CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & GenderOur Irrational Cruelty to Pregnant or Parenting People Who Use DrugsElizabeth Brico.Apr 16, 2019Keri, now 35 and studying to become an addiction treatment counselor in Illinois, learned she was pregnant in 2016. In…
Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & RaceHow the War on Drugs Attacks Indigenous CultureRyan Hesketh.Apr 10, 2019In an ongoing and under-publicised tragedy, indigenous peoples around the world routinely have their rights violated under the name of…
Drug PolicyOther DrugsGlobal Ayahuasca Community Joins Together to Defend Ceremony LeaderTalking Drugs.Apr 5, 2019She knew the police would be coming for her. They’d already arrested the woman who had received a bottle of…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingOpioidsФентанил: кризис американской репрессивной наркополитикиAnastasia Bezverkha.Mar 20, 2019По данным Национального института наркозависимости, ежедневно в США от передозировки опиоидами умирает 130 человек. Злоупотребление и зависимость от аптечных опиоидных обезболивающих…
Drug Harm ReductionOpioidsShare with Caution: How Social Media Fuels Moral Panic over Drug UseTalking Drugs.Mar 13, 2019Viral posts on social media are spreading false and stigmatising stories about people who use drugs, further marginalising vulnerable groups.…
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…