Europe just dismantled 24 industrial-scale synthetic drug labs & seized ~1,000 tonnes of chemicals in what police call their largest-ever bust. But will this really dent street supply or just shift production elsewhere?
History suggests supply rebounds fast 🤔
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British Columbia is ending its limited drug decriminalization policy and bringing back criminal penalties for personal possession. This decision ignores its own data and public health evidence, reversing a harm-reduction approach that showed early promise.
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Ayer participamos en Mundos Posibles hablando de drogas sin estigmas: ciencia, experiencias reales y políticas públicas. ¿Es posible un “buen” viaje?
Gracias @carnecrudaradio.bsky.social por abrir un espacio para el debate sobre salud, políticas públicas y derechos.
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🚨🧪 Heroin pills from Colombia detected for the first time in Europe.
Spanish police seized 8 kg in Madrid, raising concerns about new formats designed to look like branded pills and attract younger users. A worrying shift in opioid markets.
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Check out this DANCE4FREEDOM protest for sensible drug policy in front of the Hungarian Parliament.
Awesome work by @drugreporter.bsky.social ❤️
You can’t bomb your way out of an overdose crisis. Punitive drug policies have failed. What saves lives is treatment, prevention, and harm reduction.
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On Dec 6, thousands danced for freedom in front of the Hungarian Parliament, a powerful “Rave Revolution” demanding change and solidarity. Freedom through rhythm, unity through dance 💃🕺
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Curious about one of Europe’s pioneering drug checking projects?
🎥 Check out this @drugreporter.bsky.social feature:
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Why are bad habits so hard to break? 🧠
Neuroscientist Carl Hart and other experts explain how the brain’s cue–routine–reward loops make behaviors so persistent.
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New study in @jama.com finds that many “magic mushroom” edibles don’t actually contain psilocybin but synthetic or undeclared compounds instead.
Significant public health risks for consumers.
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Could coca-leaf energy drinks be coming to your local store soon?
After @who.int's recent review of the coca leaf, a UN vote in December could reshape global drug policy.
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🚨 Big win for privacy in Florida: a state appeals court ruled that the smell of marijuana alone is not enough to justify a car search. Police can’t use it as probable cause anymore.
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Accordint to this last study, Afghanistan’s opium ban is failing: cultivation is rising again, and Pakistan’s fields are booming.
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The drug war isn’t just violent, it’s fueling Amazon deforestation🌳
Could legal regulation of cocaine be a climate solution?
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This is insane!
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🚨 New on our blog:
The Dangerous Rise of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
False positives, lack of oversight & civil rights violations in Spain’s growing K9 trend 🐶🔍
✍️ by Núria Calzada
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'Una sentencia histórica marca un antes y un después en la legalidad de la ayahuasca en España'.
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"Seleccionar ciudadanos por su estética, inferir su orientación sexual e intentar multarles no parece digno de un Estado Democrático".
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Check out the Open Letter to Governments and Law Enforcement from the Founder of Archetyp Marketplace published in 2023.
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Archetyp, one of the dark web’s biggest drug markets, has been shut down.
But as always, market shutdowns are futile: users adapt and new platforms emerge.Repression doesn’t end drug trade, it just shifts it.
theconversation.com/archetyp-was...
Alexis Goosdeel, EUDA Executive Director, is calling on EU Member States to stop debating and start acting if we want to be prepared for the arrival of synthetic opioids.
We are joining the launch of the European Drug Report 2025 by the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA).
Why are drug overdose deaths finally declining after decades of increases in the US?
Nabarun Disgupta explains it brilliantly in this video.
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Thx to @kykeon.bsky.social my @harmreductionintl.bsky.social 2025 preso is online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-i...
Our #steroidchecking trial paves way for my NHMRC Investigator 2026-30 #ROIDCheck, which will reduce steroid harms in our communities.
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Presentation by Dr. Timothy Piatkowski on findings from Australia’s anabolic-androgenic steroid checking trial at the International Harm Reduction Conference held in Bogotá from April 27 to 30.
#HR25
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