From Sacred to Illegal: Inside India’s Cannabis Debate
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In the cedar forest mountains outside Manali, a tourist town in the Kullu Valley of the Indian Himalayas, Ajay* plies…
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The CIA’s Expanding Drug War in Mexico
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On March 28th, a car exploded as it drove along the highway leading from Felipe Ángeles International Airport on the…
Colombia After Petro: The Unfinished Business of Petro’s Drug Policy Reform
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On 25 April, a bomb shattered the Pan-American Highway in Cauca, southwest Colombia. 21 were killed in the deadliest attack…
We Need to Talk About Extra Strong Weed
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A man and woman are sitting in a room, the woman playing the piano, while both take drags from a…
From Legalisation to Limbo: Thailand’s Turbulent Cannabis Industry
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Four years ago, Thailand became the Weed Wonderland of the East. You couldn’t turn a corner in Bangkok or Pattaya…
How anti-ICE activists joined forces with harm reductionists in Philadelphia
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Back in January, a video of a group of armed Black men dressed in bomber jackets and berets at an…
Tunisia’s Drug Laws Turn Youth Into Targets
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Last summer, Youness (whose name has been changed to protect his identity) was excited to let loose at a reggae-dub…
Donroe Doctrine: What Is the Logic Behind Trump’s Drug Strategy?
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The first year of Donald Trump’s scandalous second term in the White House has seen some historic changes in drug…
How Bolivia’s Legal Coca Industry Challenges Drug Prohibition
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In Rio Blanco, a village perched on a mountainside overlooking a picturesque, tropical valley in Bolivia’s Yungas region, Crisologo Mendoza’s…
Singapore and Hong Kong Crack Down Hard on Illegal Vapes
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In Singapore, they’re sold as K-pods. In Hong Kong, they’re called space oil. And in Japan, it’s zombie juice. A…
“BEWARE!”: Trump’s Growing War on Narcoterrorism in the Americas
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The grainy, black-and-white footage shows a speedboat whizz through the waves before a fireball lights up the screen, stopping the…
Trump Sends Navy to Venezuela to Fight Drug Trafficking
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Hellraiser. Red Dawn. Ghostbusters. And now the war on drugs – another crap 80s reboot nobody asked for. In the…