Point of View: Chemsex Harm Reduction with Patriic Gayle
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A volunteer for the Gay Men’s Health Collective (GMHC), I write for its health and wellbeing website MENRUS.CO.UK. By diving…
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The Forgotten History of European Drug-Dealer Activism
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In a small Dutch city outside of The Netherlands, drug user activists from around the world gathered in 1999 for…
Just Say No’ To Zero Tolerance Policies: Why Universities Must Adopt Harm Reduction
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It’s time to adopt a harm-reduction approach to student drug use. Despite decades of universities taking the ‘just say no’ approach, and…
National Overdose Awareness and Naloxone campaign launches in the UK
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A new national Overdose Awareness and Naloxone campaign – thought to be the first of its kind – has launched…
Is The COVID-19 Pandemic Increasing The Marginalisation Of People Who Inject Drugs?
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UK needle exchanges reducing their hours or services due to the COVID-19 pandemic is putting people who inject drugs at…
Ljubljana Authorities Destroy Community Hub Housing Harm Reduction Initiative
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This blog post was made possible thanks to Janko Belin's (President – društvo AREAL) inputs and corrections. Please, consider following društvo AREAL's…
SanPa: Where Did We Leave Off? Where Are We Now?
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In Italy, the documentary film on the San Patrignano community has started a wide debate on drugs. In this article, Susanna Ronconi (Forum…
Shocking, Disturbing, Preventable: Drug-related Deaths in Scotland Rise Again
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A year and a half after the SNP government declared a public health emergency to tackle drug deaths in Scotland, figures…
Consider the Dealer: Supplying Drugs And Harm Reduction In The UK
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Ask most people to describe an online drug supplier and the words “selfish”,” violent” and “evil” are probably not far…
UK Drug Council Knows GHB Crackdown Targets Queer People, Recommends It Anyway
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Spurred by media panic around a so-called “chemsex crimewave,” the United Kingdom’s independent drug policy advisors are recommending that people involved with…
Just No Stopping Stop & Search?
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Home Office figures released last week provide a bleak picture of increases in stop and search in England and Wales…
Second Largest Police Force in England & Wales to Stop Criminalising Drug Users
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“Police-led drug diversion schemes have developed in recognition that criminalisation does not deter use but can cause significant harms for…