Tonga Reports Record Low Meth Seizures After Public Health Struggles
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Tonga’s fight against methamphetamine appears to be bearing fruit—at least on paper. Police Minister Piveni Piukala announced this week that…
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Virtuous Drug Use: How Certain Drug Taking Becomes Acceptable
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In traditional philosophical and theological debates, sobriety is usually thought of as virtuous, while the non-medical use of drugs is…
Is There a Place for AI in Harm Reduction?
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The recent launch of Drugbot, a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool from British drug treatment charity Cranstoun, has highlighted how…
The Future of Drug Policy After USAID Defunding
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The harm reduction world is still reeling from the after-shocks of the global health disruption caused by the Trump regime’s…
Australian Government Dismisses Decriminalisation Despite Widespread Support
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Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) government found “substantial support” for a public health model featuring illicit drug decriminalisation, but steered…
Latest Report Highlights Small Drop in World Female Imprisonments
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A new report by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck University revealed that over 733,000 women…
Can Cities Lead the Way in Drug Policy Reform?
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From trialling pill-testing to piloting cannabis regulation, cities across the world are increasingly taking the lead in drug policy reform,…
“Magic Mushroom” Vapes: A Capitalist Fad of the Psychedelic Renaissance
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The ‘shroom boom’ has yielded the global market all manner of ways to consume the enigmatic and ancient ‘magic mushroom’.…
“Another Talkfest”: Disappointment with Results of Australian Drug Summit
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The New South Wales (NSW) Drug Summit, held in the first week of November and December in the state of…
Review: “Sassafras: A Memoir of Love, Loss and MDMA Therapy”
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In 2023, Australia became the first country in the world to legalise MDMA for therapeutic purposes. Rebecca Huntley’s Sassafras: A…
COP16: How The Global Drug War Drives Harms for Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
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This October was the Conference of the Parties (COP) 16 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia,…
Global Harm Reduction Growing Yet Still Punitive, According to New Report
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Harm Reduction International’s (HRI) 2024 edition of the Global State of Harm Reduction highlighted how Indigenous people and youth lack…