‘Know Drugs’: Reframing Drug Education Is Key To Ending The Drug War
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Worldwide, the prevalence of drug use transcends borders, nationalities, and demographics. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)…
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Alpha-PVP: What Is It, and Key Harm Reduction Tips
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Alpha-PyrrolidinoValeroPhenone (also known as alpha-PVP) is a relatively recent New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) in global circulation. While previously prominent in…
We Need More Research into Ketamine Use By Women and Gender-Diverse People
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On 20 June, in honour of World Psychedelics Day, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) and TalkingDrugs published…
“Am I Not a Citizen?”- The Inequality of Brazil’s Cannabis Law Changes
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When I started thinking about examining recent the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) No. 45 of 2023 and the…
Drug Checking Tusi is a Headache for Harm Reductionists
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Tusi, a mostly pink powder with a sweet aroma, has become an intriguing phenomenon in the modern party scene. At…
From Demons to Medicine: Tracing The Journey of Colombia’s Psychedelic Regulation
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In a nation whose modern history is defined by international interference, drug trafficking forces and a raging drug war, Colombia…
Grief and Harm Reduction
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In 2017 I wrote an article for The MAPS Bulletin, called ‘The Elephant in the Room: The Need to Address…
“Cannabis Substitution Therapy”: Can Cannabis Ease Opioid Withdrawal?
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Rosie Rurka had a reputation as the frontline drugs worker who brought people back from the dead with naloxone after…
Out of One, Many: The Growth of the Brazilian Cannabis Marches
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2024 was yet another successful year for the Marcha da Maconha. The Brazilian cannabis march in São Paulo this year…
What Happens When Abortion Medication is Criminalised?
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On 9th May 2022, just one week after Politico leaked the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Vanessa…
From Ghent to Rio de Janeiro, Lessons in Social Exclusion
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I’m Natan Hermínio, a young black man from Brazil, born and raised in the favelas, who finds himself having to…
Invisible Borders and Gang Governance in Honduras
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Jason* walks into the small, dimly lit room and sits down on one of the sofas across from his friends.…