*Global harms caused by illicit drug use are steadily rising.* Opening a series of articles on illegal drugs on The Conversation UK Ian Hamilton at the University of York asks: "We already have many years of evidence of the ways that drugs – both natural and (increasingly) synthetic – are destabilising countries’ legal and political institutions, devastating entire communities, and destroying millions of lives. My question is, as with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?" Read more 👉 https://tcnv.link/Dq4az99