Finnish citizens have crowdsourced enough signatures to secure a parliamentary discussion of drug consumption rooms in the near future. Source: Gadag
3 August 2022
Harm Reduction
Julián Quintero is a sociologist from the National University of Colombia. In 2008 he founded the Social Technical Action Corporation that would give rise to the Échele Cabeza project. (Photo: Fran Brivio)
1 August 2022
David Strang is the chair of the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce, which was originally set up in 2019.
21 July 2022
Photograph by Nathan Rupert via Flickr/Creative Commons 2.0.
21 July 2022
On the left, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with Gilberto Gil, then Minister of Culture. On the (far-)right, President Jair Bolsonaro, who dissolved the Ministry of Culture in the first year of his administration. Sources: Agencia Publica/Palacio do Planalto/Wikimedia Commons.
4 July 2022
Lack of information on adulterants and additives in the MDMA supply can lead to bad experiences or worse outcomes. Knowledge is power in harm reduction. Source: serpeblu
28 June 2022
The police confront the residents of the Cracolandia neighborhood in 2019. Residents are frequently harassed by the police and must deal with military-like interventions in their neighbourhood. Photo: Yandry_kw
25 May 2022
23 May 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a hidden front for many of its drug users. Source: Drop of Light
17 May 2022
Clinical claims around the myth of post-MDMA depression fail to align with the reality of the consumption of this drug.
9 May 2022