Other Drugs

Articles on drugs not covered by our other categories, including ketamine, nitrous oxide and new psychoactive substances.

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Other Drugs

World’s First MDMA Trials for Treating Alcohol Dependency Begin in UK

Talking Drugs

Apr 26, 2018

The world’s first clinical trials exploring the use of MDMA assisted therapy for treating alcohol dependency have begun in the…

Other Drugs

75 Years After First LSD Trip, Psychedelic Science is Making a Comeback

Talking Drugs

Apr 20, 2018

At 4:20 pm on April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann (37), a Swiss chemist working at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in Basel (now…

Drug Harm Reduction Other Drugs

Химсекс – новые исследования известного феномена

Anastasia Bezverkha

Apr 6, 2018

Химсекс, практика употребления наркотиков для усиления сексуальных ощущений, все больше распространяется в регионе ВЕЦА. Химсекс практикуют как гетеросексуальные так и…

Drug Harm Reduction Other Drugs

Drug Use Can Have Social Benefits, and Acknowledging This Could Improve Rehabilitation

Talking Drugs

Apr 3, 2018

Illicit drug use is often framed in terms of risk and antisocial or criminal behaviour. But drug use is often…

Coca & Cocaine Other Drugs

Wastewater Analysis Reveals European Cities Using Most Cocaine, MDMA

Avinash Tharoor

Mar 7, 2018

The results of a new wastewater study show a considerable regional variation in drug use across Europe. On March 7,…

Drug Policy Other Drugs

UK Ketamine Treatment Access Hindered by Drug Laws

Talking Drugs

Dec 5, 2017

The benefits of clinically-administered ketamine for certain mental health issues have become increasingly prominent over the past decade, with neuroscientists…

Drug Trafficking Other Drugs

Report Shows Most Influential Countries in European Darknet Drug Trade

Avinash Tharoor

Nov 29, 2017

A newly-published report has shed light on the murky world of online drug sales in Europe, including the large role…

Drug Harm Reduction Other Drugs

Breaking Boundaries in Berlin: Altered Conference 2017 Set to Revamp Drug Use

Talking Drugs

Oct 17, 2017

Altered Conference: Exploring Psychedelics and Altered States of Consciousness will take place at the Essentis BioHotel in Berlin, Weiskopffstraße 16/17 12459 Berlin on 3-4…

Philosopher Michel Foucault’s Death Valley LSD Trip

Talking Drugs

Sep 20, 2017

Editor’s Note: Michel Foucault (born Paul-Michel Foucault in 1926) was one of the central thinkers of the latter half of the…

Drug Policy Other Drugs

Could MDMA Be the Perfect Drug to Treat PTSD? The US Government Wants to Find Out

Talking Drugs

Aug 30, 2017

The US government’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reached an agreement with a non-profit, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic…

Drug Policy Other Drugs

Новые исследования LSD – возможность «видеть с закрытыми глазами»

Anastasia Bezverkha

Aug 28, 2017

Лизергиновая кислота (ЛСД) – один из самых мощных, но при этом малоизученных психоделических наркотиков, который обладает очень широким спектром воздействия…

Drug Trafficking Other Drugs

North Korea “Increasing Crystal Meth Production” Due to Economic Sanctions

Avinash Tharoor

Aug 18, 2017

State-affiliated companies in North Korea are increasing the illicit production and trafficking of crystal meth amid the economic turmoil caused…