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Drug Policy Other Drugs

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.…

Drug Policy Other Drugs

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…

Opioids Other Drugs

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…

Drug Trafficking Opioids Other Drugs

“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…

Other Drugs Psychedelics

“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’.…

Other Drugs

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…

Cannabis Other Drugs Psychedelics Stimulants

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…

Drug Harm Reduction Other Drugs

Alpha-PVP: What Is It, and Key Harm Reduction Tips

Noor Vissram

Oct 23, 2024

Alpha-PyrrolidinoValeroPhenone (also known as alpha-PVP) is a relatively recent New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) in global circulation. While previously prominent in…

Drug Harm Reduction Other Drugs

Drug Checking Tusi is a Headache for Harm Reductionists

Francesca Brivio

Sep 30, 2024

Tusi, a mostly pink powder with a sweet aroma, has become an intriguing phenomenon in the modern party scene. At…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Trafficking Other Drugs

Alpha-PVP And New Psychoactive Substances Surging Across EECA Region

Noor Vissram

Sep 20, 2024

Alpha-PVP (alpha-PyrrolidinoValeroPhenone), also colloquially known as “flakka”, is a synthetic version of the stimulants known as cathinones, one of the…

Drug Trafficking Opioids Other Drugs

Under the Radar: Are Nitazenes More Prevalent Than Known?

Phoenix Mohawk

Aug 30, 2024

Nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids, are increasingly found everywhere. While (still) relatively obscure, detections of these opioids have been…