Greek Parliament Approves Drug Consumption Rooms
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The Greek Parliament has overwhelmingly endorsed the opening of drug consumption rooms (DCRs) – facilities that save lives and reduce…
Posts by Avinash Tharoor
Canada Drug Experts Want Regulated Heroin Supply to Cut Overdoses
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An influential drug expert group in western Canada has proposed allowing people to access a legally regulated heroin supply, in…
Democratic 2020 Candidates on Cannabis and Other Drug Policy
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The push for drug policy reform, particularly cannabis legalisation, has become increasingly popular on the US left since the 2016…
Trump “Most Excited” About China Executing People for Selling Fentanyl
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President Trump has lauded the use of the death penalty for people convicted of drug offences, and claims to have…
Philippines House of Representatives Approves Medical Cannabis Use, Production
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The lower house of the Philippines Congress has approved a bill to legalise medical cannabis consumption and production, which has…
Luxembourg to Open Drug Consumption Room Near French Border
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Luxembourg will open a safer drug consumption room (DCR) – the country's second – during the first quarter of 2019,…
A New Drug Policy Approach Can Alleviate Poverty in Rural India
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The criminalisation of low-level opium cultivation in India is driving intergenerational poverty and inequality, but a new policy approach would…
Singapore Creates New Drug Offences with Lengthy Sentences
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On 15 January, Singapore's Parliament passed amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act which introduce a range of new drug…
Trinidad and Tobago to Decriminalise Cannabis, Consider Legalisation
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As cannabis reform sweeps the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has announced it will hold public consultations on the matter, prior…
Meth Trade Now Dominates Myanmar’s Largest State
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The illegal drug trade in the eastern Myanmar state of Shan now dwarfs the entire formal economy. The production and…
Saudi Arabia Begins 2019 with Three Executions for Drug Offences
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Authorities in Saudi Arabia executed three people for non-violent drug offences on the first day of 2019, highlighting the continuation…
Bangladesh to Begin Hanging People for Non-Violent Drug Offences
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People in Bangladesh now face execution for a range of non-violent drug offences. The Narcotics Control Act 2018, which came…