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A recent executive order by Trump may end harm reduction funding and forcibly detain homeless people and people who use drugs.| TalkingDrugs
On 24 June, Kenya’s cabinet passed its new National Policy Prevention of Alcohol, Drugs, and Substance Use (2025), developed by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA). It is lauded as a comprehensive prevention framework to protect youth and vulnerable groups, particularly alcohol consumers. Government officials highlighted how the policy... The post New Kenyan Drug Bill: Missed Chance for Harm Reduction appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
This is the second part in a two-part series on China’s new generic ban on the chemical class of nitazene analogues. The first part covers the two previous times China has introduced generic bans in their attempt to crack down on the novel psychoactive substances market, analysing their effects and evaluating their efficacy. This second... The post Will China’s Nitazenes Ban Work? appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
Hellraiser. Red Dawn. Ghostbusters. And now the war on drugs – another crap 80s reboot nobody asked for. In the past few weeks, four US Navy warships carrying 2,200 marines, plus one nuclear submarine, have set sail for the south Caribbean sea off the coast of Venezuela. These forces are deployed as an American show... The post Trump Sends Navy to Venezuela to Fight Drug Trafficking appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
Polish teenagers start experimenting early. The average age of first contact with ‘legal highs’ (a colloquial term for new psychoactive substances that were legally sold in Poland before 2010, now mostly called New Psychoactive Substances, or NPS) is on average 13.8 years old. Yet schools mostly ignore this reality—young people leave classrooms with catchy slogans,... The post Improving Young People Access to Drug Education in Poland appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
A recent executive order by Trump may end harm reduction funding and forcibly detain homeless people and people who use drugs.| TalkingDrugs
This article series is a deep-dive into the Chinese nitazenes ban that has just taken effect at the beginning of July. The first part will explore the history of Chinese generic bans on synthetic drugs. The second part will explore how the nitazene ban is expected to play out, and what alternatives exist to control... The post “Playing Whack-a-Mole”: A History of China’s Drug Bans appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
The Maleku Indigenous Territory is located in the canton of Guatuso, province of Alajuela, in northern Costa Rica. Covering an area of approximately 2,994 hectares, this territory is inhabited by around 1,000 people spread across three communities. The Maleku people are one of the eight officially recognised Indigenous peoples in the country and maintain their... The post Rethinking Harm Reduction With Indigenous Communities in Costa Rica appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
“I plan to live until I’m 111,” said the hunchbacked wizard, hair disheveled in the evening breeze as he walked barefoot alongside me down the Pacific Mexican coastal town of Sayulita last year. Jonathan Ott was a larger than life character who had an outsized influence on Western psychedelic culture. The reclusive ethnobotanist and savant... The post Jonathan Ott: Psychedelic Chemist, Ethnobotanist, and ‘Renaissance’ Sceptic appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
Georgia's drug treatment ban, including ending the distribution of methadone and buprenorphine, will have serious consequences for many.| TalkingDrugs
Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have sought to completely eradicate the opium market by banning poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. The ban, enacted in April 2022, has successfully decreased opium production by an estimated 95% by 2023. While there were roughly 233,000 hectares of planted poppies to produce opium in 2022, cultivation dropped... The post The Opium Balloon: Taliban Crackdown Moves Opium Market to Pakistan appeared first on TalkingDrugs.| TalkingDrugs
The increasing presence and lethality of nitazenes in the Baltics should be of great concern to opioid using European communities.| TalkingDrugs
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AI in harm reduction is increasingly explored due to its anonymity, ease of use and customisation. Does it risk replacing humans?| TalkingDrugs
A new Czech cannabis and psilocybin bill will implement home cultivation and psilocybin assisted therapy in the country.| TalkingDrugs
This past winter and spring, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, nestled in the South Caucasus mountains bridging Europe and Asia, was engulfed in mass protests. Chaotic street battles saw riot squads deploy water cannons, tear gas and severe beatings, leaving protesters with shattered limbs, swollen faces and concussions. The crowds responded by opening fire with...| TalkingDrugs
An interactive tool by TalkingDrugs, Release & IDPC: Drug Decriminalisation Across the World| TalkingDrugs
The EECA model law, built by civil society, proposes guiding principles for a fairer model of drug control.| TalkingDrugs
