Drug Consumption Rooms
Imagine a health and social care service where people can use substances considered illicit – such as crack and heroin – without being judged or punished.
How to involve people who use drugs in harm reduction programs
The importance of involving people with lived experience of drug use in harm reduction programs and drug policies in widely recognised. Yet, in the ground, many harm reduction programs face challenges to apply those principles in practice. That’s why this guide was built.
Dutch drug policy regulation in a European context – the 1970s
Some would call the Netherlands “drugs paradise.” The Dutch approach towards the consumption and trade of drugs has yielded the
Qualitative data analysis software – positive and negative takes
I started doing research when cut and paste literally meant using scissors and glue. Coding (or categorizing) involved transcribing interviews
Harm Reduction for Stimulants
The use of stimulant drugs is growing in different parts of the world. In 2018, the World Drug Report showed
Living abroad
I just spoke to someone who asked me what it’s like to live outside Brazil. ‘It must be great to
Gaming with drug policy
What about playing out with some of the complexities around drug use and trade to think of new policy alternatives?
International Conventions and harm reduction
Many times, the International agreements around illicit drugs are mentioned to justify that a particular harm reduction policy or activity
Epistemology with beers
Two friends Decartex, a logical positivist, and Nietzchix, a post-modernist, both researchers in Development Studies, were walking along a Dutch
And a drug researcher was born
Have you already asked yourself why did you chose the work you do? What moves you out of bed to