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Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingOperation Yukthiya in Sri Lanka Unjustly Arrests ThousandsTalking Drugs.Jan 19, 2024Tied outside to trees for days, starved, beaten, and humiliated. This is the reality for detainees inside Sri Lanka’s compulsory…
Drug PolicyHow the EU Makes Drug PoliciesAlice Sattin.Jan 12, 2024The way that the European Union (EU) creates drug policy can seem unclear given its many levels of decision- and…
CannabisDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesUK Harm Reduction: The Origins of ReleaseHimesh Mehta.Jan 9, 2024As drug policy concerns become progressively more salient and relevant to a much larger and increasingly global population, interested people…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingOther DrugsBroken Urine Testing Policies in Thailand Harming ThousandsAlice Sattin.Dec 14, 2023Since the 1970s, Thailand has grappled with how to address drug trafficking within its borders, as the country evolved into…
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…
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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…