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The Medical Report Shows Fentanyl—And That Media Narratives Around Prince’s Death Are Deadly
What these outlets can’t grasp is the stupidity of aiming at a succession of particular drugs, as opposed to far more dangerous mixtures of these drugs and—above all—the economic, social and psychological circumstances in which people use drugs. […]
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Secrecy For Sale
If the UN were really serious about bringing drug lords to justice and hitting them where it hurt, it could simply have resolved to end the financial secrecy that criminals use to cover their tracks and hide their money. […]
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Russian Officials: “Condoms and Neoliberalism to Blame for AIDS”
Deputy Director Tatyana Guzenkova stated that the HIV crisis in Russia is not an actual epidemic, but rather part of an “information war” against Russia. Her coworker, Igor Beloborodov, blamed condom manufacturers. […]
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Prince’s fentanyl overdose gives new urgency to opioid epidemic
We seem to still sort of function under this mythology that most people can do fine if they simply go into a detox or a 28-day rehab and they will come out and they will be fine. […]
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Denmark’s Harm Reduction Approach to Addiction is Working
We are civilized users. It’s possible to be active in volunteer work and even political work while using. We get the respect we deserve, but it’s taken 22 years. […]
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As Fear And Intolerance Of Marijuana Declined, So Did Adolescent Use
Data from government-sponsored surveys show that teenagers are less likely to use marijuana and, if they do, less likely to abuse it than they were before this sea change in state policy. […]
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Addictions are harder to kick when you’re poor. Here’s why.
Addiction does discriminate: it hits hardest those who are already down or feel that they will never be able to rise. […]
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UK: This ban on legal highs will only have one effect: more drug-related deaths
Legal highs have become victim to a new moral panic. All the new act will do is drive people towards illegal drugs and alcohol, the most harmful substance of all. […]
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US: 2016 presidential field friendliest ever to legalizing marijuana, advocates say
From Republican Donald Trump to Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and candidates from the Green and Libertarian parties, too, the Marijuana Policy Project sees promise toward the federal legalization of pot. […]
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West Africa: Sustainable Development under threat from drug trafficking
There is a need to shift the objectives of drug policy away from process measures such as crop eradication statistics, arrest rates, seizures and imprisonment statistics. Governments need to explore and focus on solutions that promote public health, human rights and citizen engagement and participation. […]
