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News and information about policies on psychoactive drug use, including education, support for people with drug dependence disorders, the criminalisation of drug use, law enforcement, decriminalisation and legalisation.

Drug policy & policing

Any UK city can open Overdose Prevention Centres

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Transform
20 February 2024
Harm reduction

UK's first consumption room for illegal drugs given go-ahead

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BBC News
28 September 2023
Drug policy & policing

Seattle Recriminalizes Drug Use, Adds Arrest Alternatives It Won’t Pay For

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Filter
27 September 2023
Harm reduction

UK government will not block Scots drug room pilot

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BBC News
14 September 2023
Harm reduction

Scotland is now free to defy the Tories’ drugs policy. This could transform the whole UK

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The Guardian
14 September 2023
Harm reduction

Scotland: No prosecution plan for drug consumption rooms

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BBC News
12 September 2023
Harm reduction

US: His Job Helping Drug Users Is Illegal. He Says He Does It to Save Lives.

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The New York Times
28 August 2023
Harm reduction

US backs study of safe injection sites, overdose prevention

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Associated Press
11 May 2023
Harm reduction

Ireland: Charity and HSE hail decision to permit drug injection centre

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Irish Examiner
4 January 2023
People who inject drugs

HIV Outbreak in West Virginia Persists as Officials Push Back Against Containment Efforts

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Kaiser Health News
19 December 2022
Harm reduction

San Francisco’s proposal to open supervised drug consumption sites stalled by legal issues

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San Francisco Chronicle
12 December 2022
Harm reduction

Nearly 1,000 overdoses reversed using naloxone distributed through vending machine

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EurekAlert
7 December 2022
Drug policy & policing

Safe Consumption Sites: Congressional Report Outlines Ways to Authorize or Ban, as Key Filing Looms

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Filter
30 November 2022
Drug policy & policing

Lula Inherits Legacy of Bolsonaro’s Drug Policy Harms—and His Own

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Filter
4 November 2022
Drug policy & policing

US: A State-by-State Guide to the Cruelty of the Methadone Clinic System

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Filter
28 September 2022
Drug policy & policing

FDA Exempts Harm Reduction From Biggest Naloxone Access Restrictions

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Filter
27 September 2022
Harm reduction

‘This program’s really saved us’: As Canada offers safer opioids to curb overdoses, will U.S. follow?

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STAT
26 September 2022
Drug policy & policing

How Malaysian Police Aggression Affects Drug Use Harm Reduction Response

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CodeBlue
17 September 2022
Harm reduction

Glasgow drug consumption room moves step closer to opening

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The Herald
27 June 2022
Harm reduction

US: The Methadone Clinic System Needs Abolition, Not a Tepid Reform Bill

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Filter
23 May 2022
Harm reduction

New US Drug Control Strategy Takes Some Positive Steps But Can Go Much Further

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Cato Institute
22 April 2022
Harm reduction

London needs naloxone to prevent unnecessary drug deaths

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London Assembly
18 March 2022
Drug policy & policing

Model that Decriminalized Drugs, Invests Savings Shows Reduction in HIV Transmission

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Contagion Live
31 January 2022
Harm reduction

More Syringe Exchanges Can Open in New Jersey, Thanks to a New Law

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POZ
25 January 2022