European Harm Reduction Is Facing a Funding Crisis
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Harm reduction has long been a cornerstone of European public health, minimising drug use risks like overdose deaths or preventing…
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Vin Mariani: From Health Tonic to Moral Panic
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Instead of a wine that makes you sleepy, imagine one that could keep you up and talking all night. Imagine…
New UK Ketamine Trials Explore Its Mental Health Potentials
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Since ketamine was first synthesised in 1956, its effects have been extensively studied. Today, it is widely used as a…
Counting Down: PsychedeliCare Launches Citizen’s Campaign for Psychedelic Therapy
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12 months, three proposals, one million signatures. That’s the target so that this time next year, the European Commission may…
A Historic Vote at the CND: Colombia Challenges the Global Drug Control System
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In the final hours of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on March 14, we were on the edge of…
Two Months In, A Deeper Look at The Thistle, Glasgow’s Drug Consumption Room
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Scotland has been making the news for the past year on several headlines. First, as the capital of drug-related deaths…
Lisbon forced to close Safer Smoking Site Amid Funding Challenges
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One of Lisbon’s drug consumption rooms was forced to close their smoking room in January due to funding challenges, limiting…
Spain’s Decriminalisation: Decades of Quiet Innovation
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For over three decades, Spain has been a quiet leader in innovative drug policies. Aside from its globally known cannabis…
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’.…
In Numbers: How The UK Media Talks About Nitazenes
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Over the past year, we have seen an increasing amount of attention given to nitazenes. A relatively unknown yet potent…