Tag: international
When Harm Reduction Expansion Stifles Activism: A Lesson From Europe
For six weeks this summer I had the extraordinary opportunity to visit harm reduction ...
Inside the Philippines Prison That Sparked Duterte’s Murderous Drug War
Twenty-three thousand dead. That’s the latest estimate—and maybe a low one—of people killed by ...
Why No Human Rights Section in 2019 UNODC World Drug Report?
Worldwide, more than half a million of people died from, or in relation to, ...
The Harm Reductionist Imprisoned by Ukraine Separatists for Carrying Bupe
For 10 months now, a Ukrainian harm reduction activist has been illegally detained by ...
Italy’s Rocky Road From Harsh Prohibition to “Cannabis Light”
According to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 10 percent of ...
Harm Production: Ontario’s Brutal Cuts Add Fuel to the Overdose Fire
Viewed from the United States, Canada’s comparatively liberal social mores and universal healthcare would ...
New Zealand Government Initiative Shows Welcome Support for Tobacco Harm Reduction
The New Zealand government has launched an online resource endorsing—and educating about— vaping products ...
Filter Video: Inside Portugal’s First Mobile Safe Consumption Site
In April of this year, Portugal, a country well known for having decriminalized all ...
Mexico Public Health Agency Lashes Out Against Tobacco Harm Reduction
Mexico’s consumer health protection agency has effectively denounced the US Food and Drug Administration’s ...
Eurasian States Pouring Money Into Incarceration, Not Harm Reduction
Harm reduction funding around the world is stalling. By extension, harm reductionists in Eastern ...
