Author: Joseph Janes, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University

Farion_O/Shutterstock When someone buys a drug illegally, they cannot be sure exactly what is in it. More than one in three samples submitted to the Welsh Emerging Drug Identification Service (Wedinos) where the buyer had said what substance they believed they had purchased, contained something other than what they expected. Between April 2025 and March […]

The route a drug takes into the body can matter as much as the drug itself – and rectal use brings risks that are rarely talked about openly. Often called “boofing”, “booty bumping” or “plugging”, the practice involves taking drugs via the rectum rather than swallowing, snorting or injecting. In health settings, this route is […]