Tag: international
World Executions for Drug Charges Fell Sharply Amid COVID. It’s Likely Temporary.
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world last year, governments executed far fewer people ...
What It’s Like to Be a Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocate in Taiwan
Vaping captures headlines in the United States, where outcry over a perceived youth “epidemic” ...
UK Confirms Harsher Punishment for GHB Users, After Moral Panic
The United Kingdom is moving forward with its plan to impose harsher punishments on ...
Study Shows How Much Vapes Can Help Smokers With Schizophrenia
A groundbreaking study from Italy with adults who have schizophrenia spectrum disorders found that ...
A Guide to Lisbon’s Forthcoming Managed Alcohol Program
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Portuguese officials have worked to ensure supports ...
How a Chemsex Activist Teaches Yoga as Harm Reduction
In the context of a neocolonial global marketplace commodifying South Asian religious practices, yoga ...
Slovenia’s Sole Grassroots Syringe Exchange Violently Evicted, Bulldozed
Slovenia’s sole grassroots harm reduction organization was forcefully displaced after authorities demolished a former ...
Mexico on the Brink of Legalizing Marijuana—But on What Terms?
Mexico is on the verge of becoming the third country in the world, after ...
Lisbon, Portugal, Brings Alcohol Harm Reduction to Unhoused People
Around the world, unhoused people lost access to drugs they need to survive as ...
I Switched From Vaping Back to Smoking, Thanks to India’s Government
I remember fumbling with the lighter so much that a friend had to light ...
