Articles on opioids like opium, heroin, morphine and fentanyl, methadone, buprenorphine and others.
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…
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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…
Could Opium Gum be the Solution to the Overdose Crisis?
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The prohibitionist regime surrounding the adult use of drugs has had devastating impacts on individuals, communities, and entire regions, spurring…
Scotland Pushing to Save Lives against UK Government Drug Prohibition
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The Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce has published their final report, outlining their key recommendations and concrete actions to reverse the…
Canadian Decriminalisation Efforts Fall Short of Serious Change
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In early June, the Canadian federal government announced the launch of a three-year trial in British Columbia (BC) starting on…
Language Matters: Is This a Drug Overdose or Drug Poisoning Crisis?
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In public policy, language matters. In drug policy, language has always been divisive. Words from “dealer” to “addict” have been…
Ukraine’s opiate users: Russian invasion has severely disrupted access to drug-treatment services
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About 317,000 Ukrainians inject drugs like heroin regularly. As of January, 14,868 of them were receiving substitute opiates such as methadone…
“I’ve seen more people leave than stay, and many of them die”: Peter Krykant’s 12-step experience
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Talking and writing about my 12 step experiences publicly is hard, you must be prepared to accept that you will…