Drug PolicyDenmark’s Drug Laws Highlight the Limits of Harm Reduction PolicingTobias Kammersgaard.Oct 7, 2024When Denmark made it possible for municipalities to implement drug consumption rooms (DCRs) in 2012, Copenhagen was quick to establish…
Drugs & DevelopmentPersonal Stories“We are here to break this silence”: Activists Disrupt AIDS Conference In Support of PalestineAndré Gomes.Sep 24, 2024Just as the 25th International AIDS Society (IAS) conference was happening in Munich in July, protestors took over the stage…
CannabisWhat Does the Future Hold for UK Cannabis?Michael Sassano.Sep 13, 2024After a recent conversation with Pierre van Weperen of Grow Group PLC and Grow Pharma, his vision of the United…
Drug Harm ReductionGrief and Harm ReductionCamille Barton.Sep 9, 2024In 2017 I wrote an article for The MAPS Bulletin, called ‘The Elephant in the Room: The Need to Address…
Personal StoriesDoctors Playing God: Life in Slovenia’s Drug Treatment SystemJanko Belin.Aug 23, 2024I first enrolled in a methadone program in Slovenia in 1997, after about a year and a half of intense…
Drug Harm ReductionPersonal Stories2023 Drug Deaths: Another Year of National Disgrace For ScotlandPeter Krykant.Aug 22, 2024Every year, on the day that the Government announces the number of drug-related deaths in the previous year, Scotland braces…
Drug PolicyGeorgian Harm Reduction Under Attack by Foreign Agent LawAndré Gomes.Jul 31, 2024News of Georgia’s new “foreign agent law” has triggered concern and criticism from the country’s civil society organisations, many of…
Drugs & DevelopmentPersonal StoriesFrom Ghent to Rio de Janeiro, Lessons in Social ExclusionNatan Hermínio.Jul 28, 2024I’m Natan Hermínio, a young black man from Brazil, born and raised in the favelas, who finds himself having to…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug TraffickingOpioidsOther DrugsPsychedelicsStimulantsHow The British Telegram Drug Market WorksJay Crane.Jul 19, 2024Telegram is host to a plethora of flourishing drug markets that have become a serious contender to darknet markets, offering…
Drug PolicyAn Eternal Pilot: Is Portugal’s Decriminalisation System Frozen In Time?Noor Vissram.Jul 16, 2024Portugal has been one of the most lauded and discussed examples of global drug decriminalisation. The model was praised for…
Drugs & RaceIs Drug Addiction A Racist Concept?George (Kev) Dertadian.Jul 9, 2024The idea that people who use drugs are ‘out of control’ or ‘can’t control themselves’ is a well-established part of…
Drug Harm Reduction84 Countries in Over 290 Cities Unite to Celebrate 2024 Support Don’t Punish CampaignJuan Fernandez Ochoa.Jun 26, 2024The 12th Support Don’t Punish Global Day of Action comes at a crucial moment in the global harm reduction landscape.…