It’s Not the Drugs: Sexual Violence under Prohibition and Patriarchy
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There are forms of violence that are spoken of openly, and there are others that slip through like shadows. There…
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UNGASS: 10 Years of Failing International Drug Policy Progress
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The world is losing the global war on drugs, and it is losing it badly. This is the core message…
“Throwing Away Knowledge”: Researchers Speak on US Defunding
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In 2025, the Trump administration began its promised reform of health and science, announcing in February 2025 that the National…
Latest Report Highlights Small Drop in World Female Imprisonments
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A new report by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck University revealed that over 733,000 women…
HIT Conference 2024: Resisting the State and Keeping Communities Alive
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In a red brick bar, aptly named ‘Revolución de Cuba’, in Liverpool, the speakers of the HIT conference shared drinks…
The Legacy of Marielle Franco for Brazil’s Justice System
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Marielle Franco didn’t die; she multiplied into thousands of voices clamouring for justice. This October, the world finally witnessed the…
Chemsex in Colombia: Risk, Health and Pleasure in Times of Digital Isolation
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Sexualised drug use is not a new phenomenon; in fact, it dates back to the origins of humanity. However, in…
We Need More Research into Ketamine Use By Women and Gender-Diverse People
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On 20 June, in honour of World Psychedelics Day, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) and TalkingDrugs published…
The Weight of Inaction: The Mothers Fighting the War on Drugs
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Although this article isn’t about me, I think it’s important to give you some context. My name is Jéssica, I’m…
How Gender Affirming Care Is Harm Reduction
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The nature of the trans experience for me, and many, is of being forcibly politicised from a young age. Our…
“We Want Recovery” Female Sex Workers Using Drugs in Burundi
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Women tend to be a drug using group that often is less served or face higher barriers of access to…
Dope Men: How We Went From Alcohol Prohibition to Another
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Just past midnight on April 7th 1933, a truck pulled up to the White House filled with beer. President Roosevelt…