UK drug deaths continue to rise – time for action
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Every year since 2013, the UK’s Office for National Statistics has reported an increase in drug-related deaths in England. Last year, we…
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Number of drug-related deaths rises to highest on record, the UK Government must now declare a public health emergency
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The Office for National Statistics data released today shows 4,359 drug poisoning (i.e. ‘overdose’) deaths registered in 2018 in England…
French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of Muslims
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Last summer in France, dozens of “CBD cafés” suddenly opened across the country. Exploiting a legal loophole originally created for…
Where have all the activists gone?
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The UK’s well-deserved reputation for developing gold standard harm reduction services were the envy of many countries around the world.…
Италия: от Джерволино-Вассали до “легкого” каннабиса
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Согласно данным Европейского Мониторингового центра по наркотикам и наркозависимости, в 2017 году 10% взрослых (15-65 лет) в Италии употребляли каннабис.…
From Jervolino-Vassalli to ‘Cannabis Light’: an Overview of Cannabis in Italy
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According to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 10 per cent of Italian adults (age 15-64) reported…
Брексит и наркополитика по-английски
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6 июня Европейский мониторинговый центр по наркотикам и наркозависимости опубликовал новый Европейский Отчет по наркотикам 2019. В отчете собраны данные о…
Brexit’s drug problem
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As Jacob Rees-Mogg’s widely-lambasted new book exemplifies, Brexiteers are never shy in celebrating the 19th century as the golden-age of free-trade that Britain…
New Report Shows the Deadly Cost of UK Drug Policy
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A newly-published report has highlighted the huge human and financial cost of drug prohibition in the UK. On 6 June,…
Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Май 2019]
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(In English) 1. Сколько стоит уголовное преследование наркопотребителей в странах региона ВЕЦА. Результаты исследования проведенного Евразийской Ассоциацией снижения вреда…
Psychedelic Medicines and Healing the Trauma of Racism [EVENT]
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The Psychedelic Society in London hosts artist, diversity consultant, researcher of somatic social justice, and drug policy reform advocate –…
Luxembourg Unveils Proposals for Cannabis Legalisation Law
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Ministers in Luxembourg have outlined proposals for the country’s upcoming legalisation of “recreational” cannabis. The justice minister Félix Braz and…