Children walking home from school in Bacolod City, the Philippines

Children walking home from school in Bacolod City, the Philippines (Source: Brian Evans/Flickr)

Philippines Proposes Drug Testing All Children Aged 10 or Over
A close-up of an opium poppy in Afghanistan

A close-up of an opium poppy in Afghanistan. (Source: UN Photo/UNODC/Zalmai)

US Spent Over $8 Billion on Failed Afghan Drug War
Drug-testing tent in Colombia (Source: ATS/Julian Quintero)

Drug-checking tent in Colombia (Source: ATS/Julian Quintero)

Drug Checking in Latin America: the Countries Leading the Way
UK Government Details New Medical Cannabis Plans

Source: Wikimedia

UK Ministers and Labour Party Call for Medical Cannabis Reform
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Leading presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Leading presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (Source: Wikimedia/Pixabay)

Mexico Presidential Frontrunner Plans “Hugs, Not Bullets” Drug Policy
Drug Trafficking
Extrajudicial Killings Surge in Bangladesh amid Fear of New Duterte-Style Drug War
France’s Drug Trade Valued at €2.7bn, as Macron Admits Failure of Drug War to Stop Violence
Bangladeshi Rapid Action Battalion

Bangladeshi Rapid Action Battalion (Source: Wikimedia)

US & UN Express Alarm at Bangladesh Drug War’s Mounting Death Toll
Harm Reduction
Study: Men Who Have Used Psychedelics Are Half As Likely to Be Violent to Their Partners
Another “Bad Batch”?

Source: Tim France

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Africa’s First Medical Cannabis Dispensary Opens in South Africa
Two Doses of Cannabis Compound CBD Reduce Seizures by 40% Among Patients with Severe Form of Epilepsy
A pro-cannabis mural in the Christiania district of Copenhagen, Denmark's capital

A pro-cannabis mural in the Christiania district of Copenhagen, Denmark's capital (Source: Flickr)

Five Political Parties Endorse Denmark Cannabis Legalisation
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Drug Trafficking Fuelling Conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Kofi Annan Warns

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The War on Drugs Disenfranchises Thousands of Black Americans, Subverting Democracy
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