Drugs & GenderLatest Report Highlights Small Drop in World Female ImprisonmentsAndré Gomes.Feb 26, 2025A new report by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck University revealed that over 733,000 women…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyCan Cities Lead the Way in Drug Policy Reform?Raquel Santana Soria.Feb 24, 2025From trialling pill-testing to piloting cannabis regulation, cities across the world are increasingly taking the lead in drug policy reform,…
Other DrugsPsychedelics“Magic Mushroom” Vapes: A Capitalist Fad of the Psychedelic RenaissanceDennis Walker.Feb 19, 2025The ‘shroom boom’ has yielded the global market all manner of ways to consume the enigmatic and ancient ‘magic mushroom’.…
Drug PolicyIn Numbers: How The UK Media Talks About NitazenesAndré Gomes.Feb 10, 2025Over the past year, we have seen an increasing amount of attention given to nitazenes. A relatively unknown yet potent…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug Policy“More Than a Clinic”: Views of People Injecting Drugs on DCRs in the UKPetra Salisbury.Jan 17, 2025Often, the discussion of whether drug consumption rooms (DCRs) should open or not are left to policymakers, leading to political…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & GenderPersonal StoriesHIT Conference 2024: Resisting the State and Keeping Communities AliveSascha Bicknell.Dec 19, 2024In a red brick bar, aptly named ‘Revolución de Cuba’, in Liverpool, the speakers of the HIT conference shared drinks…
Drug PolicyCOP16: How The Global Drug War Drives Harms for Indigenous Peoples and the EnvironmentPaula Graciela.Dec 18, 2024This October was the Conference of the Parties (COP) 16 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia,…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & RacePolitics of Fear, Drugs and Migrants in SpainRaquel Santana Soria.Dec 13, 2024In recent years, migration has become an increasingly contentious issue within European politics. The surge in non-European people entering the…
Drug Harm ReductionGlobal Harm Reduction Growing Yet Still Punitive, According to New ReportAndré Gomes.Oct 29, 2024Harm Reduction International’s (HRI) 2024 edition of the Global State of Harm Reduction highlighted how Indigenous people and youth lack…
Drug Harm ReductionOther DrugsAlpha-PVP: What Is It, and Key Harm Reduction TipsNoor Vissram.Oct 23, 2024Alpha-PyrrolidinoValeroPhenone (also known as alpha-PVP) is a relatively recent New Psychoactive Substance (NPS) in global circulation. While previously prominent in…
Drugs & GenderPsychedelicsWe Need More Research into Ketamine Use By Women and Gender-Diverse PeopleIsabelle Gius.Oct 21, 2024On 20 June, in honour of World Psychedelics Day, the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) and TalkingDrugs published…
Drug PolicyDenmark’s Drug Laws Highlight the Limits of Harm Reduction PolicingTobias Kammersgaard.Oct 7, 2024When Denmark made it possible for municipalities to implement drug consumption rooms (DCRs) in 2012, Copenhagen was quick to establish…