Drug PolicyPersonal StoriesStimulantsThe Chemical Red Queen’s Race: Why banning NEP won’t stop the NPS marketTeresa Almeida Castro.Apr 23, 2026I remember the exact brand name printed on the zip bag. I remember the appearance, the texture, the taste. I…
CannabisDrug PolicyFrom Legalisation to Limbo: Thailand’s Turbulent Cannabis IndustryNiko Vorobyov.Apr 20, 2026Four years ago, Thailand became the Weed Wonderland of the East. You couldn’t turn a corner in Bangkok or Pattaya…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingTrump’s “Narco-Terrorism” Operations in Ecuador: A New Phase of the Donroe Doctrine?Ryan Hesketh.Apr 15, 2026On 3 March 2026, US Southern Command, the military unit overseeing operations in Central and South America, announced via X…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsIs the UK Sleepwalking into a Pregabalin Crisis?Liam Knowles.Apr 13, 2026Across the UK, a new pharmaceutical drug is slowly taking over the market. The illicit use of pregabalin has emerged…
Drug PolicyDrugs & Development“Kratom is our lifeblood”: When Drug Policies Ignore Indigenous LivelihoodsAisya Humaida.Apr 10, 2026Known scientifically as “Mitragyna speciosa Korth”, the kratom plant grows wild in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Native to Southeast Asia, this psychoactive…
Drug Harm ReductionOpioids“Don’t Let Anyone Know”: OST Stigma in Armenia’s Post-Soviet Healthcare SystemAnna Asatryan.Apr 8, 2026As an addiction medicine specialist in Armenia, I often meet patients that, lowering their voices, tell me: “Doctor, please don’t…
Drug Harm ReductionOpioidsAccess Under Fire: OST in Wartime LebanonMichelle Wazan.Apr 3, 2026On 3 March, one day after Israel bombed Beirut as part of its widening military operations on Lebanon, Lebanon’s Narcotics…
Drug PolicyDid the Gorton & Denton Election Just Shift the UK Drug Policy Debate?Harry Spencer.Mar 27, 2026A recent local election in the UK has brought drug policy starkly into the political limelight when the Green Party…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & RaceHow anti-ICE activists joined forces with harm reductionists in PhiladelphiaNiko Vorobyov.Mar 24, 2026Back in January, a video of a group of armed Black men dressed in bomber jackets and berets at an…
Drug Harm ReductionSustaining HIV Community Advocacy and Harm Reduction Responses in South AfricaArmand Nsababaganwa.Mar 19, 2026South Africa has struggled for years with one of the highest HIV burdens in the world. Recent improvements in early…
Drug PolicyThe Prosecutor vs Duterte: Highlights from the ICC HearingsSantiago Camara.Mar 13, 2026The International Criminal Court (ICC) has progressed to the next stage of its much anticipated case against former Philippine president…
Drugs & DevelopmentStimulantsBangkok on Speed: Work, Migration and Methamphetamine in Urban ThailandDavid McNeill.Mar 10, 2026Lek was 21 when she arrived in Bangkok. Fresh from a music degree at her local university, she was ready…