Coca & CocaineDrug TraffickingTrafficking Groups Using World Cup Mania to Smuggle CocaineTalking Drugs.Jun 25, 2018The use of World Cup merchandise to smuggle cocaine around the world points to a longstanding relationship between drug trafficking…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsDrug Checking in Latin America: the Countries Leading the WayTalking Drugs.Jun 20, 2018Drug checking at UK festivals has made unprecedented headway over the past year and garnered significant media attention along the…
Drug PolicyPersonal StoriesThe UK’s Cruel Drug Laws Ruin Lives, Including My Son’sTalking Drugs.Jun 1, 2018Is there anybody else out there who has had a child criminalised or imprisoned for a drug offence and feels…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsAnother “Bad Batch”?Talking Drugs.Jun 1, 2018Last weekend saw both the start of the UK summer festival season and the abrupt end to one of its…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyHow the Coca Crop Could Strengthen ColombiaTalking Drugs.Jun 1, 2018As Colombia transitions towards peace, coca farmers and plantations could play an instrumental role in the country’s progression towards sustainability…
Drug PolicyOther DrugsSniffer Dogs to be Sent to South Australia State Schools to Find DrugsTalking Drugs.May 22, 2018The Premier of South Australia has committed to sending sniffer dogs into state schools to find young people in possession…
Drug PolicyHow You Can Help Challenge Duterte’s Slaughter of People Who Use DrugsTalking Drugs.May 9, 2018Since his presidential inauguration in June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte has turned the Philippines into hell on earth for some of…
Other DrugsWorld’s First MDMA Trials for Treating Alcohol Dependency Begin in UKTalking Drugs.Apr 26, 2018The world’s first clinical trials exploring the use of MDMA assisted therapy for treating alcohol dependency have begun in the…
Other Drugs75 Years After First LSD Trip, Psychedelic Science is Making a ComebackTalking Drugs.Apr 20, 2018At 4:20 pm on April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann (37), a Swiss chemist working at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in Basel (now…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsDrug Use Can Have Social Benefits, and Acknowledging This Could Improve RehabilitationTalking Drugs.Apr 3, 2018Illicit drug use is often framed in terms of risk and antisocial or criminal behaviour. But drug use is often…
Drug Harm ReductionOpioidsA Highly Publicised Research Paper on Naloxone is Spreading Dangerous MisinformationTalking Drugs.Mar 19, 2018A new research paper on the life-saving medication naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses, is spreading dangerous misinformation that could cost…
Coca & CocaineDrug TraffickingSpain Arrests Alleged Colombia Drug Kingpin Hiding in the LimelightTalking Drugs.Mar 15, 2018Authorities in Spain have arrested a Colombian with celebrity connections on accusations that he used his jet-set lifestyle as cover…