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…
Drug PolicyDrugs & GenderNumber of Incarcerated Women Worldwide Rises by 60% Since 2000André Gomes.Oct 26, 2022The World Female Imprisonment List was published earlier this month by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR)…
Drug PolicyDrugs & RaceOn (Police) Diversion: Against Carcerality and Prohibition on the Road to AbolitionJuan Fernandez Ochoa.Oct 11, 2022We are witnessing an intensification of the power, capacity and reach of state violence in Britain through the development and…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & RaceIntersecting Drug Policy and Abolition: A ConversationImani Robinson & André Gomes.Oct 5, 2022The War on Drugs has failed in its stated goal of reducing drug use and sale and has instead resulted…
CannabisDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingGhana’s Legal Cannabis Hits a Constitutional RoadblockAndré Gomes.Sep 1, 2022On the 27th of July 2022, the Supreme Court of Ghana gave a narrow judgement on a case brought before…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsWe Asked the Experts: What Exactly is in Ketamine?André Gomes.Aug 18, 2022Ketamine was first synthesised in 1962 and has had an interesting history both within the “legitimate” medical world, and more…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentOther DrugsIn Kenya, Harm Reduction is Limited by Lack of Social SupportBernice Apondi.Jun 30, 2022Apondi makes the case for how drug treatment programmes and the wider health environment for people who use drugs in…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsWe Asked Experts: What Exactly is in the MDMA Supply?André Gomes.Jun 28, 2022The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its geopolitical shocks have been felt across multiple industries, including the illegal drug market. While…
Drug Harm ReductionDoes Grapefruit Juice Make MDMA Stronger?Phoenix Mohawk.May 23, 2022It is commonly believed among “recreational” users of MDMA that grapefruit juice (or other citrus/acidic beverages) potentiates the effects of,…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsReducing MDMA Comedown and RisksPhoenix Mohawk.May 9, 2022In late February, Vice reported on a study originally published in late December 2021 stating that MDMA use had no “comedown”,…
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,…