Drug PolicyOther DrugsKratom’s Regulation in Czechia Promises More Market Safety for the DrugAndré Gomes.Feb 9, 2023Kratom, the psychoactive plant originally from southeast Asia, is on the cusp of legal regulation in Czechia, also known as…
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Drug PolicyOther DrugsPsychedelicsLessons on Psychedelic Evangelism from the UK Counterculture of the 60sHimesh Mehta.Feb 2, 2023At a recent activism event advocating for the medical utility of psychedelic drugs, I heard a member of a psychedelic…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyQatar’s Commitment to Punishment at Odds With Treatment InvestmentsRay Tomlinson.Jan 30, 2023Hosting the 2022 World Cup has put Qatar in the global spotlight, causing a substantial international uproar about their treatment…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentLegalise Cocaine To Save the AmazonFelipe Neis Araujo.Jan 23, 202345 years ago, foreign ministers of eight countries bordering the Amazon rainforest signed a treaty for Amazonian cooperation. The pact…
Drug PolicyDrugs & RaceRight Wing Protest “Closes” Drug Consumption Room in ParisAndré Gomes.Jan 16, 2023A far-right French youth group protested at one of the only drug consumption rooms in France in early December, condemning…
CannabisDrug PolicyThere’s a Rising Green Tide in BrazilFelipe Neis Araujo.Dec 20, 2022If you have been following TalkingDrugs’ cover of Brazilian drug policy in these last twenty-four months, you must be well…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug Policy“We’re coming in with love, with compassion, with kindness”: The importance of peer-led advocacy in South AfricaLily Tait.Dec 15, 2022Around the world, drug prohibitionist and its consequent stigma limit the autonomy and protections for people who use drugs. The…
Drug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentUsing Network Forces in Uganda for Policy ChangeHope Atim.Dec 6, 2022Uganda Harm Reduction Network (UHRN) is a drug user led national network that advocates for practical interventions to support and…
Drug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentClimate Lessons from Cambodia’s Illegal MDMA MarketRay Tomlinson.Nov 28, 2022Cambodia’s experience with MDMA production provides important lessons about managing the environmental repercussions of illicit drug production, which are particularly…
Drug PolicyDrugs & GenderBrazilian Open Letter to Lula Urges For Incarceration and Drug Policy RethinkFelipe Neis Araujo.Nov 21, 2022Since president-elect Luiz Lula da Silva’s campaign started gathering momentum, civil society organisations have demanded he prioritise the review of…
Drug PolicyPersonal StoriesElectric Dreams: Using AI to Imagine Drug Using SpacesMike Whyle & André Gomes.Nov 16, 2022AI-assisted art has been taking the world by storm, providing a new world-building method that leverages the width of the…