2024 Marks 20 Years of OST Delivery in Ukraine
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This year marks 20 years since Ukraine first introduced opioid substitution therapy (OST) programme. Over the course of these two…
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“We are here to break this silence”: Activists Disrupt AIDS Conference In Support of Palestine
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Just as the 25th International AIDS Society (IAS) conference was happening in Munich in July, protestors took over the stage…
Doctors Playing God: Life in Slovenia’s Drug Treatment System
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I first enrolled in a methadone program in Slovenia in 1997, after about a year and a half of intense…
2023 Drug Deaths: Another Year of National Disgrace For Scotland
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Every year, on the day that the Government announces the number of drug-related deaths in the previous year, Scotland braces…
From Ghent to Rio de Janeiro, Lessons in Social Exclusion
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I’m Natan Hermínio, a young black man from Brazil, born and raised in the favelas, who finds himself having to…
The Weight of Inaction: The Mothers Fighting the War on Drugs
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Although this article isn’t about me, I think it’s important to give you some context. My name is Jéssica, I’m…
How Muslims Use Drugs During Ramadan
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Ramadan is a period of introspection, self-restraint and prayer, and most commonly associated with fasting from food and water from…
In Canada, The Fight for Compassion Clubs Rages On in Court
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An upcoming ruling from Canada’s Federal Court could have a radical impact on the country’s drug laws. In 2021, Drug…
Junkies Don’t Exist
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I’ll never forget the time a relative casually called me a “junkie,” as I organised my collection of drugstore makeup…
How Gender Affirming Care Is Harm Reduction
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The nature of the trans experience for me, and many, is of being forcibly politicised from a young age. Our…
UK Harm Reduction: The Origins of Release
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As drug policy concerns become progressively more salient and relevant to a much larger and increasingly global population, interested people…
Good Business Skills Aren’t Respected In Cannabis
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Business is everywhere. I have always been fascinated with the concept of Business ever since I was a young boy:…