International Journal of Drug Policy
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The forum for dissemination of current research, reviews, debate, & critical analysis in international drug policy. Affiliated: ISSDP & INHSU.
“Feasibility, acceptability, and impacts of a drug checking service within a supervised consumption site in Sydney, Australia” by Robert Page and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…can drug checking build trust with people who use drugs?
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September 23, 2026 at 10:02 AM
“Feasibility, acceptability, and impacts of a drug checking service within a supervised consumption site in Sydney, Australia” by Robert Page and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…can drug checking build trust with people who use drugs?
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“A review of policy actions implemented during a toxic drug public health emergency in British Columbia, Canada (2016–2024)” by Michelle Zanette and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…eight years of policy responses: what actually changed?
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September 21, 2026 at 9:52 AM
“A review of policy actions implemented during a toxic drug public health emergency in British Columbia, Canada (2016–2024)” by Michelle Zanette and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…eight years of policy responses: what actually changed?
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“From custody to abandonment: Conceptualising Aboriginal people's drug treatment discontinuation after release” by Maja Lindegaard Moensted and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what happens to drug treatment after release from custody?
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September 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
“From custody to abandonment: Conceptualising Aboriginal people's drug treatment discontinuation after release” by Maja Lindegaard Moensted and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what happens to drug treatment after release from custody?
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“Canadian news media reporting on involuntary substance use treatment and its evidence, 2020–2025: “At the cutting edge of debate, science and policy” by Trevor Goodyear and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. Is media shaping the treatment debate?
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September 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM
“Canadian news media reporting on involuntary substance use treatment and its evidence, 2020–2025: “At the cutting edge of debate, science and policy” by Trevor Goodyear and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. Is media shaping the treatment debate?
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“Why taking the trip out of psychedelic medicine is a mistake” by Julian Heller & Yogi Hale Hendlin via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…can psychedelic medicine work without the trip?
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September 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
“Why taking the trip out of psychedelic medicine is a mistake” by Julian Heller & Yogi Hale Hendlin via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…can psychedelic medicine work without the trip?
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“Qualitative evidence of service user experiences and perspectives on long-acting injectable buprenorphine for opioid treatment – a scoping review” by Charles Henderson and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. What do you think of LAI buprenorphine?
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September 4, 2026 at 10:28 AM
“Qualitative evidence of service user experiences and perspectives on long-acting injectable buprenorphine for opioid treatment – a scoping review” by Charles Henderson and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. What do you think of LAI buprenorphine?
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“Eight years of nationwide routine wastewater surveillance in New Zealand: Demonstrating its complementary role in public health policy” by Natan Van Wichelen and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…can sewage shape drug policy?
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September 2, 2026 at 10:05 AM
“Eight years of nationwide routine wastewater surveillance in New Zealand: Demonstrating its complementary role in public health policy” by Natan Van Wichelen and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…can sewage shape drug policy?
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Today is International Overdose Awareness Day.
Every person we lose to overdose is a person who should still be here. Today, we grieve, we remember, and we demand change.
Read our special issue on the steady 40 year rise in US Fatal Overdoses.
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Every person we lose to overdose is a person who should still be here. Today, we grieve, we remember, and we demand change.
Read our special issue on the steady 40 year rise in US Fatal Overdoses.
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August 31, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Today is International Overdose Awareness Day.
Every person we lose to overdose is a person who should still be here. Today, we grieve, we remember, and we demand change.
Read our special issue on the steady 40 year rise in US Fatal Overdoses.
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Every person we lose to overdose is a person who should still be here. Today, we grieve, we remember, and we demand change.
Read our special issue on the steady 40 year rise in US Fatal Overdoses.
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
“Association between opioid agonist therapy and pharmacotherapy for mental disorders among people living with HIV and co-occurring opioid use and mental disorders” by Kiana Yazdani and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social.
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August 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
“Association between opioid agonist therapy and pharmacotherapy for mental disorders among people living with HIV and co-occurring opioid use and mental disorders” by Kiana Yazdani and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social.
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“Supervised consumption service use and high-frequency public injecting among people who inject drugs in Toronto: A cross-sectional analysis (2018–2020)” by Frishta Nafeh and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…great read!
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August 26, 2026 at 2:22 PM
“Supervised consumption service use and high-frequency public injecting among people who inject drugs in Toronto: A cross-sectional analysis (2018–2020)” by Frishta Nafeh and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…great read!
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“Aesthetic mediation and lateral agency: Rethinking trauma and drug consumption in ‘crisis ordinariness’” by Renae Fomiatti and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what does lateral agency look like in everyday drug use?
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August 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
“Aesthetic mediation and lateral agency: Rethinking trauma and drug consumption in ‘crisis ordinariness’” by Renae Fomiatti and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what does lateral agency look like in everyday drug use?
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“Patterns and correlates of unlicensed cannabis cultivation in California (USA) following adult-use legalization” by Christopher Dillis & Michael Polson (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what drives unlicensed cannabis cultivation after legalization?
