Articles on opioids like opium, heroin, morphine and fentanyl, methadone, buprenorphine and others.
Junkies Don’t Exist
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I’ll never forget the time a relative casually called me a “junkie,” as I organised my collection of drugstore makeup…
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DULF Co-Founders Arrested in Another Attack on Safe Supply
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The Vancouver Police arrested Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, the co-founders of the Canadian Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), on…
A Bright Success in Overturning Death Penalty in Malaysia
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One of the longer, if not the longest, case of a death row sentence landed on Dobby’s lap. Chong Yun…
Belarus Civil Society Condemn Repressive Drug System in Latest Report
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Belarusian organisations Legalize Belarus and Youth Bloc, which advocate for humane drug policy and respect for human rights, published a…
No, China Is Not Getting Rich Off Of Fentanyl
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When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China in June, many hoped his meeting with President Xi Jinping would…
Should Latin America Be Concerned about Fentanyl?
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In Latin American media, the tragedy of the opioid crisis and fentanyl in the United States is understood through such…
Defining Recovery Beyond Sobriety
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A note before I begin: recovery is a personal and loaded concept. This essay isn’t intended to be a definite…
Tali-Ban: How Europe’s Heroin Markets Will Survive Afghanistan’s Opium
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The Taliban opium ban, implemented earlier this year, has drastically reduced poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. While some have speculated this…
Mexico’s Threat to Ban Medical Fentanyl is Painfully Misguided
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Mexico’s president has been the first North American leader to call for the outright ban of the medical use of fentanyl, as…
From Opium To Meth: How Myanmar Became The World’s Leading Producer Of Methamphetamine
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Myanmar and its remote borderlands have long been a global centre for illegal drug production. Due to its isolated location…
The Vending Machine Saving Lives in Ohio
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Since early last year, a vending machine in the US state of Ohio has provided crucial harm reduction supplies to…
Commissioning Cracks: The Costs of Defunding Heroin Assisted Treatment
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In Middlesbrough, citizens are statistically more likely to die from a Drug Related Death (DRD) than a car accident. As…