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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…

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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,…

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How Much Naloxone Is Too Much Naloxone?

André Gomes

Dec 4, 2024

With the opioid crisis raging throughout North America and deteriorating across Europe, a variety of interventions have been deployed to…

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1 Year In, Egypt’s Opioid Agonist Treatment Programme Keeps Growing

Sarah Waizani

Nov 10, 2024

In 2023, Egypt celebrated one year of initiating Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT, also known as Substitution Therapy) services for the…

A photo with 2004 to 2024 written on it, marking 20 years of the delivery of OST in Ukraine.

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2024 Marks 20 Years of OST Delivery in Ukraine

Alexander Levin

Oct 20, 2024

This year marks 20 years since Ukraine first introduced opioid substitution therapy (OST) programme. Over the course of these two…

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Under the Radar: Are Nitazenes More Prevalent Than Known?

Phoenix Mohawk

Aug 30, 2024

Nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids, are increasingly found everywhere. While (still) relatively obscure, detections of these opioids have been…

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Regional Australian Synthetic Opioids Plan Launched Amid Growing Concerns

André Gomes

Aug 27, 2024

The lack of readiness to deal with synthetic opioids like fentanyl, nitazenes and their analogues has prompted Australian harm reduction…

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How The British Telegram Drug Market Works

Jay Crane

Jul 19, 2024

Telegram is host to a plethora of flourishing drug markets that have become a serious contender to darknet markets, offering…