Drugs, Dissociatives and Displacement: The Festival Drug Report – Part I
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Go to a festival this summer, and drugs will never be far away. The two are inextricably linked, as people…
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Theresa May: The New UK Leader’s Drug Policy
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Theresa May is set to become prime minister of the United Kingdom tomorrow. While serving as home secretary, May has…
Drug Testing Vital to Reduce UK MDMA Deaths
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The illegality of MDMA and the lack of testing programmes in the UK is leading to the proliferation of dangerous…
Russian Gov’t Lists Andrey Rylkov Foundation as ‘Foreign Agent,’ Putting Harm Reduction Services at Risk
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On June 29, 2016, The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included our organization, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for…
Switzerland to Get New Supervised Injection Facility in 2017
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Legislators in Lausanne hope to open the Swiss city’s first supervised injection facility (SIF) in 2017. The facility will provide…
UK Festivals & Sniffer Dogs: Their Regulations, Your Rights
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Festival season is fast approaching and across the UK sniffer dogs will be on the scent for festival-goers’ drugs. But…
Cannabis Clashes in Christiania, Copenhagen
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Cannabis is illegal in Denmark, and a conviction for trafficking may result in a lengthy prison sentence, yet people have…
Drug Deaths to be Measured in Effort to Properly Assess State of UK Drug Treatment
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The UK Department of Health has updated its Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) to include a new sub-indicator on the…
UK ‘Legal Highs’ Ban to Crackdown Harshly on Prison Inmates
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As the UK’s heavily-derided ‘legal highs’ ban takes effect, prisoners found in possession of these substances will face the prospect…
Ana Liffey Drug Project Calls on Irish Gov’t to Allocate a Drugs Minister
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Ana Liffey Drug Project has welcomed the inclusion of support for a “health-led rather than criminal justice approach to drugs…
What You Need to Know About SSDP’s Drug Testing Initiative
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We’ve recently launched a drug testing initiative in Newcastle university, with plenty of media coverage this week. Here’s the roundup…
The Case for Regulating Cannabis in Portugal
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Portugal has been a shining example of drug policy reform success, but its decriminalization model still has its drawbacks, something…