Ukraine Expands Opioid Substitution Therapy to Reduce HIV
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The Ukrainian government is increasing the scope of the country’s state-funded opioid substitution therapy (OST) programme – a harm reduction…
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Portugal MP Calls for Cannabis to be Legalised, Sold at Street Value, to “End Traffickers’ Business”
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Two Portuguese health experts, including a prominent MP, have called for the introduction of a strictly regulated cannabis trade in…
The 5 Places Set to Legalise Recreational Cannabis in 2018
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This year, at least five jurisdictions will be introducing or implementing legislation to legalise the use or sale of cannabis…
Singapore Announces Medical Cannabis Research, Despite Maintaining Death Penalty for Cannabis Trafficking
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A Singaporean government body has announced its upcoming research into synthetic cannabinoids for medical purposes, a curious step in a…
France To Consider Decriminalising All Drug Use, Following Government-Commissioned Report
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A new parliamentary report has recommended several options for modernising France’s penal process, including the decriminalisation of all drug use,…
UK Legislators Make Impassioned Call for Drug Consumption Rooms, As Deaths Soar
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Members of parliament from across the political spectrum have called on the UK government to allow the introduction of drug…
Rwanda’s New Attempt to Protect Youth from Drugs May Exacerbate Harms Instead
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Senior authorities in Rwanda have called for a stricter approach to drug offences in an ostensible bid to protect young…
Interactive Map: Global Drug Policy Developments of 2017
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2017 has seen a worsening opioid deaths crisis in North America, egregious brutality against people who use drugs in the…
The War on Drugs Disenfranchises Thousands of Black Americans, Subverting Democracy
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The US war on drugs disenfranchises hundreds of thousands of people, particularly black Americans, subverting the democratic process and benefitting…
Peru Coca Crop Production Up 9% in One Year, Ending Downward Trend
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The surface area used in Peru to grow the coca crop, from which cocaine is produced, has risen by 9…
Philippines Supreme Court Justice Says Duterte’s Drug War Targets “Small-Time Peddlers”, Ignores “Drug Lords”
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As Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte orders police to resume their involvement in the country’s drug war, a prominent Supreme Court…
Cannabis Use Decriminalised in Georgia, Following Court Ruling
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The use of cannabis will no longer be considered a criminal offence in Georgia, following a ruling by the country’s…