Drug Harm ReductionВойна и снижение вреда в УкраинеAnastasia Bezverkha.Mar 31, 2022Украинцы, употреблящие наркотики, столкнулись з огромной проблемой доступа к программам снижения вреда из-за российской военной агрессии в Украине. По официальным данным,…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingIn Brazil, 80,000 Incarcerations in One Year is What the UNODC Calls ‘Excellent’Felipe Neis Araujo.Mar 31, 2022Early last year, TalkingDrugs reported on the partnerships between UN agencies and the Brazilian government in an attempt to breathe…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyРоссия утратила политическое влияние на Комиссию ООН по наркотикам: детали заседанияAnastasia Bezverkha.Mar 24, 202214-18 марта в Вене проходила 65-я сессия Комиссии ООН по наркотикам Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). Во время заседания центральным был…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentHarm Reduction and Liberation for Black Trans Drug Users in BrazilFelipe Neis Araujo.Mar 17, 2022More transgender people are murdered in Brazil than any other country in the world. Though the government criminalized queer- and…
Drug PolicyDrugs & RaceOther DrugsCrack Pipes & Dog Whistles – Behind the Racist Media Coverage of Harm Reduction in the USAlliance for Positive Change's LES Harm Reduction Center.Mar 14, 2022As fatal overdoses continue to rise amid the pandemic, there is a growing acceptance of harm reduction and its necessity…
Drug PolicyOpioidsUkraine’s opiate users: Russian invasion has severely disrupted access to drug-treatment servicesIan Hamilton & Julia Buxton.Mar 9, 2022About 317,000 Ukrainians inject drugs like heroin regularly. As of January, 14,868 of them were receiving substitute opiates such as methadone…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingStaring into the Abyss: Examining Venezuela’s Drug PoliciesMauro Echeverría.Mar 1, 2022
Coca & CocaineDrug Harm ReductionOpioidsPersonal Stories“I’ve seen more people leave than stay, and many of them die”: Peter Krykant’s 12-step experiencePeter Krykant.Feb 22, 2022Talking and writing about my 12 step experiences publicly is hard, you must be prepared to accept that you will…
Drug PolicyDrugs & RaceOpioidsWhere’s the Justice in Arresting Michael K. Williams’ Drug Sellers?André Gomes.Feb 17, 2022The death of Michael K. Williams put another familiar and widely cherished face among the many that perished from drug overdoses…
Drug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentHow Drug Policy and Policing Harm Children in Rio de JaneiroFelipe Neis Araujo.Feb 15, 2022A new report by the Centre for Security and Citizenship Studies (CESeC, in Portuguese) shows that 1154 primary schools in…
CannabisThe Eternal Pricing Struggle of UK Medical Cannabis PatientsSarah Foxall.Feb 10, 2022Despite becoming a legal medication available on prescription in 2018, patients continue to face challenges gaining access to medical cannabis.…