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August 20, 2026 at 10:47 AM
“Patterns and correlates of unlicensed cannabis cultivation in California (USA) following adult-use legalization” by Christopher Dillis & Michael Polson (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what drives unlicensed cannabis cultivation after legalization?
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“Alcohol’s harm to others among adults in Australia: Findings from the 2022–2023 national drug and health household survey” by Giang T Vu and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. How much alcohol caused harm affects people who aren’t drinking?
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August 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
“Alcohol’s harm to others among adults in Australia: Findings from the 2022–2023 national drug and health household survey” by Giang T Vu and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. How much alcohol caused harm affects people who aren’t drinking?
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“Local industry-specific job shares and methamphetamine use and use disorder among working-aged individuals in the United States, 2015–2019” by Sehun Oh and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. Does where you work influence methamphetamine use?
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August 14, 2026 at 10:23 AM
“Local industry-specific job shares and methamphetamine use and use disorder among working-aged individuals in the United States, 2015–2019” by Sehun Oh and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social. Does where you work influence methamphetamine use?
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“The subordination of harm reduction to control in Swedish drug policy formation” by Tuulia Lerkkanen, Jessica Storbjörk, & Lena Eriksson via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…why has Swedish drug policy prioritized control over harm reduction?
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August 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
“The subordination of harm reduction to control in Swedish drug policy formation” by Tuulia Lerkkanen, Jessica Storbjörk, & Lena Eriksson via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…why has Swedish drug policy prioritized control over harm reduction?
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August 10th is Prisoners Justice Day
Read our special issue on eliminating hepatitis C and other infectious diseases in carceral settings.
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Prisoners rights are human rights.
Read our special issue on eliminating hepatitis C and other infectious diseases in carceral settings.
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Prisoners rights are human rights.
August 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
August 10th is Prisoners Justice Day
Read our special issue on eliminating hepatitis C and other infectious diseases in carceral settings.
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Prisoners rights are human rights.
Read our special issue on eliminating hepatitis C and other infectious diseases in carceral settings.
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Prisoners rights are human rights.
“The European drug index: Measuring and comparing national substance use across the European Union to aid policy and planning” by Ethan Murphy and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how can better data reshape drug policy across Europe?
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August 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
“The European drug index: Measuring and comparing national substance use across the European Union to aid policy and planning” by Ethan Murphy and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how can better data reshape drug policy across Europe?
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“Factors associated with willingness of people who smoke unregulated drugs to use supervised inhalation sites” by David Connolly and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what would make you use a supervised inhalation site?
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August 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
“Factors associated with willingness of people who smoke unregulated drugs to use supervised inhalation sites” by David Connolly and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what would make you use a supervised inhalation site?
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“Change in alcohol consumption among French adults participating in Dry January: A 9-month prospective cohort study” by Benjamin Rolland and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…does Dry January lead to lasting changes?
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July 29, 2026 at 12:23 PM
“Change in alcohol consumption among French adults participating in Dry January: A 9-month prospective cohort study” by Benjamin Rolland and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…does Dry January lead to lasting changes?
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“Implementation factors shaping British Columbia’s drug decriminalization pilot: A systematic review with narrative synthesis” by Farihah Ali and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what makes drug decriminalization work in practice?
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July 27, 2026 at 10:45 AM
“Implementation factors shaping British Columbia’s drug decriminalization pilot: A systematic review with narrative synthesis” by Farihah Ali and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what makes drug decriminalization work in practice?
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“Use of a discrete choice experiment to support the service design of the safer drug consumption facility in Scotland” by Yuejiao Duan and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what matters most to people using safer consumption sites?
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July 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM
“Use of a discrete choice experiment to support the service design of the safer drug consumption facility in Scotland” by Yuejiao Duan and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what matters most to people using safer consumption sites?
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“Beyond one-size-fits-all: Latent patient classes at methadone treatment entry and their clinical implications – Evidence from a large real-world cohort” by Marta Narváez-Camargo and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…great read!
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July 20, 2026 at 12:12 PM
“Beyond one-size-fits-all: Latent patient classes at methadone treatment entry and their clinical implications – Evidence from a large real-world cohort” by Marta Narváez-Camargo and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…great read!
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“Surveilled subjectivation: narratives of drug policing among people who use prohibited drugs in Sweden” by Mats Ekendahl and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how does surveillance change the lives of people who use drugs?
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July 15, 2026 at 8:09 AM
“Surveilled subjectivation: narratives of drug policing among people who use prohibited drugs in Sweden” by Mats Ekendahl and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how does surveillance change the lives of people who use drugs?
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“Simultaneous use of cannabis with other drugs: Identifying latent classes in a sample of Canadians” by Kyra N. Farrelly & Jeffrey D. Wardell (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…who uses cannabis alongside other drugs?
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July 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
“Simultaneous use of cannabis with other drugs: Identifying latent classes in a sample of Canadians” by Kyra N. Farrelly & Jeffrey D. Wardell (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…who uses cannabis alongside other drugs?
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“Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress” by Sarah Kratina and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what’s next for psychedelic policy?
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July 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
“Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress” by Sarah Kratina and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what’s next for psychedelic policy?
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