The best Drug Policy newsletters

Drug Data Decoded publishes investigative reporting on Canadian drug policy, drawing on access-to-information requests to examine government funding, policing and the legal fight over prohibition. Issues cover the DULF safe supply court case, Alberta's recovery-sector contracts and Health Canada's handling of expert safe supply reviews.

This is a public-health newsletter from the Street Drug Analysis Lab at UNC Chapel Hill, covering trends in US overdose deaths, drug-checking laboratory standards, and first-person recovery stories. It offers policy-oriented analysis and institutional guidance rather than a regular news digest.

Ecstatic Integration is a Substack-style newsletter by a best-selling author and founder of the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project, offering critical analysis of psychedelics, spirituality and their risks. Each issue pairs long-form reported stories of post-psychedelic difficulties with commentary on industry and policy, such as corporate sponsorship in US health politics.

Grown In is a weekly-style editorial newsletter covering the business, politics and policy of the cannabis and hemp industries, with an emphasis on Illinois and federal rescheduling. Readers get commentary from the Chicago Harvest Exchange and analysis of how regulation shapes recreational versus medical cannabis markets.

Polish-language cannabis newsletter with strain reviews, explainers on vaporization and myth-busting pieces about marijuana and the brain. Readers get an informal, opinionated take on medical cannabis products and the research behind common claims.

This newsletter from the Reporting on Addiction project publishes video and podcast conversations with journalists who cover drugs, addiction and related policy. Each issue introduces a reporter, summarises their recent work and lists links to their articles and recommended reading.

Spectacles is a newsletter of video-essay scripts about democracy, surveillance and politics, such as police use of Flock license-plate cameras, drug policy in Portugal, and satire of politicians. Each issue mixes commentary with sponsor reads and clips from news coverage, so the original analysis is uneven.