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Belarus MDMA Death Case Highlights Danger of Prohibition

Piotr Markiełaŭ

Jan 7, 2019

A high-profile criminal trial, involving a group of young people and a young woman’s tragic death following MDMA use, has…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking Other Drugs

Bangladesh to Begin Hanging People for Non-Violent Drug Offences

Avinash Tharoor

Dec 27, 2018

People in Bangladesh now face execution for a range of non-violent drug offences. The Narcotics Control Act 2018, which came…

Drugs & Gender Drugs & Race Other Drugs

The Burgeoning Psychedelics Movement Still Excludes Women and People of Colour

Alexander Lekhtman

Dec 5, 2018

You know psychedelic medicine is having its moment when it’s the subject of a No. 1 New York Times bestseller and even Fox News is speaking…

Drug Policy Other Drugs

New Zealand May Introduce Controversial, Punitive Drug Law Amendment

Talking Drugs

Oct 23, 2018

Despite New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern’s support for progressive drug law reform, opposition parties are pushing for harsher sentencing for…

Drug Trafficking Drugs & Race Other Drugs

The Rohingya, Drugs, and Narratives of Difference

Ryan Hesketh

Aug 28, 2018

The lives of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are being put at risk due to unsubstantiated claims about their involvement with…

Other Drugs

Monkey Dust in the UK: A drug “epidemic” or an overstatement?

Talking Drugs

Aug 17, 2018

Alarmist UK media reports of a new drug, monkey dust, are on the rise, as journalists misleadingly tell of “zombie…

Drug Trafficking Other Drugs

China Executes 10 People for Non-Violent Drug Offences

Avinash Tharoor

Jun 25, 2018

Chinese authorities have executed ten people for non-violent drug offences immediately after a public sentencing hearing. On 23 June, the…

Drug Harm Reduction Other Drugs

Drug Checking in Latin America: the Countries Leading the Way

Talking Drugs

Jun 20, 2018

Drug checking at UK festivals has made unprecedented headway over the past year and garnered significant media attention along the…

Drug Policy Other Drugs

Австралия во льду: почему употребление метамфетамина называют “эпидемией”?

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jun 16, 2018

Австралийские медиа подают проблему роста употребления “льда” (так в Австралии называют кристаллический метамфетамин) как “эпидемию”, однако, как пишет Ребекка Джильйо…