Our latest and exciting collab exploring the reality of living in favelas in #RioDeJaneiro . Across Brazil, the bodies of poor people are policed and segregated into the favela's invisible borders

✍️ Movimentos - working with young people across Brazil
talkingdrugs.org/living-in-a-so…

David always with the knowledge on what the current global stocks of heroin look like.

Read on to see how stocks are still high, causing no shortages at the source. Adulterants in Western markets seem to indicate a bottleneck in heroin supply elsewhere

In search of a med student/resident/addiction fellow interested in writing up a journal article summarizing the literature and current practices on methadone missed dose policies with me and marginalutilite 🙏 👀

Our partnership with Fin C has been very successful in covering some of the nuances of cartel reporting around the world.

The latest piece focuses on the complicity of the media in spreading cartel violence.

Check it out ⤵

Psychedelic Community Divided Over Upcoming Conference in Israel

The July event's topics will include “Psychedelics, War and Conflict.” A number of organizations and individuals will boycott; other prominent figures will attend. Mattha Louis Busby reports:

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🚨Brazilian activists go to the Senate today to protest #PEC45 which will constitutionally criminalise all drug use.

Power to Rede Nacional de Feministas Antiproibicionistas Iniciativa Negra por uma Nova Política de Drogas,LANPUD PBPD Marcha da Maconha + all those campaigning to stop it!

✍ Felipe Neis Araujo
talkingdrugs.org/brazils-fight-…

.Échele Cabeza has made a photobank of pics of drugs to use on social media/internet/articles. Better than the generic 'shady man in a hoodie' pictures we often see around drug use!

Use and credit them! 👇

New paper in International Journal of Drug Policy reflecting on the application of Critical Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Standpoint Theory in the drug and alcohol field

🚨 #JOH 's arrest was a brief moment of justice for Hondurans, who had a President highly involved in drug trafficking while cranking up punishments for those using.

Does this mark a shift in Honduran policy?
✍️Maricela Perdomo LANPUD
talkingdrugs.org/the-hypocrisy-…

📢 PLEASE RT 📢

We are hiring! The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition is seeking a Communications Director.

If you’re an experienced strategic comms leader keen on public health & human rights-based drug policy, we want to hear from you.

Apply by May 6 🗓

drugpolicy.ca/communications…

FINALLY. A media outlet that gets it.

The @GlobeandMail’s editorial yesterday, and in fact, all of their reporting on the toxic drug crisis, is balanced, clear-eyed and articulate 👏👏👏

This one is not behind a paywall — please read it (or if you can, subscribe. We REALLY

An interesting study into the use of #ozempic #wegovy or other GLP-1 receptor agonists for addressing 'opioid cravings'.

Created a supposed 40% reduction in cravings from those studied (small sample size of 20).

medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-q…

Broken language perpetuates stigma - namely that people are defined primarily and only by their drug use.

People-centred language NOW!

🚨 #Ramadan is approaching its end, so we looked into how people use drugs during this period.

We uncovered some fascinating and complex relations between faith, community, and drugs. Big thanks to Skoun Addiction Center Youth RISE and Dr Mohammed Qasim MBE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

READ ⤵️
talkingdrugs.org/how-muslims-ar…

🚀 Calling all drug policy organisations in Europe!

+70 organisations have already signed the manfiesto for a 🇪🇺 European drug policy centred on health, safety, and social justice

Sign on and get ready for the 2024 EU elections!

#FutureDrugPolicyEU24

bit.ly/FutureDrugPoli…