Wenjing Huang

This report highlights the shifting drug policy landscape in Asia, with a special focus on (1) the violent crackdown on drug users and sellers in the Philippines, (2) Thailand's move toward an alternative approach of reducing criminal sanctions for drug use and improving access to medication treatment and needle exchange, and (3) China's emergence as a major source of many new chemical precursors and drugs that are exported outside Asia.

This report summarizes the findings of a study to develop an item bank of barriers to mental health care--a repository of survey questions phrased in a nonbiased way about different aspects of mental health treatment and avoidance--for the Department of Defense (DoD); establish the reliability and preliminary validity of the item bank and a short form; and identify options for how DoD can use the item bank to assess and monitor barriers to care.