“Everybody Working Together”: Five Years of National Drug Checking in New Zealand
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For the past several years, while most countries around the world continued to ramp up the war on drugs and…
Posts by André Gomes
Cash Crop: The Extractive Cannabis Industries Of the Global South
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For the past couple of years, many Global South nations have sought to capitalise on the global cannabis boom, reforming…
Public Health Campaign Raises Awareness of Drug Supply Contamination
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Ethypharm has recently launched the “Gear has changed” public health campaign in April, calling for greater awareness around accidental overdoses…
The Decriminalisation Playbook: New UNAIDS Report Lays Out Pathway for HIV Response
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For decades, the global “war on drugs” has been sold as what’s best for public health: by harshly criminalising drug…
Platforming Drug Using and Treatment Voices in Scotland
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In Scotland, people using drugs or who have recently entered drug treatment have organised into a cohesive group with demands.…
Experts and Cultivators Condemn WHO’s Failure to Reschedule Coca
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This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that the coca leaf remain a Schedule I substance within international…
“Throwing Away Knowledge”: Researchers Speak on US Defunding
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In 2025, the Trump administration began its promised reform of health and science, announcing in February 2025 that the National…
Futuro Coca: A Chance to Reshape the Future of Coca
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The latest edition of the Futuro Coca festival happened in July in Santa Marta, Colombia. The festival brought together indigenous,…
UNDP Report Calls for Drug Market Reforms to Achieve Global Development Goals
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The latest report published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is challenging governments to rethink their approach to drug…
US Decertifies Colombia While Petro Reconsiders Aerial Glyphosate Spraying
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The US Government has just updated its list of major drug producing or trafficking countries, criticising Colombia’s difficulties to control…
Will China’s Nitazenes Ban Work?
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This is the second part in a two-part series on China’s new generic ban on the chemical class of nitazene…
“An attempt to disappear people”: Experts Comment on Trump’s Plans to Defund Harm Reduction
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One of Trump’s latest executive orders calls for a crackdown on homelessness, encouraging federal agencies to defund drug-related interventions and…