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7-OH Ban: Criminalising Kratom Alkaloid May Mean More Prohibition

Skye Hawthorne

Sep 4, 2025

Kratom, the psychoactive leaf that has been used for pain relief, mood elevation, and as a stimulant for hundreds of…

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The Overdose Crisis Is a Drug Policy Crisis

Julian Buchanan

Sep 3, 2025

On Sunday 31st August the global drug community marked International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD). Globally, the day is an opportunity…

Drug Trafficking Opioids

Will China’s Nitazenes Ban Work?

André Gomes

Aug 29, 2025

This is the second part in a two-part series on China’s new generic ban on the chemical class of nitazene…

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“Playing Whack-a-Mole”: A History of China’s Drug Bans

André Gomes

Aug 13, 2025

This article series is a deep-dive into the Chinese nitazenes ban that has just taken effect at the beginning of…

Drug Trafficking Opioids

The Opium Balloon: Taliban Crackdown Moves Opium Market to Pakistan

Nikhil Dawood

Jul 24, 2025

Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have sought to completely eradicate the opium market by banning poppy cultivation…

Drug Trafficking Opioids

Ethylbromazolam – The New Global Benzodiazepine

Tori Rudkowsky

Jul 16, 2025

On 17 January, the Welsh drug testing service WEDINOS received a sample of what was purchased off the illegal market…

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Nitazenes in the Baltics Are a Warning for Europe

André Gomes

Jul 14, 2025

Since 2017, the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have acted as the canaries in the mine for Europe’s…

Drugs & Development Opioids

Exploring Iran’s History of Drug Use and Prohibition

Niko Vorobyov

Jul 8, 2025

As the sun set over an ancient riverside town in Iran, I was sat down with Sam (not his real…

Drug Trafficking Opioids

Europe Remains Safe Despite Growing Afghan Heroin Adulteration

Ray Tomlinson

Jun 9, 2025

Three years after Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, announced his religious edict banning poppy cultivation, Afghan…

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Is Fentanyl in All Drugs? New Study Challenges Common Myth

Patrick McConnell

May 2, 2025

Incessant reporting on fentanyl and related deaths have created a reality where people using drugs in British Columbia (BC) fear…

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How Patients Became Collateral Damage in Mexico’s War on Fentanyl

Javier Trevino Rangel

Apr 30, 2025

The current fentanyl crisis in the United States has had various and powerful consequences for Mexico. In the past month,…

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Review: “Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs”

Carrie Lou Hamilton

Mar 10, 2025

Garth Mullins is an activist, musician, podcaster and writer. His first book, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs,…