Drugs & GenderOther DrugsPersonal StoriesOwning My Pleasure – An exploration of NarcofeminismJessica Spratt.Feb 9, 2023“I don’t want a woman who takes drugs.” Over the past 10 years of being a drug user, I have…
Drug PolicyPersonal StoriesElectric Dreams: Using AI to Imagine Drug Using SpacesMike Whyle & André Gomes.Nov 16, 2022AI-assisted art has been taking the world by storm, providing a new world-building method that leverages the width of the…
CannabisPersonal Stories“Prison becomes your home”: The Futility of Cannabis IncarcerationsDenzel Uba.Nov 16, 2022Cannabis is subjected to condemnation, disapproval, and bad press. Whether this depiction is fair or not is contested; nonetheless, what…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyPersonal Stories“Let’s stop strategies that don’t work!”: Interview with Paula Aguirre, Director of ElementaRaúl Lescano Méndez.Oct 24, 2022Continuing a collaboration with Proyecto Soma, TalkingDrugs has had privileged access to high figures within the Latin American drug policy…
Drug Harm ReductionOpioidsPersonal StoriesCould Opium Gum be the Solution to the Overdose Crisis?Zara Snapp & Jorge Herrera Valderrábano.Aug 22, 2022The prohibitionist regime surrounding the adult use of drugs has had devastating impacts on individuals, communities, and entire regions, spurring…
Other DrugsPersonal StoriesWhat Role does Philosophy Play in the Future of Psychedelics?Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes & Andre Gomes.Aug 9, 2022TalkingDrugs interviewed Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes, one of the leading philosophers connecting the thought and practice around psychedelics with philosophical understandings of…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesJulian Quintero: Interviewing the “Person who has Educated Colombians the Most about Drugs”Raúl Lescano Méndez.Aug 1, 2022In a collaboration with Proyecto Soma, TalkingDrugs has had access to an interesting interview with one of the leading figures…
Drug PolicyOpioidsOther DrugsPersonal StoriesLanguage Matters: Is This a Drug Overdose or Drug Poisoning Crisis?Morgan Godvin.Jun 9, 2022In public policy, language matters. In drug policy, language has always been divisive. Words from “dealer” to “addict” have been…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesThe Invisible Battle in the Ukraine WarAndré Gomes.May 17, 2022While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has raged on for almost two months, TalkingDrugs spoke with several organisations working on…
Other DrugsPersonal StoriesPushed to the Brink – Fighting for Diamorphine Access in the UKDrink and Drug News.May 11, 2022This month, Release received great coverage on their battle to ensure that diamorphine patients were not pushed off their prescription.…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyPersonal StoriesRussian Harm Reduction Director Condemns “Collaborationist” Requirements as Condition for Global FundingAnya Sarang.Apr 25, 2022TalkingDrugs has translated and published the position of Anya Sarang, director of Andrey Rylkov Foundation (recognised as a “foreign agent”…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionPersonal StoriesHow are Cannabis Cultural and Harm Reduction Practices Created?Felipe Neis Araujo & Russell Newcombe.Apr 12, 2022Prohibitionism and the war on drugs are cultural phenomena. They are associated with and bring together notions of ethics, ideologies,…