Drug Harm ReductionThese Lebanese Hospitals Won’t Arrest You For OverdosingAndré Gomes.Nov 30, 2023The NGO Skoun in Lebanon has updated its latest iteration of its “safe hospitals” map, outlining all the institutions that…
Drug TraffickingDrugs & Development“I Feel Like a God”: Drones in the Modern Drug WarNarcosis.Nov 28, 2023“Sometimes I feel like a God hurling thunderbolts from afar,” one US soldier commented, regarding the god-like power drone operators…
Drug PolicyPsychedelicsReview: ‘How to Regulate Psychedelics: A Practical Guide’Himesh Mehta.Nov 14, 2023The psychedelic renaissance has been propelled forward by its newfound compatibility with mainstream market forces in the West: self-driven improvements…
CannabisDrugs & DevelopmentDrugs & RaceJamaican Cannabis Struggles to Integrate Traditional GrowersMillaMay Garrow.Nov 9, 2023The regulation of cannabis in Jamaica is an important issue to get right given the countries’ historical and cultural link…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentWill Latin American Leaders Finally Unite to End the Drug War?Paulina Cortez Licona.Nov 8, 2023From September 7 to 9, 2023, the “Latin American and Caribbean Drug Conference: For Life, Peace, and Development” took place…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & DevelopmentDrugs & GenderPersonal Stories“We Want Recovery” Female Sex Workers Using Drugs in BurundiAndré Gomes.Nov 6, 2023Women tend to be a drug using group that often is less served or face higher barriers of access to…
Personal StoriesThe Problem With Viewing Addiction As InevitableM. L. Lanzillotta.Oct 31, 2023I won’t deny that accepting the one real inevitability in life (i.e., that all mortals must eventually die) is philosophically…
Drug PolicyOpioidsOther DrugsStimulantsDULF Co-Founders Arrested in Another Attack on Safe SupplyAndré Gomes.Oct 30, 2023The Vancouver Police arrested Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, the co-founders of the Canadian Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), on…
Drug TraffickingOpioidsPersonal StoriesA Bright Success in Overturning Death Penalty in MalaysiaAndré Gomes.Oct 30, 2023One of the longer, if not the longest, case of a death row sentence landed on Dobby’s lap. Chong Yun…
Drugs & DevelopmentPsychedelicsFrom Ego to Eco: The Environmentally Transformative Power of PsychedelicsAlice Sattin.Oct 26, 2023Psychedelics have long been a subject of fascination and controversy. From their use in ancient rituals to their resurgence in…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyScotland, European Capital of Overdoses, Will Open A Drug Consumption RoomFelipe Neis Araujo.Oct 16, 2023On September 27th, a joint committee formed by NHS and city council officers approved a plan to implement Scotland’s first…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentMaking Sense of the EU’s New Drug Policy – Part 2Adrià Cots Fernandez.Oct 12, 2023Optimistic thoughts for a progressive EU drug policy (This is part 2 out of 2 of a series of posts…