Coca & CocaineDrug TraffickingPersonal StoriesCome Ship Some Cocaine With Me: How Cocaine Enters EuropeSimon Coy.Jul 28, 2023I have been invited to write about the production, logistics, and transportation of cocaine, particularly the UN’s Office of Drugs…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionOther DrugsPersonal StoriesPsychedelicsOnly Drug User Solidarity Will End ProhibitionM. L. Lanzillotta.Jul 26, 2023People who take prescribed opioids or other heavily stigmatised drugs sourced from a doctor try hard to differentiate themselves from…
Other DrugsProdrugs: Pills Your Body Converts Into An Illicit Drug Can Evade DetectionJulio de Carvalho Ponce.Jul 26, 2023Drug traffickers have found a way to trick enforcement agencies by using one of the most potent tools our bodies…
Drug Harm ReductionHugs for Drugs: Polish High Schoolers Running Harm Reduction ProjectsNina Szewczyk.Jul 19, 2023In most places, what constitutes public education is dictated by the Government, an institution that defines our laws and establishes…
CannabisPersonal StoriesNot Many See Past Your “Drug” LabelDenzel Uba.Jul 18, 2023Human beings are social creatures – we understand the world around us through our interpretation of the world. This interpretation…
Drug PolicyStimulantsYouth Vaping: A Closer Look at Harms, Research and PolicyTaylor Norris.Jul 13, 2023There’s an eery feeling with vaping that harks back to a vintage time of big tobacco when the marketing was…
Drug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentLanguage Matters: Is My Country a “Narco-state”?Paulina Cortez Licona.Jul 11, 2023The term “narco-state” has been used by politicians, journalists, and law enforcement agencies since the 1980s. While it was initially…
Personal StoriesPsychedelicsBreaking Convention 2023: Has the ‘Psychedelic Renaissance’ Exhaled?Himesh Mehta.Jun 30, 2023Over three sunny days in April and at the University of Exeter’s campus, I attended Breaking Convention, Europe’s largest conference…
CannabisDrug PolicyDrugs & Race“All Traffickers are Black or Arab”: The French Racism in Cannabis PolicingFabrice Olivet.Jun 21, 2023In France, the question of racism has never been a central tenet in the discourse of cannabis law reform advocates.…
Other DrugsDarknet Actively Supplying More Harm Reduction Advice in SalesAndré Gomes.Jun 16, 2023Darknet markets are increasingly adding dosage information, trip reports and other harm reduction advice at the point of drug purchase…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyBelfast Unites in Call for Drug Consumption RoomBenjamin Scher.Jun 16, 2023In a landmark move for drug policy reform in Northern Ireland, Belfast’s City Council has passed a motion backing the establishment…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingPortuguese Experts and Civil Society Unite Against CriminalisationAndré Gomes.Feb 28, 2023An open letter published in early February by public health and members of the Portuguese civil society condemn the Mayor…