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ГидрАэкономика или как российский наркорынок ушел в даркнет

Sep 20, 2019

Российская онлайн площадка “Гидра” стала крупнейшим в мире даркнет сайтом для продажи наркотиков. Результаты впервые проведенного исследования сделок на российском даркнет…

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Opiates & Us

Jugular Malloy

Sep 16, 2019

Opiates and Us by Jugular Malloy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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The Empowering and Dangerous Work of Harm Reduction in Afghanistan

Michelle Tolson

Sep 12, 2019

Idris Azizi speaks softly when he relates how, as a person living with HIV, he was told to sit in…

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The Magic Bracelet

Olga Belyaeva

Sep 4, 2019

When I heard someone knocking on my hotel room’s door and shouting “She is dying!!!” I was in the bathroom.…

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UK drug deaths continue to rise – time for action

Alex Stevens & Ian Hamilton

Aug 16, 2019

Every year since 2013, the UK’s Office for National Statistics has reported an increase in drug-related deaths in England. Last year, we…

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Впервые в России областной бюджет профинансирует программу профилактики передозировок

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jul 26, 2019

Власти Кемеровской области Российской Федерации выделили 3,6 миллиона рублей на финансирование комплексной программы по профилактике передозировок от употребления наркотиков. Впервые…

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Malaysia’s changing stance on drugs: breaking away from punitive policy in Southeast Asia

Charlotte Kincaid

Jul 23, 2019

Malaysia has adopted a zero-tolerance approach to drugs but on 27 June 2019, Minister of Health, Dzulkefly Ahmad announced legislation…

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TalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [April 2019]

Anastasia Bezverkha

May 3, 2019

(На русском) 1. On the eve of the International Harm reduction conference in Porto, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association issued…

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Challenges Faced by Women Who Use Drugs in Ukraine’s Conflict Zones: An Interview with Sveta Moroz

Avinash Tharoor

May 1, 2019

Sveta Moroz is the founder and head of the board of Club Svitanok in the Donetsk Oblast, a province in…

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Calls for Drug Law Reform in Sweden As Drug Deaths Continue Unabated

Avinash Tharoor

Apr 18, 2019

The debate around Sweden’s zero-tolerance drug policy has been reignited in recent months, due to the approach’s failure to reduce…

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Iceland Expected to Introduce Drug Consumption Rooms

Avinash Tharoor

Apr 1, 2019

Drug consumption rooms (DCRs) are expected to be introduced in Iceland, as MPs and the Minister of Health have backed…

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Фентанил: кризис американской репрессивной наркополитики

Anastasia Bezverkha

Mar 20, 2019

По данным Национального института наркозависимости, ежедневно в США от передозировки опиоидами умирает 130 человек. Злоупотребление и зависимость от аптечных опиоидных обезболивающих…