Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & RaceHow anti-ICE activists joined forces with harm reductionists in PhiladelphiaNiko Vorobyov.Mar 24, 2026Back in January, a video of a group of armed Black men dressed in bomber jackets and berets at an…
Drug PolicyPersonal StoriesTunisia’s Drug Laws Turn Youth Into TargetsNiko Vorobyov.Feb 27, 2026Last summer, Youness (whose name has been changed to protect his identity) was excited to let loose at a reggae-dub…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDonroe Doctrine: What Is the Logic Behind Trump’s Drug Strategy?Niko Vorobyov.Feb 1, 2026The first year of Donald Trump’s scandalous second term in the White House has seen some historic changes in drug…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyHow Bolivia’s Legal Coca Industry Challenges Drug ProhibitionNiko Vorobyov.Dec 24, 2025In Rio Blanco, a village perched on a mountainside overlooking a picturesque, tropical valley in Bolivia’s Yungas region, Crisologo Mendoza’s…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicySingapore and Hong Kong Crack Down Hard on Illegal VapesNiko Vorobyov.Oct 31, 2025In Singapore, they’re sold as K-pods. In Hong Kong, they’re called space oil. And in Japan, it’s zombie juice. A…
Drug PolicyDrug Trafficking“BEWARE!”: Trump’s Growing War on Narcoterrorism in the AmericasNiko Vorobyov.Sep 30, 2025The grainy, black-and-white footage shows a speedboat whizz through the waves before a fireball lights up the screen, stopping the…
Drug TraffickingTrump Sends Navy to Venezuela to Fight Drug TraffickingNiko Vorobyov.Aug 27, 2025Hellraiser. Red Dawn. Ghostbusters. And now the war on drugs – another crap 80s reboot nobody asked for. In the…
Drugs & DevelopmentOpioidsExploring Iran’s History of Drug Use and ProhibitionNiko Vorobyov.Jul 8, 2025As the sun set over an ancient riverside town in Iran, I was sat down with Sam (not his real…
CannabisDrug PolicyPsychedelicsNew Czech Bill Will Legalise Cannabis Cultivation and Psychedelic TherapyNiko Vorobyov.Jun 11, 2025Last week, Czech parliamentarians quietly passed a major overhaul of their drug laws. From January next year, Czechs will be…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingFake Drug Charges Used to Arrest Georgian Protestors, Claims Watchdog NGONiko Vorobyov.May 27, 2025This past winter and spring, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, nestled in the South Caucasus mountains bridging Europe and Asia,…
Drug TraffickingCyber-Narcos: How the Russian Drug Trade Has Gone DigitalNiko Vorobyov.Dec 10, 2024When you imagine the Russian drug trade, you probably picture barons or mobsters from movies like Eastern Promises or the…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & GenderDrugs & RacePersonal StoriesDope Men: How We Went From Alcohol Prohibition to AnotherNiko Vorobyov.Sep 19, 2023Just past midnight on April 7th 1933, a truck pulled up to the White House filled with beer. President Roosevelt…