These Lebanese Hospitals Won’t Arrest You For Overdosing
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The NGO Skoun in Lebanon has updated its latest iteration of its “safe hospitals” map, outlining all the institutions that…
Posts by André Gomes
“We Want Recovery” Female Sex Workers Using Drugs in Burundi
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Women tend to be a drug using group that often is less served or face higher barriers of access to…
DULF Co-Founders Arrested in Another Attack on Safe Supply
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The Vancouver Police arrested Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, the co-founders of the Canadian Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), on…
A Bright Success in Overturning Death Penalty in Malaysia
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One of the longer, if not the longest, case of a death row sentence landed on Dobby’s lap. Chong Yun…
War on Drugs Drives Environmental Damage Says New Report
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The criminalisation of drug production and consumption is driving widespread environmental damage and impeding efforts to stop climate change, a…
France, Race and Drugs: An Overview
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Fabrice Olivet is a long-time activist for drug policy reform. Since 1996, he has led the association ASUD (Auto Support des…
Decriminalisation Under Attack: What Opponents Propose To Fix Drug Problems
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While the first piece explored the framing, images and positions used to critique decriminalisation, this piece will focus on the…
Using Aid for War: $1 Billion Funnelled from Aid into Drug War Budgets
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The latest report by Harm Reduction International (HRI) highlights how dozens of donors, led by the US and EU, have…
Decriminalisation Under Attack: US Media Goes After Oregon’s Drug Policy Model
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Part 1: The Case Against Decriminalisation As a new attempt to control drug-related harms in a non-punitive fashion, the Oregon…
Singapore’s brutal drug laws and the fight to abolish the death penalty
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Activists in Singapore have been fighting to end the death penalty in the Southeast Asian country. After highly-covered executions at…
Is Brazil’s ‘Anti-Cocaine’ Vaccine a Solution or Social Control?
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The recent announcement of additional funding for an “anti-cocaine” vaccine has raised concern across Brazilian harm reduction organisations. Experts from…
Mexico’s Threat to Ban Medical Fentanyl is Painfully Misguided
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Mexico’s president has been the first North American leader to call for the outright ban of the medical use of fentanyl, as…