Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyOpioidsScotland Pushing to Save Lives against UK Government Drug ProhibitionAndré Gomes.Jul 21, 2022The Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce has published their final report, outlining their key recommendations and concrete actions to reverse the…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & RaceThe Devastating Rise in Overdose Deaths of Black and Indigenous PeopleAlexander Lekhtman.Jul 21, 2022Overdose deaths among Black and Indigenous people in the United States surged in 2020, rising at far faster rates than…
Drug PolicyDrugs & GenderIndonesian Drug Policy Victimises Women and Damages Their HealthClaudia Stoicescu.Jul 15, 2022This article is published to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26. On…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyWill the Next Elections Bring Change to Brazilian Drug Policy?Felipe Neis Araujo.Jul 4, 2022The 2022 General Elections in Brazil will take place on the 2nd of October. Despite the traditional myriad of presidential…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentOther DrugsIn Kenya, Harm Reduction is Limited by Lack of Social SupportBernice Apondi.Jun 30, 2022Apondi makes the case for how drug treatment programmes and the wider health environment for people who use drugs in…
Drug PolicyOpioidsCanadian Decriminalisation Efforts Fall Short of Serious ChangeAndré Gomes.Jun 21, 2022In early June, the Canadian federal government announced the launch of a three-year trial in British Columbia (BC) starting on…
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…