The Aesthetics of Drug Prohibition and Harm Reduction
The Opioid Crisis Lookbook, (OCL) is the provocative title of a magazine started in 2022. Even without reading the magazine itself, the Instagram account is just as – if not…
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It has been only three weeks since Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled the American Health Care Act, legislation that repeals portions…
US Set to Allow Drug Testing for Unemployment Benefits
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The US is set to remove restrictions on state-mandated drug testing for people who seek unemployment benefits, despite evidence suggesting…
Palestinians in Gaza Self-Medicating Trauma with Illegal Opioids
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For the first time, two men have been sentenced to death for drug smuggling in Gaza. This comes amid an…
Rodrigo Duterte relaunches Philippine drug war despite calls for investigation
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to continue his “war on drugs” in spite of growing calls for an investigation into his…
The Danger of Singapore’s “Harm Prevention” Approach to Drugs
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As dawn broke on November 18, 2016, Chijioke Stephen Obioha – a 31 year-old chemistry graduate and aspiring football player…
Progressive Changes in Newly-Proposed EU Action Plan on Drugs
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The European Commission (EC) has proposed a new counter-narcotic plan for the European Union, which includes several seemingly progressive changes.…
New Zealand Introduces Compulsory Drug Rehabilitation for “Severe” Cases
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New legislation in New Zealand enables authorities to force certain people with problematic drug use into compulsory rehabilitation programmes. This…
What’s Life Like for Women Who Use Drugs in Indonesia? It’s Time We Asked Them
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In 2005, Merry Christina and her boyfriend were arrested while injecting heroin in the backstreets of a South Jakarta slum.…
Выйти из тени: украинские женщины, употребляющие наркотики, заявили в ООН о нарушении своих прав – ВИДЕО
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Впервые в Украине женщины, употребляющие наркотики, в сотрудничестве с инициативными группами женщин живущих с ВИЧ, секс-работниц, а также представительницами ЛБТ…
“It’s Something Like a Living Room”: My Experience of a Safe Drug Use Room in Amsterdam
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At the end of October 2016, members of the Glasgow City Council, the health board and Police Scotland agreed to…
South Africa Health Experts Warn of Risk and Futility of Sharing Blood to Get High
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Medical experts in South Africa have issued stark health warnings to people engaging in “bluetoothing", whereby people inject the blood…
More Education, Less Indoctrination: the Improved US Approach to Drug Use
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The US government’s approach to drug education has come a long way since the days of “Just Say No”, but…