Drug Harm ReductionThese Lebanese Hospitals Won’t Arrest You For OverdosingAndré Gomes.Nov 30, 2023The NGO Skoun in Lebanon has updated its latest iteration of its “safe hospitals” map, outlining all the institutions that…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & DevelopmentDrugs & WomenPersonal Stories“We Want Recovery” Female Sex Workers Using Drugs in BurundiAndré Gomes.Nov 6, 2023Women tend to be a drug using group that often is less served or face higher barriers of access to…
Drug PolicyOpioidsOther DrugsStimulantsDULF Co-Founders Arrested in Another Attack on Safe SupplyAndré Gomes.Oct 30, 2023The Vancouver Police arrested Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, the co-founders of the Canadian Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), on…
Drug TraffickingOpioidsPersonal StoriesA Bright Success in Overturning Death Penalty in MalaysiaAndré Gomes.Oct 30, 2023One of the longer, if not the longest, case of a death row sentence landed on Dobby’s lap. Chong Yun…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingWar on Drugs Drives Environmental Damage Says New ReportAndré Gomes.Oct 5, 2023The criminalisation of drug production and consumption is driving widespread environmental damage and impeding efforts to stop climate change, a…
Drug PolicyDrugs & RaceFrance, Race and Drugs: An OverviewAndré Gomes.Sep 28, 2023Fabrice Olivet is a long-time activist for drug policy reform. Since 1996, he has led the association ASUD (Auto Support des…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDecriminalisation Under Attack: What Opponents Propose To Fix Drug ProblemsAndré Gomes.Sep 13, 2023While the first piece explored the framing, images and positions used to critique decriminalisation, this piece will focus on the…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentUsing Aid for War: $1 Billion Funnelled from Aid into Drug War BudgetsAndré Gomes.Sep 11, 2023The latest report by Harm Reduction International (HRI) highlights how dozens of donors, led by the US and EU, have…
Drug PolicyDrugs & RaceDecriminalisation Under Attack: US Media Goes After Oregon’s Drug Policy ModelAndré Gomes.Aug 22, 2023Part 1: The Case Against Decriminalisation As a new attempt to control drug-related harms in a non-punitive fashion, the Oregon…
Drug PolicyOther DrugsSingapore’s brutal drug laws and the fight to abolish the death penaltyAndré Gomes.Jun 23, 2023Activists in Singapore have been fighting to end the death penalty in the Southeast Asian country. After highly-covered executions at…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyIs Brazil’s ‘Anti-Cocaine’ Vaccine a Solution or Social Control?André Gomes.Jun 20, 2023The recent announcement of additional funding for an “anti-cocaine” vaccine has raised concern across Brazilian harm reduction organisations. Experts from…
Drug TraffickingOpioidsMexico’s Threat to Ban Medical Fentanyl is Painfully MisguidedAndré Gomes.Jun 16, 2023Mexico’s president has been the first North American leader to call for the outright ban of the medical use of fentanyl, as…