Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & RaceDrugs & WomenPersonal StoriesDope Men: How We Went From Alcohol Prohibition to AnotherJust past midnight on April 7th 1933, a truck pulled up to the White House filled with beer. President Roosevelt had just legalised 3.2% alcohol content beer, although it wasn’t…Niko Vorobyov.Sep 19, 2023
Drug Harm ReductionCould Geneva Introduce Drug Checking in 2017?Joy Noble.Feb 10, 2016Drug checking, a key harm reduction tool which enables users to have their synthetic drugs chemically analyzed in order to…
Drug PolicyCivil Society Urges EU Leadership on Drug Policy Ahead of UNGASSCentral European University - School of Public Policy.Feb 4, 2016The Budapest Group is a network of European NGOs working in the field of drug policy reform, including Harm Reduction…
Drug Harm ReductionCan Dark Net Drug Markets Reduce Drug Use Risk?André Gomes.Feb 1, 2016Much has been made of the potential dangers posed by dark net drug markets, from unprecedented availability, to new ‘harmful’…
Drug Harm ReductionPersonal StoriesMethadone Patient Problems: When The Mix Is Too MuchStudio L (K. Lanktree).Jan 27, 2016For those of you who've never experienced what it's like to down a dose of methadone, let me give you…
Drugs & WomenWhere Reuters Gets It Wrong on Drug Use, Child Welfare & Infant DeathsNational Advocates for Pregnant Women.Jan 27, 2016In December, Reuters released an investigative report, “Helpless & Hooked.” It alleges that the failure of physicians and hospitals to…
Drug PolicyWhat Happened to Brazil’s Ruling on Drug Decriminalization?André Gomes.Jan 26, 2016Despite news last year suggesting Brazil's Supreme Court would rule imminently on whether the country should decriminalize low-level possession and…
Drug Harm ReductionColombia’s Third Largest City Rolls Out Needle Exchange ProgramAndré Gomes.Jan 25, 2016Colombia's third largest city, Cali, recently rolled out a pilot needle and syringe program (NSP) in a rare step forward…
Drug PolicyOther DrugsUK Ban on Poppers Could Have Disastrous Health Consequences for MSMHelena Forrester & Olivia Bumpus.Jan 20, 2016As the myopic Psychoactive Substances Bill nears being waved through Parliament and into law, the future of alkyl nitrites —…
Drug Harm ReductionPersonal StoriesPolice in Harm Reduction: A Recipe For FailureJames Collins.Jan 13, 2016You may or may not have heard about the recent spat over police involvement with harm reduction outreach in Toronto.…
Drug PolicyOutlook Bleak for UK Drug Policy in 2016Niamh Eastwood.Jan 7, 2016I wish that I could say it was an exciting time to work in the drugs field, but sadly when…
Drug PolicyNorway’s Largest HIV Organization Ignores UN Recommendations on Drug DecriminalizationNora Eide (NORML Norway).Jan 6, 2016In the face of clear recommendations from both UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) that drug use should be…
Drug PolicyWhat We Did Right in Drug Policy During 2015Kasia Malinowska.Jan 3, 2016The tremendous costs of the current drug control regime are by now obvious. The past few decades have seen hundreds…