Tag: international
Optimism But Severe Harm Reduction Challenges Reflected at HR25
As the Harm Reduction International Conference (HR25) in Bogotá, Colombia, ended on April 30, ...
The UK’s Impending Disposable Vapes Ban Looks Unenforceable
The United Kingdom is heading for an explosion in the illicit vapes market when ...
Family Tragedy Spurs One Man’s Drive to Cut Smoking in South Africa
Kurt Yeo is the co-founder of Vaping Saved My Life (VSML), a South African ...
Harm Reduction Activists Gather in Bogotá, as World Grows More Hostile
Around 1,000 people who use drugs, activists, scholars and policymakers have gathered in Bogotá, ...
Michael Bloomberg Won His Vietnam War on Vaping
Vietnam has a big-time smoking problem. A huge proportion of men, particularly—44.3 percent, by ...
Smear Tactics Against THR Advocates Reflected in NZ Media Ruling
Tobacco harm reduction (THR) advocates don’t just face misinformation in the form of false ...
UK Govt. Publishes Report Indicating Drug Policing Boosts Violence
Drug-related law enforcement is more likely to increase violence than reduce it, indicates a ...
NZ “Meth Crisis” Highlights Failure of Prohibition. Can We Change?
Methamphetamine use in Aotearoa New Zealand “hits record high,” according to a recent report ...
Why Are Smoking Rates Rising in Parts of England?
Smoking rates have gone up in parts of England, according to new research—something that ...
Scotland’s Overdose Prevention Center Up and Running: Will There Be More?
In January, Scotland opened the first sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United ...
