I was an expert witness to the coronial inquest into five drug-related deaths across Melbourne between July 2016 and January 2017. Here’s what we should do to prevent similar tragedies.
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Possessing heroin, cocaine, meth and other drugs for personal use is no longer a criminal offense in Oregon. The idea is to get people with problem drug use help, not punishment.
Illicit and legitimate trade are closely connected, so how come one seems to be rising while the other has plunged?
New research shows Australians are becoming more open to less punitive responses to drug use.
Rivalries will have been bred, birthed and nursed during lockdown, just as they are on the street.
It’s difficult to find toilet paper, but apparently there’s no shortage of cannabis.
Drug users are already among the most marginalized and stigmatized populations in times without a pandemic. Unless we decriminalize drug use, once again they will bear the brunt of another deadly disease.
Prices are surging amid shortages and panic-buying – and we could soon be facing a public health disaster.
It’s time there was a serious policy response to the other key drivers of homicide rates, like poverty and austerity.
The use of alcohol with GHB is very dangerous because it can increase the toxic effects of the drug. It should also not be used in combination with sedatives or other anaesthetics.
Stanford professor’s research has led to an increase in the number of kidney transplants in the United States.
To fight the black market, the price of legal cannabis has to be relatively low. But if nothing else is done, the black market will persist.
New research shows some festival goers are willing to take a dodgy pill regardless of the test result. So, let’s use pill testing to educate them and others about reducing their risk.
Almost 20% of people in the 2019 Global Drug Survey had been taken advantage of while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The UN’s new rights focus has the potential to overhaul the punitive nature of the war on drugs.
Buyers think you can tell the purity of a substance by looking at on an app – evidence shows they’re mistaken.
Stories about mafias are often driven by ethnic stereotypes.
Why bother chasing big drugs operations when it makes no difference? Here are three reasons.
The recent death of ‘Storm Chaser’ star Joel Taylor, reportedly because of his use of the GHB, is a tragic reminder of the drug’s dangerous impact.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute / enAble Institute, Curtin University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor in Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of Public Engagement, University of Kent
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Associate Professor in Drug Policy and Health Law, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Policy and Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor in Criminology and Drug Policy, Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University
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PhD candidate, College of Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Head of Breast Cancer Targeting and Drug Delivery Laboratory, University of Sydney
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Director, International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy, University of Essex
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Professor, Sociology Department, Oregon State University
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Leicester