Niko Vorobyov

Niko Vorobyov is a frequent writer on several drug-related topics, with articles published in Al Jazeera, Salon, and more. He is also the author of Dopeworld.

Posts by Niko Vorobyov

A digital criminal composed of numbers, simulating the aspect of the Russian drug trade on the digital landscape

Drug Trafficking

Cyber-Narcos: How the Russian Drug Trade Has Gone Digital

Niko Vorobyov

Dec 10, 2024

When you imagine the Russian drug trade, you probably picture barons or mobsters from movies like Eastern Promises or the…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking Drugs & Gender Drugs & Race Personal Stories

Dope Men: How We Went From Alcohol Prohibition to Another

Niko Vorobyov

Sep 19, 2023

Just past midnight on April 7th 1933, a truck pulled up to the White House filled with beer. President Roosevelt…

Drug Policy

Is What’s Happening in the Philippines a Genocide?

Niko Vorobyov

Aug 27, 2020

Just over two years ago, I found myself upstairs of a seedy karaoke bar on the northeast outskirts of Manila.…

Drug Policy Drugs & Gender Opioids Personal Stories

Hell and Back Again: Life, Death and Heroin in Russia

Niko Vorobyov

Mar 10, 2020

While small amounts of drugs in theory are decriminalised in Russia, in practise lack of treatment; crooked or overeager cops;…

Cannabis Coca & Cocaine Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

Drug War Imperialism

Niko Vorobyov

Aug 29, 2019

In August 1978, guerrilla fighters from the Sandinista National Liberation Front stormed the National Palace in Nicaragua. Nicaragua had been…