How Drug Checking Services Around the World Navigate Prohibition
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Amidst an ever turbulent political environment in North America that has all but written off harm reduction and drug checking…
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The Representation Crisis: The Problem in the Medicalised Psychedelics Model
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This is Part 2 in a two-part series about the lack of representation in psychedelic research. Part 1 explores the…
The Representation Crisis: Who is the Psychedelic Revolution Really For?
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This is Part 1 in a two-part series about the lack of representation in psychedelic research. This first part explores…
Beyond the Prison Gate: Why Harm Reduction Belongs in Prison
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Drug use does not stop at the prison gate. In fact, around 4 in 10 people entering prison have a…
Book Review: “The Next Fix: The Winners and Losers in the Future of Drugs” by Kojo Koram
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As a legal intern in 2012, Kojo Koram was sent to visit clients in Angola – not the country, but…
From Golden Crescent to Crystal Crescent: The Making of Balochistan’s New Meth Economy
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When we think about Afghanistan and drugs, one substance comes to mind: opium. Indeed, the country has essentially had a…
It’s Not the Drugs: Sexual Violence under Prohibition and Patriarchy
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There are forms of violence that are spoken of openly, and there are others that slip through like shadows. There…
“Don’t Let Anyone Know”: OST Stigma in Armenia’s Post-Soviet Healthcare System
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As an addiction medicine specialist in Armenia, I often meet patients that, lowering their voices, tell me: “Doctor, please don’t…
The Decriminalisation Playbook: New UNAIDS Report Lays Out Pathway for HIV Response
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For decades, the global “war on drugs” has been sold as what’s best for public health: by harshly criminalising drug…
Georgia’s Soviet-Era Healthcare System is Putting Doctors in Prison
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Should a psychiatrist face prison for obeying the law? This was the question raised by the case of an anonymous…
The Aesthetics of Drug Prohibition and Harm Reduction
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The Opioid Crisis Lookbook, (OCL) is the provocative title of a magazine started in 2022. Even without reading the magazine…
How International Drug Policy Is Increasingly Fragmented
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For many years, international drug policy seemed stuck in tired rhetoric about a ‘drug-free world’. International discussions repeatedly called for…