international

Harm Reduction Is Growing in Scotland—But So Are Overdose Deaths

In November 2018, Scotland launched a revised national drug policy that prioritizes recovery resources, including enhancing harm reduction resources. But according…

May 23, 2019

Innovative Canadian “Street Degree” Empowers Peer Harm Reduction Workers

In British Columbia, an entirely peer-taught overdose prevention "Street Degree" program has graduated its first batch of certificate recipients. They…

May 16, 2019

Bolsonaro Cuts Harm Reduction, Escalates Drug War

Largely unreported in English-language news media, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has pulled the plug on government support for harm reduction,…

May 14, 2019

Sri Lanka President Uses Easter Attacks to Fuel Duterte-Inspired Drug War

For Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena, the War on Drugs and the War on Terror go hand-in-hand. And the Easter…

May 1, 2019

How the World’s Oldest Drug Checking Service Makes High-Risk Pills “Unsellable”

Don’t sit on your day job,” Daan van der Gouwe advised people who operate drug checking services. By which he…

May 1, 2019

Why Worldwide Drug Policy Progress Is Driven From the Ground Up

In many places across the world, progress toward harm reduction, decriminalization and legalization is happening. But it’s typically driven from…

April 30, 2019

Huge Harm Reduction Gathering Allows Portugal to Teach the World

To walk down the hill to the Douro River in Porto on a sunny day is to navigate a delightful…

April 29, 2019

British Police Are Raising Their Voices Against the Drug War

Police are very, very good at catching drug dealers, but that’s part of the problem,” says Neil Woods, a former…

April 24, 2019

United Nations’ Stubborn “Drug-Free World” Policies Are Getting Seriously Old

The International Drug Policy Consortium, a global network of over 170 NGOs that promotes objective and open debate on drug…

April 11, 2019