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No, China Is Not Getting Rich Off Of Fentanyl

Oct 1, 2023

When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China in June, many hoped his meeting with President Xi Jinping would…

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Should Latin America Be Concerned about Fentanyl?

Raúl Lescano Méndez

Sep 12, 2023

In Latin American media, the tragedy of the opioid crisis and fentanyl in the United States is understood through such…

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Defining Recovery Beyond Sobriety

M. L. Lanzillotta

Sep 4, 2023

A note before I begin: recovery is a personal and loaded concept. This essay isn’t intended to be a definite…

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Tali-Ban: How Europe’s Heroin Markets Will Survive Afghanistan’s Opium

Ray Tomlinson

Jul 20, 2023

The Taliban opium ban, implemented earlier this year, has drastically reduced poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. While some have speculated this…

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Mexico’s Threat to Ban Medical Fentanyl is Painfully Misguided

André Gomes

Jun 16, 2023

Mexico’s president has been the first North American leader to call for the outright ban of the medical use of fentanyl, as…

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From Opium To Meth: How Myanmar Became The World’s Leading Producer Of Methamphetamine

Alice Pomfret

Feb 7, 2023

Myanmar and its remote borderlands have long been a global centre for illegal drug production. Due to its isolated location…

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The Vending Machine Saving Lives in Ohio

Anonymous

Nov 1, 2022

Since early last year, a vending machine in the US state of Ohio has provided crucial harm reduction supplies to…

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Commissioning Cracks: The Costs of Defunding Heroin Assisted Treatment

Hannah Poulter

Sep 29, 2022

In Middlesbrough, citizens are statistically more likely to die from a Drug Related Death (DRD) than a car accident. As…

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Could Opium Gum be the Solution to the Overdose Crisis?

Zara Snapp & Jorge Herrera Valderrábano

Aug 22, 2022

The prohibitionist regime surrounding the adult use of drugs has had devastating impacts on individuals, communities, and entire regions, spurring…

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Scotland Pushing to Save Lives against UK Government Drug Prohibition

André Gomes

Jul 21, 2022

The Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce has published their final report, outlining their key recommendations and concrete actions to reverse the…

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Canadian Decriminalisation Efforts Fall Short of Serious Change

André Gomes

Jun 21, 2022

In early June, the Canadian federal government announced the launch of a three-year trial in British Columbia (BC) starting on…

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Language Matters: Is This a Drug Overdose or Drug Poisoning Crisis?

Morgan Godvin

Jun 9, 2022

In public policy, language matters. In drug policy, language has always been divisive. Words from “dealer” to “addict” have been…