Long Reads

3 years on from DM for Details, this is where we’re at… In days gone by, the sale of drugs online was dominated by dark web monoliths such as the …

On average, there’s been a staggering 113% rise in drug driving arrests since 2016, with no let up even during the coronavirus lockdown. But what exactly is going on here …

It would be difficult to trace the harm reduction movement back to one specific cause, as it has roots in so many different activist groups. The movement goes as far …

  Chowing down on a succulent fried chicken or a tasty burger was something Ethan Brown of Maryland in the US loved, but sorely missed when he turned vegan. Yet, …

The drug war is a checklist of horrors. 27,000 dead. A bloodbath of genocidal proportions. In spite of it all, Duterte’s war remains popular.

Almost a decade ago, Elizabeth’s husband Chor experienced what she now calls a “healing crisis”: an opiate relapse after a 13 year stretch of sobriety. Little did they know back …

As the benefits of psychedelic therapy are more widely recognised, so is the importance of set and setting in mental health treatment. Now emerging technologies from AI-powered soundscapes to immersive, …

Minor tranquilisers are a class of medication known for their anti-anxiety effects. Miltown, the first of these prescription anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) drugs, quickly became a commercial success upon its debut in …

  I started smoking cannabis properly for the first time at university. Though I still count the two tokes I took from a boy a couple years older than me …

In 2021, recorded drug deaths in America tragically surpassed 100,000. That’s more than every American soldier killed in action since World War II – including in Vietnam, Korea, both Iraq wars …