In conversation with Juan Fernandez Ochoa Juan is an inspiring human being. He is currently Campaigns and Communications Officer at IDPC (International Drug Policy Consortium). He leads… Read more “People and Dancefloors Podcast Season 2 Episode 5“

People and dancefloors podcast Season 2 episode 4 Cannabis special! In conversation with Andrew Bonello and Derrick Bergman Andrew Bonello is the president of Releaf Malta, a… Read more “People and dancefloors podcast Season 2 episode 4 Cannabis special! In conversation with Andrew Bonello and Derrick Bergman”

Season 2, Episode 3 Nick is the early intervention lead at We Are With You in Kent. He works with young people in schools to promote harm… Read more “People and dancefloors podcast, In conversation with Nick Hickmott”

Peter is the director of the Rights Reporter Foundation and editor of Drugreporter. He has been in the drug policy and harm reduction space for many years.… Read more “People and Dancefloors Season 2 episode 2: In conversation with Peter Sarosi”

People and dancefloors podcast Season 2, episode 1 We are back for season 2 after a long hiatus! Karen and I are joined by Dr. Fabian Pitter… Read more “In conversation with Dr Fabian Steinmetz”

by Dr Giulia Zampini Logging back onto Twitter after the Christmas break, I was welcomed by a small twitterstorm about the Metropolitan police swabbing people, testing for… Read more “The Met police and the safety paradox: please stop focusing on the (wrong) drugs”

To celebrate the launch of the People and Dancefloors Malta project, we have invited prominent voices from the Maltese electronic dance music scene to participate in a… Read more “The Long Podcast: Voices from the Electronic Dance Music Scene in Malta”

Guest blog by Toby Niblock Tasked with a dissertation during a pandemic, I set out to research illegal raves in the time of COVID-19. I was interested… Read more “Harm reduction in rave spaces: Have we fallen at the first hurdle?”

By Karen Mamo and Giulia Zampini The state of clubbing in Malta Narratives from the dancefloor, more specifically people attending electronic music events, are rarely given much… Read more “People and Dancefloors in Malta”

The government’s myopia strikes again in its proposals for toughening punishments for recreational drug use By Dr Giulia Zampini On July 27th, 2021, the UK government published… Read more “Government myopia strikes again in proposal for toughening consequences of recreational drug use”