international

Optimism But Severe Harm Reduction Challenges Reflected at HR25

As the Harm Reduction International Conference (HR25) in Bogotá, Colombia, ended on April 30, delegates could reflect on some reasons…

May 12, 2025

The UK’s Impending Disposable Vapes Ban Looks Unenforceable

The United Kingdom is heading for an explosion in the illicit vapes market when it bans single-use devices in June.…

May 5, 2025

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 consumer group, which among other things…

April 29, 2025

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, Colombia, for the 28th annual Harm…

April 28, 2025

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 one estimate—smoke cigarettes. Smoking kills more…

April 22, 2025

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 and misleading claims about safer nicotine…

April 10, 2025

UK Govt. Publishes Report Indicating Drug Policing Boosts Violence

Drug-related law enforcement is more likely to increase violence than reduce it, indicates a report commissioned by the government of…

April 9, 2025

NZ “Meth Crisis” Highlights Failure of Prohibition. Can We Change?

Methamphetamine use in Aotearoa New Zealand “hits record high,” according to a recent report on wastewater testing. Despite the fact…

April 7, 2025

Why Are Smoking Rates Rising in Parts of England?

Smoking rates have gone up in parts of England, according to new research—something that hadn’t been seen in almost 20…

April 4, 2025

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 Kingdom. As of March 17, the…

March 26, 2025