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Getting High on Perfume in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro

Niko Vorobyov

Aug 25, 2026

It was already around 2:30am – but the party was just getting started in the favela of Rocinha in Rio…

Canisters of nitrous oxide discarded on the ground.

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Bigger Canisters, Bigger Harms: How the UK’s Nitrous Oxide Ban Backfired

Ella Glover

May 19, 2026

Walking the streets of London on a Saturday or Sunday morning, it would almost be impossible to miss the discarded…

Drug Trafficking Other Drugs

Social Media Drug Groups Are Changing the Dealing Game

David Hillier

May 15, 2026

“I will meet u at the station with the stuff when u arrive. No worries mate. I’ll be on tuk-tuk…

Drug Harm Reduction Other Drugs

Is the UK Sleepwalking into a Pregabalin Crisis?

Liam Knowles

Apr 13, 2026

Across the UK, a new pharmaceutical drug is slowly taking over the market. The illicit use of pregabalin has emerged…

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30-Year Minimum: Sierra Leone New Drug Laws Are Some of the World’s Toughest

Ryan Hesketh

Feb 11, 2026

On 1 December 2025, Sierra Leone quietly implemented what may be one of the world’s most punitive drug enforcement measures.…

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New African Union Drug Strategy Takes Aim At Synthetic Drugs

Ryan Hesketh

Oct 16, 2025

The African Union has formally adopted a continent-wide drug strategy aimed at strengthening responses to the manufacture, trafficking and organised…

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7-OH Ban: Criminalising Kratom Alkaloid May Mean More Prohibition

Skye Hawthorne

Sep 4, 2025

Kratom, the psychoactive leaf that has been used for pain relief, mood elevation, and as a stimulant for hundreds of…

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“Playing Whack-a-Mole”: A History of China’s Drug Bans

André Gomes

Aug 13, 2025

This article series is a deep-dive into the Chinese nitazenes ban that has just taken effect at the beginning of…

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“Magic Mushroom” Vapes: A Capitalist Fad of the Psychedelic Renaissance

Dennis Walker

Feb 19, 2025

The ‘shroom boom’ has yielded the global market all manner of ways to consume the enigmatic and ancient ‘magic mushroom’.…

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Singapore Government Censors Anti-Death Penalty Campaign Group

Talking Drugs

Feb 10, 2025

The Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a social justice and anti-death penalty group based in Singapore, announced on January 21 that…

Drug Trafficking Drugs & Development Other Drugs Stimulants

New Report Highlights Syrian Drug Use During Civil War

Narcosis

Nov 27, 2024

Despite tough laws and cultural taboos, drug use is a reality across the Middle East. From captagon ravers in the…

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Russian Soldiers Increasingly Use Drugs on the Frontlines

Stanislav Korovyev

Nov 26, 2024

Since the beginning of the war, the Russian military command has deployed around 700,000 soldiers on Ukrainian territory. The invasion…