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International Journal of Drug Policy
“Not just a label: Teens’ perceptions of what elements of cannabis product packaging appeal to underage individuals” by Stacey J.T. Hust and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…is cannabis packaging too appealing to youth?
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“I don’t really want to speak up because they’re on a different level to me’: The stigma of not engaging in trauma talk” by James Windle & Joan Cronin (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how does stigma affect who feels comfortable sharing trauma?
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“Setting, context and the regulatory atmospheres of psychedelic medicine” by Alex K. Gearin, I.Glenn Cohen, & Albert Garcia-Romeu (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how do setting and regulation shape psychedelic medicine?
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“A comparison of labelling requirements for alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis across WHO regions and implications for alcohol labelling policy in Canada” by Sybil Goulet-Stock and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…interesting read!
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“Equivalence of care? A scoping review of prison healthcare experiences of women and non-binary people who use drugs” by Pip Buckingham and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…is prison healthcare truly equivalent?
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“Can real-world scaling up HCV treatment in people who inject drugs be cost-saving: an economic modelling study in the UK” by Zoe Ward and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…can HCV elimination strategies pay for themselves?
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“Exploring the benefits and challenges of lived and living experience among support workers in the alcohol, drug and mental health workforce in Australia” by L Brener and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…are peer workers properly supported?
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“US overdose mortality saw first drop below the Jalal-Burke exponential growth curve in 2024” by @josephrfriedman.bsky.social and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social what factors most contributed to the 2024 overdose mortality decline?
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“Negotiating drug use and work: a poststructural analysis of construction workers who use drugs amid decriminalization” by Naomi Zakimi & Alissa Greer (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…how does drug decriminalization change workplace culture in construction?
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“Proportion of fentanyl reports in illicit drug seizures and nonfatal overdose emergency department visits in the United States, 2021–2024” by Mehrdad Khezri and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social…what can ERs tell us about drug supply trends?
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Between 1979 and 2016, US overdose death rates rose in a smooth fashion, described by Jalal and Burke using an exponential growth curve that fit obser…
