’t have much in common with the glamourous ideal of the casino.
Minister of Health Svandís Svavarsdóttir is calling for a proactive response to the lengthy patient waitlist at Vogur, Iceland’s government-sponsored detoxification clinic and hospital, RÚV reports. Vogur’s
Thirty-seven people have died from drug overdoses in Iceland so far this year, RÚV reports. The number has already surpassed last year’s total of 34. Many more
