New article out!! Together with Mike Salinas, I’ve published a new article on the ‘servitisation’ of local drug markets. It ties to explain drug sellers’ increased service provision, and how we can theorize service-based innovation in drug markets. academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-ar…

🔥Final reminder: Don’t miss the chance to nominate your favourite #DrugPolicy research article or book for the 2025 ISSDP excellence in #DrugPolicy research award. 🔥 Nominations close 31 March. Self nominations are also welcome.

Registration is now open for the 18th Annual International Society for the Study of #DrugPolicy Conference in Manchester UK. Discounted rates are available for ISSDP members, students and people with lived experience. To register go to: issdp.org

Hi ISSDP followers - you can find us now on the other space 👇

📑 Editor’s Choice📑 “Not just fentanyl: Understanding the complexities of the unregulated opioid supply through results from a drug checking service in British Columbia, Canada” by Pablo Gonzalez Nieto and colleagues (2025) via International Journal of Drug Policy. Read below! 👇 Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🌎🔥 Attention #DrugPolicy community - ISSDP is seeking nominations for a new Vice President! And we particularly encourage nominees from the global south. 🔥🌍 Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of ISSDP. issdp.org/issdp-election…

Appel à candidatures pour le poste de nouveau vice-president de l’ISSDP:

“The emergence of fentanyl in a stimulant landscape: Un/intentional use, social relations, and developing communities of care” by Jennifer Syvertsen and colleagues (2025) via International Journal of Drug Policy…do people seek out fentanyl in your area? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Don’t miss your opportunity to present at the world’s leading conference on the health of people who use drugs - this is the final chance to submit high-impact, time-sensitive research. 📅 Deadline: 15 June 2025, 11:59pm SAST inhsu.org/inhsu-2025/abs… #drugpolicy #HCV

🔎 Special Issue Alert 🔍 This Special Issue seeks to provide ways in which we can understand drug-related violence. Submission Deadline is September, 15th, 2025. Link: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/… #InternationalDrugPolicy #DrugRelatedViolence

"Harms associated with injecting in public spaces: a global systematic review and meta-analysis" by Mehrdad Khezri and colleagues (2025) via International Journal of Drug Policy...where are people supposed to use besides the public if there are no OPS/SCS? Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📝Editors Choice📝 "The intersection of substance use stigma and anti-Black racial stigma: A scoping review" by Rashmi Ghonasgi and colleagues (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy...such a great read! Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #SubstanceUseStigma #RacialStigma

🔥 🌏 The ISSDP 2025 Conference Program is now live! 🌏 🔥 Featuring topics like cannabis regulation, social justice, opioid crisis, harm reduction, global drug markets & policy innovations in Africa, EU, South America & more Register: issdp.org

¡Abrimos en REDESDAL la convocatoria de propuestas para la 3ra Conferencia sobre Drogas en América Latina! Dos días de paneles académicos y uno sobre política pública en Bogotá. Les invitamos a enviar sus propuestas hasta el 30 junio en este enlace: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The Czech parliament has approved the decriminalisation of home growing of #cannabis. People over 21 will be allowed to grow up to 3 cannabis plants. Possession of up to 100 grams of dried flower at home and 25 grams in public will become legal. 1/3 ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/snemovn…

One week until #ISSDP2025 in Manchester 🇬🇧! Here is a special preview podcast about the conference with your conference hosts, ISSDP President & Vice President & keynote speaker Mat Southwell! There is still time to register so don’t miss out! open.spotify.com/episode/6wGRUf…

We are running 2 x ISSDP UNODC Webinars: A scientific analysis of the 2025 World Drug Report on 10 July 2025. Receive an overview of the latest WDR report and hear a panel of #DrugPolicy experts discuss three hot topics on health, organised crime & the environment. To register 👇