Drug PolicyPsychedelicsReview: ‘How to Regulate Psychedelics: A Practical Guide’Himesh Mehta.Nov 14, 2023The psychedelic renaissance has been propelled forward by its newfound compatibility with mainstream market forces in the West: self-driven improvements…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentWill Latin American Leaders Finally Unite to End the Drug War?Paulina Cortez Licona.Nov 8, 2023From September 7 to 9, 2023, the “Latin American and Caribbean Drug Conference: For Life, Peace, and Development” took place…
Drug PolicyOpioidsOther DrugsStimulantsDULF Co-Founders Arrested in Another Attack on Safe SupplyAndré Gomes.Oct 30, 2023The Vancouver Police arrested Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, the co-founders of the Canadian Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), on…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyScotland, European Capital of Overdoses, Will Open A Drug Consumption RoomFelipe Neis Araujo.Oct 16, 2023On September 27th, a joint committee formed by NHS and city council officers approved a plan to implement Scotland’s first…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentMaking Sense of the EU’s New Drug Policy – Part 2Adrià Cots Fernandez.Oct 12, 2023Optimistic thoughts for a progressive EU drug policy (This is part 2 out of 2 of a series of posts…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentMaking Sense of the EU’s New Drug Policy – Part 1Adrià Cots Fernandez.Oct 11, 2023Will EU drug policymaking become reactionary? (This is part 1 out of 2 of a series of posts on the…
Drug PolicyOpioidsBelarus Civil Society Condemn Repressive Drug System in Latest ReportPiotr Markiełaŭ.Oct 9, 2023Belarusian organisations Legalize Belarus and Youth Bloc, which advocate for humane drug policy and respect for human rights, published a…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingWar on Drugs Drives Environmental Damage Says New ReportAndré Gomes.Oct 5, 2023The criminalisation of drug production and consumption is driving widespread environmental damage and impeding efforts to stop climate change, a…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingOpioidsNo, China Is Not Getting Rich Off Of FentanylBen Westhoff.Oct 1, 2023When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China in June, many hoped his meeting with President Xi Jinping would…
Drug PolicyDrugs & RaceFrance, Race and Drugs: An OverviewAndré Gomes.Sep 28, 2023Fabrice Olivet is a long-time activist for drug policy reform. Since 1996, he has led the association ASUD (Auto Support des…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentPersonal StoriesGeneration Next: How Youth-led Organisations Refresh Global Drug PoliciesRebeca Marques Rocha.Sep 25, 2023The corridors of global policy discussions have been, for the most part, off-limits to the younger generation. This exclusionary practice,…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & GenderDrugs & RacePersonal StoriesDope Men: How We Went From Alcohol Prohibition to AnotherNiko Vorobyov.Sep 19, 2023Just past midnight on April 7th 1933, a truck pulled up to the White House filled with beer. President Roosevelt…