Access Under Fire: OST in Wartime Lebanon
On 3 March, one day after Israel bombed Beirut for the first time since the so called ceasefire of November 2025, Lebanon’s Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Public Health,…
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Two Months In, A Deeper Look at The Thistle, Glasgow’s Drug Consumption Room
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Scotland has been making the news for the past year on several headlines. First, as the capital of drug-related deaths…
Lisbon forced to close Safer Smoking Site Amid Funding Challenges
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One of Lisbon’s drug consumption rooms was forced to close their smoking room in January due to funding challenges, limiting…
Review: “Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs”
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Garth Mullins is an activist, musician, podcaster and writer. His first book, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs,…
Spain’s Decriminalisation: Decades of Quiet Innovation
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For over three decades, Spain has been a quiet leader in innovative drug policies. Aside from its globally known cannabis…
Latest Report Highlights Small Drop in World Female Imprisonments
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A new report by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck University revealed that over 733,000 women…
Can Cities Lead the Way in Drug Policy Reform?
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From trialling pill-testing to piloting cannabis regulation, cities across the world are increasingly taking the lead in drug policy reform,…
“Magic Mushroom” Vapes: A Capitalist Fad of the Psychedelic Renaissance
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The ‘shroom boom’ has yielded the global market all manner of ways to consume the enigmatic and ancient ‘magic mushroom’.…
Understanding South Africa’s Illegal Drug Market: Valuation, Trends, and Policy Implications
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The illicit drug market is one of the most resilient sectors of the global underground economy. A study in the…
Singapore Government Censors Anti-Death Penalty Campaign Group
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The Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a social justice and anti-death penalty group based in Singapore, announced on January 21 that…
In Numbers: How The UK Media Talks About Nitazenes
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Over the past year, we have seen an increasing amount of attention given to nitazenes. A relatively unknown yet potent…
Regional Focus On Medical Has Limited Caribbean Cannabis Reform
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A 2018 report authored by the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) called for unified progress to decriminalise and regulate…
“Another Talkfest”: Disappointment with Results of Australian Drug Summit
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The New South Wales (NSW) Drug Summit, held in the first week of November and December in the state of…