Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [April 2021]
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Ukraine: Instead of drug policy reform, Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree allowing for the legal circulation of a…
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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [April 2021]
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Ukraine: Instead of drug policy reform, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree on the circulation of some cannabis-based medicines…
Cruel Cages: How the Most Overcrowded Prison in the World Ignored a Pandemic
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Philippine jails are known for two things – the dancing inmates of Cebu who to the tune of Michael Jackson’s…
Kasia Malinowska: The Foundation Of The U.S. War on Drugs Is Racism
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It has been 50 years since Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs. It is well known today that one…
Point of View: Chemsex Harm Reduction with Patriic Gayle
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A volunteer for the Gay Men’s Health Collective (GMHC), I write for its health and wellbeing website MENRUS.CO.UK. By diving…
Drugs ‘Trilemma’: How To Halt The Deadly Trade While Still Ensuring Development And Peace
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The deaths of 25 people in a police raid on drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro have brought the “war…
What I Learned From My First Injection Infection
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[This article contains an image of injection wounds.] I had my first injection infection in the winter of 2020.…
The Forgotten History of European Drug-Dealer Activism
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In a small Dutch city outside of The Netherlands, drug user activists from around the world gathered in 1999 for…
Bolsonaro’s Cabinet Crusade Against Cannabis is Racist and Classist
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In a context when several countries and jurisdictions are reviewing and transforming their drug policies, the Brazilian crusade against cannabis…
Drug Decriminalisation in Oregon: How’s It Going So Far?
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Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer than 15 times, starting at the…
Debunking Myths: Naloxone, The Life-Saving Antidote To Opioid Overdose
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The recent naloxone and overdose awareness campaign launched in the UK has stimulated an important conversation amongst many: what is…
New psychoactive substances in Estonia: fentanyl, alpha-PVP and harm reduction
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Estonia has historically had an extremely high number of drug-related deaths per capita. However, over the past 3 years, according…