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A stark, confronting window into the global cocaine trade

Sangre Blanca — Mads Nissen’s new book is a close-up look at various stages of the drug’s journey, from production to consumption, and the violence that follows wherever it goes.

  • Activism
  • Isaac Muk
Crushed Burger King cup, playing card, caution tape on cracked pavement.

This photographer picked up 1,000 weed baggies in New York and documented them

0.125OZ — Since originally stumbling across a discarded bag in Brooklyn, Vincent ”Streetadelic” Pflieger has amassed a huge archive of marijuana packaging, while inadvertently capturing a moment as cannabis went from an illicit, underground drug to big business.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk

Is anyone still talking to FRANK?

Twenty years since the government's drug advice service was launched, UK narcotics laws have never been so backwards and FRANK so quiet. Is he still active?

  • Drugs
  • Kyle MacNeill

What it’s like to overcome addiction with psychedelics

Trip to recovery — When it comes to depression, the power of psychedelics is well-established – and now, research is highlighting the drug’s potential for treating substance abuse.

  • Activism
  • Amelie Maurice-Jones

Photos of New York’s streets before the rise of crack

Jamel Shabazz’s photos honour those who were lost and those who survived one of the most brutal eras in recent history.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Purist & Sonnyjim on shrooms, UK hip hop & MF DOOM

Ahead of the release of their first collaborative album, the producer and rapper talk psychedelics and the state of UK hip hop.

  • Music
  • Sam Davies

Harsh drug policing at festivals is endangering lives

Reform now — Tough fines and arrests for drug possession and supply is pushing festival-goers towards unsafe measures to consume or smuggle in their substances, reports Rebecca Tidy.

  • Activism
  • Rebecca Tidy

Ireland’s failure over its drug policy is costing lives

‘Lives are at stake’ — With its promised citizens assembly, Ireland had a chance to be a world leader on drugs – so why does it continue to kick the can down the road?

  • Culture
  • Clara Murray

The Huck List: 20 for 2021

Hell Of A Year — We’re celebrating the inspiring individuals and activist groups who’ve been building a better future in 2021.

  • Activism
  • Huck

The callousness of Guernsey’s harsh drugs laws

Hypocrisy island — Guernsey’s tough drug laws ruin the lives of not just the people who commit crimes, but also their families. So why is big business allowed to profit off weed grown on the island?

  • Activism
  • Rebecca Tidy

What poppers mean in the fight for queer liberation

Author Adam Zmith discusses his new book tracing the history of poppers from its past inhalations on gay club dancefloors and the drug’s role in forging a greater queer future.

  • Books
  • Patrick Sproull

How Taliban rule is disrupting the UK heroin market

Overwhelmed by opium — Disruptions to the flow of opium and heroin out of Afghanistan are leading to an increase in the presence of harmful opioids in the UK, as well as threatening the livelihoods of ordinary Afghan people who depend on narcotics revenue for survival.

  • Activism
  • Rebecca Tidy

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