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A chemist explains what it is, how it’s made – and its devastating consequences.
Teenagers become indentured to drug dealers after owing them money for weed, creating a hierarchy of exploitation with the user at the bottom.
Drug users aren’t the problem – the current ‘war on drugs’ is.
Biohacking for cures: what you need to know.
Court ruling may well undo decades of often racist cannabis law enforcement.
From black coffee to a hair of the dog – here’s the science behind popular hangover remedies.
Many people may misunderstand the basics about opioids. That prevents researchers from understanding the full scope of the epidemic.
Psychotropic medication is ‘pharmaceutical violence’ against migrant children and other incarcerated youth throughout the United States. Drug addiction is one consequence.
We’ve got better at managing the health risks of traditional drugs of abuse, but novel psychoactive substances, or ‘legal highs’, are a dangerous unknown.
Naloxone programmes have sprung up in the UK and elsewhere, but drug death rates keep climbing.
It’s time Health Canada took back the regulation of drug advertising – to protect consumers.
Many people aren’t just taking one drug but a combination of drugs.
The opioid crisis in the US has quadrupled the number of babies born addicted to drugs.
Drugs are finding their way into lakes and rivers, and we need to know exactly what they’re doing to wildlife.
An April 2017 survey explored Americans’ opinions about government intervention and welfare policies. It found that on average, they want more from their government, but are highly polarised.
Medical cannabis in the UK? Don’t hold your breath.
New research in North Yorkshire has found most police officers are keen not to criminalise cannabis users.
The Canadian government must undertake regular analysis of the drug shortage problem, if we are ever to develop sustainable solutions.
Ginsberg was one of the most high-profile representatives of the American counterculture and anti-war movement.
Top contributors
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
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Joel Lexchin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social Equity Research Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor in Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of Public Engagement, University of Kent
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate, Royal Holloway University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Professor & Specialist in Drug Policy, UNSW Sydney
