Drug PolicyDrugs & GenderRonda Girls: How Filipino Mothers Took on the War on DrugsMarielle Y. Marcaida.Jun 14, 2022A group of impacted mothers showed how an alternative to the violent drug war in the Philippines could be better…
Drug PolicyOpioidsOther DrugsPersonal StoriesLanguage Matters: Is This a Drug Overdose or Drug Poisoning Crisis?Morgan Godvin.Jun 9, 2022In public policy, language matters. In drug policy, language has always been divisive. Words from “dealer” to “addict” have been…
Drug PolicyWhat the British Fight for Gay Marriage can Teach Drug Policy ReformJay Jackson.May 30, 2022David Cameron advocated for both drug policy reform and gay marriage, but in his six years as Prime Minister he…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentDrugs & RaceMyro Rolim: Dismantling the Ideology of Drug ProhibitionFelipe Neis Araujo & André Gomes.May 25, 2022TalkingDrugs’ Felipe Neis Araujo spoke with Myro Rolim, a harm reductionist and social educator based in Brazil. The interview was…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesThe Invisible Battle in the Ukraine WarAndré Gomes.May 17, 2022While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has raged on for almost two months, TalkingDrugs spoke with several organisations working on…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingНовости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Март-Апрель 2022]Anastasia Bezverkha.May 3, 20221. Как война повлияла на программы снижения вреда в Украине, с каким трудностями столкнулись пациенты заместительной терапии, пишет портал TalkingDrugs…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesRussian Harm Reduction Director Condemns “Collaborationist” Requirements as Condition for Global FundingAnya Sarang.Apr 25, 2022TalkingDrugs has translated and published the position of Anya Sarang, director of Andrey Rylkov Foundation (recognised as a “foreign agent”…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentIn Honduras, Drug Policy is Also Climate PolicyKendra McSweeney.Apr 21, 2022Late last month, I got word via WhatsApp that six old friends were in the custody of Mexican immigration authorities.…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyЕсли бы международные организации прислушивались к голосу низовых активистов, иллюзий относительно России можно было бы избежатьАня Саранг.Apr 11, 2022Коллеги обратили мое внимание, что я до сих пор не опубликовала личную позицию по поводу войны в Украине. Моя публичная…
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…