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Russia and Belarus officially oppose harm reduction, decriminalisation and human rights – at the UN signed the Political Declaration on HIV-AIDS 2021

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jun 14, 2021

On 8 June 2021, the UN High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York adopted the 2021 Political Declaration on…

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Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [May 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jun 9, 2021

1. Russia: policemen, who were declared guilty of planting drugs to Russian journalist Ivan Golunov, have been sentenced to up…

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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [May 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jun 9, 2021

Police officers who planted drugs on Russian journalist Ivan Golunov have been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison,…

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Global Harm Reduction Funding Crisis Is Worse Than Ever

Umme Hoque

May 24, 2021

Globally, 2019 saw 1.7 million new HIV infections, with 690,000 deaths from complications related to AIDS. There are now an estimated…

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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [April 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

May 13, 2021

Ukraine: Instead of drug policy reform, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree on the circulation of some cannabis-based medicines…

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Point of View: Chemsex Harm Reduction with Patriic Gayle

Patriic Gayle

May 12, 2021

A volunteer for the Gay Men’s Health Collective (GMHC), I write for its health and wellbeing website MENRUS.CO.UK. By diving…

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What I Learned From My First Injection Infection

Matthew Bonn

May 4, 2021

[This article contains an image of injection wounds.] I had my first injection infection in the winter of 2020.…

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The Forgotten History of European Drug-Dealer Activism

Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

Apr 30, 2021

In a small Dutch city outside of The Netherlands, drug user activists from around the world gathered in 1999 for…

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Debunking Myths: Naloxone, The Life-Saving Antidote To Opioid Overdose

Anya Aggarwal

Apr 26, 2021

The recent naloxone and overdose awareness campaign launched in the UK has stimulated an important conversation amongst many: what is…

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New psychoactive substances in Estonia: fentanyl, alpha-PVP and harm reduction

Anastasia Bezverkha

Apr 22, 2021

Estonia has historically had an extremely high number of drug-related deaths per capita. However, over the past 3 years, according…

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World Executions for Drug Charges Fell Sharply Amid COVID. It’s Likely Temporary.

Alexander Lekhtman

Apr 13, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world last year, governments executed far fewer people for drug convictions than they did in…

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Just Say No’ To Zero Tolerance Policies: Why Universities Must Adopt Harm Reduction

Laura Garius

Apr 9, 2021

It’s time to adopt a harm-reduction approach to student drug use. Despite decades of universities taking the ‘just say no’ approach, and…