Drug PolicyOpioidsUN Supporting Myanmar Drug Reform as Opium Cultivation IncreasesTalking Drugs.Oct 26, 2016The Myanmar government is receiving support from the UN to develop a new national drug policy, as the rates of…
CannabisDrug PolicyChile Opens First Medical Cannabis ClubTalking Drugs.Oct 25, 2016The first medical cannabis club in Chile, Botánica Orgánica Cannabis Internacional (BOCI), opened in the northern city of Arica in…
Coca & CocaineDrug TraffickingCosta Rica Government Seeks to Expand Police Programme as Drug Violence IntensifiesTalking Drugs.Oct 21, 2016Recent violence in Costa Rica’s coastal town of Limón has put a spotlight on the Central American state’s role in…
Drug PolicyPersonal StoriesИгорь Мацицкий: реформирование украинской наркологии – это борьба «за», а не «против»Talking Drugs.Oct 21, 2016Игорь Мацицкий, украинский нарколог, глава Полтавского наркологического диспансера, поделился с журналистами независимого интернет-издания «Трибуна» своим видением будущего наркологических медицинских услуг…
Drug PolicyPersonal StoriesБорьба с наркотиками по-русски: сначала показатели, потом людиTalking Drugs.Oct 18, 2016– В российской полиции какое первое правило? Не умеешь ничего делать – ищи наркотики… Мой собеседник, бывший оперуполномоченный Сергей совсем…
Drug Harm Reduction“You Cannot Promote Safety Through Prejudice”: An Interview with Marinella Kloka On Harm Reduction in GreeceTalking Drugs.Oct 18, 2016Marianella Kloka is one of the leading figures of the Greek harm reduction movement, and is currently the advocacy officer…
Drug Harm ReductionOpioidsThe Urgent Need for Sterile Needles in UK PrisonsTalking Drugs.Oct 13, 2016The lack of harm reduction measures for people who use drugs in UK prisons is fuelling health problems, including the…
Drug PolicyThe Misplaced Demonisation of People who Deal DrugsTalking Drugs.Oct 13, 2016Framing people who deal drugs as predatory individuals who care not for their clients’ wellbeing rests on a fundamental misunderstanding…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugsand.me: A New Harm Reduction Guide to Safer Drug UseTalking Drugs.Oct 11, 2016Gone are the days of furtively Googling "how long does MDMA take to wear off" in the university library whist…
Drug Harm ReductionPersonal StoriesHolding Space for the Unredeemed: Harm Reduction and JusticeTalking Drugs.Sep 28, 2016I spent last Friday in Chicago at the Midwest Harm Reduction Institute’s annual conference. The theme was Growing from Our…
Coca & CocaineDrugs & DevelopmentCan Peru Bring Development the Country’s Notorious Coca-Growing Region?Talking Drugs.Sep 19, 2016Peru’s president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK), has proposed a new alternative development plan for the country’s main coca-growing region in…
Drug Harm ReductionForeign Agent’ Charges Dismissed Against Russian Harm Reduction NGO Andrey Rylkov FoundationTalking Drugs.Sep 7, 2016According to the RAPSI reporter in the courtroom, the Khoroshevskiy District Court of Moscow has dismissed the charges against Andrey…