Scotland continues to face some of the highest drug-related death rates in Europe. The Scottish Drugs Forum Stop the Deaths conference in Glasgow brings together people who have lived this reality from every angle — families, frontline workers, people with lived and living experience, policymakers, and activists — to confront the scale of the emergency and demand meaningful change. Watch Drugreporter’s short documentary, filmed at this landmark event!

Two spiritual leaders from different faiths reveal how psychedelics are transforming their understanding of religion, community, and each other — watch Drugreporter’s new interview!

In Drugreporter’s new interview, trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk, MD explores how the body stores trauma and why integration is essential for healing in psychedelic therapy.

Hungary’s war on drugs has entered a new and troubling phase. In recent months, the government has deployed police powers not only in nightclubs, but also against some opposition politicians and some of the country’s most popular musicians—accusing them of promoting a “drug lifestyle.”

In this opinion piece, Maltese harm reduction activist Karen Mamo argues that Malta’s cannabis reform must go a step further — by establishing a Cannabis Humanitarian Bank to ensure that vulnerable consumers are not left behind in the country’s decriminalisation efforts.

In Drugreporter’s new interview, German author Norman Ohler explores how psychedelics became entangled with war, power, and propaganda.

In Drugreporter’s new interview, Dominique Mendiola, Senior Director of Colorado’s Natural Medicine Division, shares how Colorado is shaping the next chapter of psychedelic regulation in the United States.

In Drugreporter’s new interview, Bill Richards, a pioneering psychologist and theologian who has explored the therapeutic and spiritual dimensions of psychedelics since the 1960s, reflects on the rebirth of psychedelic research and the enduring healing power of mystical experience.

A pre-dawn house search targeting 8th-district opposition candidate Alexander Horváth reveals how Hungary’s “war on drugs” has become a political weapon — deployed to intimidate dissent and control narratives ahead of elections.

In Drugreporter’s interview from Psychedelic Science 2025, Rick Doblin looks back on four decades of psychedelic activism and discusses the future after the FDA’s MDMA therapy rejection.