UK Drug-related Deaths Increase as Westminster Rejects Pleas for Scottish Harm Reduction
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Across the UK, recent reports show that drug-related deaths continue to rise, reaching a record high. When compared with reports…
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Government Reveals Its “Beating Crime Plan” for England & Wales
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The government’s Beating Crime Plan for England and Wales failed to address the root causes of harm production whilst criminalising the…
Moving Deckchairs On The Titanic: Drug Policy Reform in the UK
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We are first and second authors on a paper titled “Illegal drugs in the UK: Is it time for considered…
Anti-Methadone Rhetoric Exacerbates Public Health Crisis In The UK
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Drug related deaths are once again at an all-time high, with Scotland and England reporting increases in fatalities. In the…
DRUG ALERTS – August 2021 (UK)
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DRUG ALERT – 14 August 2021 Portsmouth, Hampshire & London The following information is for people who use heroin…
Treat Illegal Drug Use As Health Issue, Says UK Government Review – Here’s Why
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The scale of the illicit drug trade in the UK is immense. Last year, the first part of an independent…
Take-Home Naloxone: The Peoples’ Overdose Antidote
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Given the high prevalence of opioid mortality rates around the globe, naloxone, an opioid antagonist, has become a crucial medication…
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…
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…