Dope Men: How We Went From Alcohol Prohibition to Another
Just 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…
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Could Geneva Introduce Drug Checking in 2017?
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Drug checking, a key harm reduction tool which enables users to have their synthetic drugs chemically analyzed in order to…
Civil Society Urges EU Leadership on Drug Policy Ahead of UNGASS
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The Budapest Group is a network of European NGOs working in the field of drug policy reform, including Harm Reduction…
Can Dark Net Drug Markets Reduce Drug Use Risk?
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Much has been made of the potential dangers posed by dark net drug markets, from unprecedented availability, to new ‘harmful’…
Methadone Patient Problems: When The Mix Is Too Much
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For those of you who've never experienced what it's like to down a dose of methadone, let me give you…
Where Reuters Gets It Wrong on Drug Use, Child Welfare & Infant Deaths
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In December, Reuters released an investigative report, “Helpless & Hooked.” It alleges that the failure of physicians and hospitals to…
What Happened to Brazil’s Ruling on Drug Decriminalization?
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Despite news last year suggesting Brazil's Supreme Court would rule imminently on whether the country should decriminalize low-level possession and…
Colombia’s Third Largest City Rolls Out Needle Exchange Program
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Colombia's third largest city, Cali, recently rolled out a pilot needle and syringe program (NSP) in a rare step forward…
UK Ban on Poppers Could Have Disastrous Health Consequences for MSM
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As the myopic Psychoactive Substances Bill nears being waved through Parliament and into law, the future of alkyl nitrites —…
Police in Harm Reduction: A Recipe For Failure
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You may or may not have heard about the recent spat over police involvement with harm reduction outreach in Toronto.…
Outlook Bleak for UK Drug Policy in 2016
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I wish that I could say it was an exciting time to work in the drugs field, but sadly when…
Norway’s Largest HIV Organization Ignores UN Recommendations on Drug Decriminalization
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In the face of clear recommendations from both UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) that drug use should be…
What We Did Right in Drug Policy During 2015
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The tremendous costs of the current drug control regime are by now obvious. The past few decades have seen hundreds…