Drug TraffickingCyber-Narcos: How the Russian Drug Trade Has Gone DigitalNiko Vorobyov.Dec 10, 2024When you imagine the Russian drug trade, you probably picture barons or mobsters from movies like Eastern Promises or the…
CannabisOther DrugsPsychedelicsStimulantsRussian Soldiers Increasingly Use Drugs on the FrontlinesStanislav Korovyev.Nov 26, 2024Since the beginning of the war, the Russian military command has deployed around 700,000 soldiers on Ukrainian territory. The invasion…
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Drug Harm ReductionPersonal StoriesShlyapa I Bayan: 10 Years of Publishing Underground Drug News in RussiaAndrei Pavlov.Feb 16, 2023Almost 10 years ago, the first issue of the newspaper "Hat and Bayan" was published. This newspaper, which literally became…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyStudy: The situation with new cases of HIV infection in Russia is catastrophicAndré Gomes.Aug 11, 2016In the authoritative medical journal The Lancet on July 19, 2016, a large-scale study of the development of the HIV pandemic was…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyRussia, Science and the World War on DrugsDaniel Wolfe.May 6, 2016The atrocities of the world drug war are often so brutal that they become like a parody of themselves: sinister…