Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyOpioidsAnti-Methadone Rhetoric Exacerbates Public Health Crisis In The UKNiamh Eastwood & Rick Lines.Aug 17, 2021Drug related deaths are once again at an all-time high, with Scotland and England reporting increases in fatalities. In the…
Coca & CocaineDrug Harm ReductionOpioidsOther DrugsDRUG ALERTS – August 2021 (UK)Release.Aug 14, 2021DRUG ALERT – 14 August 2021 Portsmouth, Hampshire & London The following information is for people who use heroin…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & GenderPersonal Stories“Undoing Drugs”—Maia Szalavitz’s Profound History of Harm ReductionTravis Lupick.Jul 27, 2021In 1986, HIV/AIDS was burning through New York. The city’s gay population was devastated, and, though it was talked about…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesTalking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [June 2021]Anastasia Bezverkha.Jul 10, 20211. Russian popular journalist Yuri Dud has been accused of publishing drug propaganda when interviewing rapper Morgenstern and blogger IOneGuy, Meduza…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesTalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [June 2021]Anastasia Bezverkha.Jul 10, 2021Russian TV presenter Yury Dudy has become a defendant in an administrative case of drug propaganda because of his interviews…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyTreat Illegal Drug Use As Health Issue, Says UK Government Review – Here’s WhyIan Hamilton.Jul 8, 2021The scale of the illicit drug trade in the UK is immense. Last year, the first part of an independent…
Drug Harm ReductionUS Syringe Exchanges Are Still Under Attack (Part 2)Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard.Jul 6, 2021>> Read Part 1 here. The fate of a harm reduction organisation in Atlantic City, New Jersey is up in the…
Drug Harm ReductionUS Syringe Exchanges Are Still Under Attack (Part 1)Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard.Jul 6, 2021In some ways, people who inject drugs in the United States are enjoying unprecedented lawful access to supplies to keep…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyCanada: Decriminalising Drug Use Is A Necessary Step, But It Won’t End The Opioid Overdose CrisisAlissa Greer.Jun 30, 2021Media, policy-makers, advocates and the public claim that decriminalization will make drug use safer and save lives. But can it?…
Drug Harm ReductionTake-Home Naloxone: The Peoples’ Overdose AntidoteFlorencia Herrera H.Jun 15, 2021Given the high prevalence of opioid mortality rates around the globe, naloxone, an opioid antagonist, has become a crucial medication…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyRussia and Belarus officially oppose harm reduction, decriminalisation and human rights – at the UN signed the Political Declaration on HIV-AIDS 2021Anastasia Bezverkha.Jun 14, 2021On 8 June 2021, the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York adopted the 2021 Political Declaration on…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyTalking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [May 2021]Anastasia Bezverkha.Jun 9, 20211. Russia: policemen, who were declared guilty of planting drugs to Russian journalist Ivan Golunov, have been sentenced to up…