Drug Consumption Room Proposal: Could Edinburgh Follow Glasgow in Saving Lives?
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It’s been 18 months since Scotland took the initiative to open the UK’s first Drug Consumption Room (DCR) in Glasgow,…
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20 Years After Reform, Can Mauritius Build on its Harm Reduction Legacy?
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Mauritius’ latest National Drug Control Master Plan for 2026–2030 (NDCMP), published in April by Prime Minister Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, is…
We Need to Talk About Extra Strong Weed
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A man and woman are sitting in a room, the woman playing the piano, while both take drags from a…
“Everybody Working Together”: Five Years of National Drug Checking in New Zealand
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For the past several years, while most countries around the world continued to ramp up the war on drugs and…
‘It’s a Calamity’: How Trump’s Aid Cuts Collapsed South Africa’s HIV Services
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At the beginning of 2025, bright white trucks would rumble into communities across South Africa on a set day each…
Public Health Campaign Raises Awareness of Drug Supply Contamination
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Ethypharm has recently launched the “Gear has changed” public health campaign in April, calling for greater awareness around accidental overdoses…
Is the UK Sleepwalking into a Pregabalin Crisis?
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Across the UK, a new pharmaceutical drug is slowly taking over the market. The illicit use of pregabalin has emerged…
“Don’t Let Anyone Know”: OST Stigma in Armenia’s Post-Soviet Healthcare System
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As an addiction medicine specialist in Armenia, I often meet patients that, lowering their voices, tell me: “Doctor, please don’t…
Access Under Fire: OST in Wartime Lebanon
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On 3 March, one day after Israel bombed Beirut as part of its widening military operations on Lebanon, Lebanon’s Narcotics…
How anti-ICE activists joined forces with harm reductionists in Philadelphia
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Back in January, a video of a group of armed Black men dressed in bomber jackets and berets at an…
Sustaining HIV Community Advocacy and Harm Reduction Responses in South Africa
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South Africa has struggled for years with one of the highest HIV burdens in the world. Recent improvements in early…
Georgia’s Soviet-Era Healthcare System is Putting Doctors in Prison
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Should a psychiatrist face prison for obeying the law? This was the question raised by the case of an anonymous…