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…
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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…
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…