Punjab Needs Healing: Drug Policy Struggles in India
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The harms of the Indian drug war are particularly harsh in Punjab, the western state bordering Pakistan, as state authorities…
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European Harm Reduction Is Facing a Funding Crisis
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Harm reduction has long been a cornerstone of European public health, minimising drug use risks like overdose deaths or preventing…
Australian Government Dismisses Decriminalisation Despite Widespread Support
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Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) government found “substantial support” for a public health model featuring illicit drug decriminalisation, but steered…
US Study Highlights How Drug Criminalisation Prevents Care
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A recent report from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) explores the interrelated issues of addiction, mental health and homelessness, looking…
Vin Mariani: From Health Tonic to Moral Panic
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Instead of a wine that makes you sleepy, imagine one that could keep you up and talking all night. Imagine…
New UK Ketamine Trials Explore Its Mental Health Potentials
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Since ketamine was first synthesised in 1956, its effects have been extensively studied. Today, it is widely used as a…
Counting Down: PsychedeliCare Launches Citizen’s Campaign for Psychedelic Therapy
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12 months, three proposals, one million signatures. That’s the target so that this time next year, the European Commission may…
“We Won’t Win” – A Pessimistic Outlook for the Black Future of Rio de Janeiro
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Just like Juscelino Kubitschek, former president of Brazil (1956-1961) and creator of the “50 Years in 5” plan which,…
A Historic Vote at the CND: Colombia Challenges the Global Drug Control System
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In the final hours of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on March 14, we were on the edge of…
Two Months In, A Deeper Look at The Thistle, Glasgow’s Drug Consumption Room
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Scotland has been making the news for the past year on several headlines. First, as the capital of drug-related deaths…
Lisbon forced to close Safer Smoking Site Amid Funding Challenges
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One of Lisbon’s drug consumption rooms was forced to close their smoking room in January due to funding challenges, limiting…
Review: “Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs”
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Garth Mullins is an activist, musician, podcaster and writer. His first book, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs,…