Drug Harm ReductionDrug TraffickingBuying Drugs on Social Media: A Form of Harm Reduction?Talking Drugs.Mar 7, 2019Despite growing concerns about young people buying drugs through social media platforms, there is reason to believe that such access…
Drug Harm ReductionOpioidsPersonal StoriesWhen I Used Heroin, I Didn’t Know Needle-Syringe Programmes ExistedTalking Drugs.Feb 27, 2019Needle-syringe programmes (NSPs) save lives and reduce the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C, as they allow people to obtain…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyOpioidsCanada Drug Experts Want Regulated Heroin Supply to Cut OverdosesAvinash Tharoor.Feb 22, 2019An influential drug expert group in western Canada has proposed allowing people to access a legally regulated heroin supply, in…
CannabisDrug PolicyDrugs & RaceOpioidsDemocratic 2020 Candidates on Cannabis and Other Drug PolicyAvinash Tharoor.Feb 20, 2019The push for drug policy reform, particularly cannabis legalisation, has become increasingly popular on the US left since the 2016…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingOpioidsTrump “Most Excited” About China Executing People for Selling FentanylAvinash Tharoor.Feb 15, 2019President Trump has lauded the use of the death penalty for people convicted of drug offences, and claims to have…
Coca & CocaineDrug TraffickingUS Jury Finds El Chapo Guilty, But Mexico Drug War Wages OnTalking Drugs.Feb 13, 2019A US jury has found former Sinaloa Cartel kingpin “El Chapo” Guzmán guilty of heading a massive, murderous drug trafficking…
Other DrugsНовые исследования MDMA – ключ к изменению наркополитикиAnastasia Bezverkha.Feb 8, 2019А США оборот психоделического наркотика MDMA строго запрещен. На сегодняшний день Администрация по борьбе с наркотиками США включает MDMA в…
CannabisDrug PolicyCannabis in Small Commonwealth States: Turning a New Leaf?Talking Drugs.Feb 4, 2019From the Caribbean to Europe to Africa, more and more Commonwealth countries are moving away from punitive policies towards cannabis…
Drug PolicyDrugs & GenderOpioidsThe US Approach to the Overdose Crisis is Failing WomenTalking Drugs.Jan 31, 2019The overdose crisis continues to ravage the United States, but its egregious, multi-faceted impact upon women is not getting the…
CannabisDrug PolicyTrinidad and Tobago to Decriminalise Cannabis, Consider LegalisationAvinash Tharoor.Jan 14, 2019As cannabis reform sweeps the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has announced it will hold public consultations on the matter, prior…
CannabisCoca & CocaineDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingOpioidsИнтерактивная карта: что изменилось в глобальной наркополитике в 2018 годуTalking Drugs.Jan 2, 2019В 2018 в мире усилилась поддержка реформы каннабиса. Однако в некоторых странах – Бангладеш, Филиппинах и Бразилии и других –…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & GenderOpioidsPersonal StoriesManaging a Sober Living Home Taught Me The Importance of NaloxoneTalking Drugs.Dec 19, 2018I am a house manager of a sober living home for women in South Florida, USA. I love what I…