Scotland Pushing to Save Lives against UK Government Drug Prohibition
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The Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce has published their final report, outlining their key recommendations and concrete actions to reverse the…
Posts by André Gomes
We Asked Experts: What Exactly is in the MDMA Supply?
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its geopolitical shocks have been felt across multiple industries, including the illegal drug market. While…
Canadian Decriminalisation Efforts Fall Short of Serious Change
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In early June, the Canadian federal government announced the launch of a three-year trial in British Columbia (BC) starting on…
The Invisible Battle in the Ukraine War
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While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has raged on for almost two months, TalkingDrugs spoke with several organisations working on…
Where’s the Justice in Arresting Michael K. Williams’ Drug Sellers?
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The death of Michael K. Williams put another familiar and widely cherished face among the many that perished from drug overdoses…
Check Your Drugs (and yourself): the impact of drug checking services on consumer behaviours
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Drug checking services provide a breakdown of the chemical composition of drug samples that people bring to laboratories. Depending on…
“Duterte has degraded the discourse so much it’s become a matter of whether to kill or not” – Gideon Lasco on Drugs and the Philippines
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An academic by training, Gideon Lasco does not limit his career to producing journal articles and book chapters. Beyond academia,…
2022 Global Drug Survey: Help make it bigger than ever for its 10 year anniversary
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2022 marks the 10 year anniversary of the Global Drug Survey, one of the largest global investigations into people’s drug…
Few Highs, Tough Lows: Release’s take on the Government’s new Drug Strategy
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On Monday, the UK Government released their 10-year Drug Strategy entitled: “Harm to Hope: a 10-year drugs plan to cut…
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: Digital words with Constellations panellists
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With the stellar HRI conference Constellations starting tomorrow, TalkingDrugs had the opportunity to catch up with some of the panellists…
“Billing-centred Care”: How Kapil Nayar Cracked Open the Exploitation of Patients in Drug Treatment Facilities
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As with most industries in capitalist societies, the imperative of profit-making and lack of independent monitoring enables a system of…