Drug Harm ReductionCan Blockchain Help Drive Drug Policy Reform?Katia Lukicheva.Mar 27, 2024In the evolving landscape of disruptive technology, one innovation has emerged as an unexpected but promising tool for social justice:…
Drug Harm ReductionOther Drugs3MMC: What Is It, and Key Harm Reduction TipsNoor Vissram.Mar 22, 2024The last decade brought a rise in popularity of the recreational use of synthetic cathinones, a category of New Psychoactive…
Drug Harm ReductionAlgospeak and the Harm Reduction Consequences of Content ModerationTaylor Norris.Mar 14, 2024In the dynamic and ever-evolving social media landscape, a curious linguistic phenomenon has emerged: “algospeak.” This digitally native language employs…
Other DrugsStimulantsFinding Normal: Cognitive Enhancers and Hyper-ProductivityLauren Predebon.Mar 12, 2024In the last two decades, the use of prescription stimulant drugs (such as methylphenidate, modafinil, amphetamine salts, among others) as…
CannabisDrug PolicyA Post-Mortem Review of the Irish Citizens Assembly on Drug UseÓrfhlaith Campbell.Mar 5, 2024In February 2023, the Irish Government announced the establishment of a Citizens Assembly on Drug Use. The Assembly began in…
Drug TraffickingFactcheck: Are Migrants Really Bringing Drugs Across Borders?Harry Winstanley.Feb 27, 2024In April 2023, ahead of the final debates on the Illegal Migration Bill, now Act, then-UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman…
Drug Harm Reduction“Wake Up Call”: How Police Drug Seizures Cause OverdosesMattha Busby.Feb 8, 2024A former senior policeman has urged officers across the world to stop conducting searches and executing raids for drugs, describing…
Drug Harm ReductionDrugs & DevelopmentPsychedelicsThe Paradox of Prohibition Is Clear With Ketamine in the UKRussell Newcombe.Feb 7, 2024Ketamine was first made in 1962 as a replacement for phencycylidine (PCP). Because of its safety profile, it soon became…
Drug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentReview: “Towards Drug Policy Justice”André Gomes.Feb 7, 2024Academic texts on the state of drug policy reform form the backbone of this sector: the validity of our solutions…
Coca & CocaineDrug TraffickingShifting Geopolitics: How Cocaine Production is Moving into EuropeNarcosis.Jan 31, 2024Cocaine labs are typically hidden amidst the thick, humid jungles of the Andean mountain range, awash with mosquitos and the…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyAre We in a Drugs Apartheid?Stuart Taylor.Jan 30, 2024Drugs’ legality is shifting before our eyes. New Zealand tried to ban young people from legally purchasing cigarettes, while the…
OpioidsPersonal StoriesJunkies Don’t ExistM. L. Lanzillotta.Jan 25, 2024I’ll never forget the time a relative casually called me a “junkie,” as I organised my collection of drugstore makeup…