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Canada Drug Experts Want Regulated Heroin Supply to Cut Overdoses

Avinash Tharoor

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Feb 22, 2019

An influential drug expert group in western Canada has proposed allowing people to access a legally regulated heroin supply, in…

Cannabis Drug Policy Drugs & Race Opioids

Democratic 2020 Candidates on Cannabis and Other Drug Policy

Avinash Tharoor

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Feb 20, 2019

The push for drug policy reform, particularly cannabis legalisation, has become increasingly popular on the US left since the 2016…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking Opioids

Trump “Most Excited” About China Executing People for Selling Fentanyl

Avinash Tharoor

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Feb 15, 2019

President Trump has lauded the use of the death penalty for people convicted of drug offences, and claims to have…

Drug Policy Drugs & Gender Opioids

The US Approach to the Overdose Crisis is Failing Women

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Jan 31, 2019

The overdose crisis continues to ravage the United States, but its egregious, multi-faceted impact upon women is not getting the…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids Other Drugs

Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [январь 2019]

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Jan 30, 2019

(in English) 1. Беларусь: Уголовное дело о смерти девушки после употребления MDMA привлекло внимание общественности, прессы и активистов, пишет Talking…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids Other Drugs

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

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Jan 30, 2019

(На русском) 1. A high-profile criminal trial, involving a group of young people and a young woman’s tragic death following…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking Drugs & Development Opioids

A New Drug Policy Approach Can Alleviate Poverty in Rural India

Avinash Tharoor

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Jan 23, 2019

The criminalisation of low-level opium cultivation in India is driving intergenerational poverty and inequality, but a new policy approach would…

Cannabis Coca & Cocaine Drug Policy Drug Trafficking Opioids

Интерактивная карта: что изменилось в глобальной наркополитике в 2018 году

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Jan 2, 2019

В 2018 в мире усилилась поддержка реформы каннабиса. Однако в некоторых странах – Бангладеш, Филиппинах и Бразилии и других –…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids

Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Декабрь 2018]

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Dec 21, 2018

1. Болгария в зоне риска. Из-за сокращения финансирования в стране с мая 2017 года не работают программы обмена шприцев. Детальней…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids

TalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [December 2018]

Anastasia Bezverkha

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Dec 21, 2018

1. Bulgaria at risk. Harm reduction financing has reached critically-low levels in Bulgaria. The government has failed to provide sufficient…

Drug Harm Reduction Drugs & Gender Opioids Personal Stories

Managing a Sober Living Home Taught Me The Importance of Naloxone

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Dec 19, 2018

I am a house manager of a sober living home for women in South Florida, USA. I love what I…

Drug Harm Reduction Opioids

UK Drug Service Users Design Promo Material to Reduce Infection Spread

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Dec 17, 2018

New posters, a booklet, and an animation, co-designed by service users at a UK drugs project, are being launched to…