‘Violence is our daily bread here’: Rethinking Harm Reduction from the Streets of Colombia
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What do we mean by drug-related harm? For those of us working in harm reduction, that is an essential question…
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Beyond the Prison Gate: Why Harm Reduction Belongs in Prison
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Drug use does not stop at the prison gate. In fact, around 4 in 10 people entering prison have a…
Bolivia Borrows Trump’s ‘Narco-Terrorist’ Label For Protestors
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On 8 June, riot police fired tear gas through the streets of La Paz as protesters hurled stones and firecrackers…
The CIA’s Expanding Drug War in Mexico
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On March 28th, a car exploded as it drove along the highway leading from Felipe Ángeles International Airport on the…
Book Review: “The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs” by Kojo Koram
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As a legal intern in 2012, Kojo Koram was sent to visit clients in Angola – not the country, but…
Colombia After Petro: The Unfinished Business of Petro’s Drug Policy Reform
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On 25 April, a bomb shattered the Pan-American Highway in Cauca, southwest Colombia. 21 were killed in the deadliest attack…
We Need to Talk About Extra Strong Weed
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A man and woman are sitting in a room, the woman playing the piano, while both take drags from a…
It’s Not the Drugs: Sexual Violence under Prohibition and Patriarchy
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There are forms of violence that are spoken of openly, and there are others that slip through like shadows. There…
Trump’s “Narco-Terrorism” Operations in Ecuador: A New Phase of the Donroe Doctrine?
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On 3 March 2026, US Southern Command, the military unit overseeing operations in Central and South America, announced via X…
How anti-ICE activists joined forces with harm reductionists in Philadelphia
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Back in January, a video of a group of armed Black men dressed in bomber jackets and berets at an…
The Decriminalisation Playbook: New UNAIDS Report Lays Out Pathway for HIV Response
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For decades, the global “war on drugs” has been sold as what’s best for public health: by harshly criminalising drug…
The Aesthetics of Drug Prohibition and Harm Reduction
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The Opioid Crisis Lookbook, (OCL) is the provocative title of a magazine started in 2022. Even without reading the magazine…