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Drug War Imperialism
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In August 1978, guerrilla fighters from the Sandinista National Liberation Front stormed the National Palace in Nicaragua. Nicaragua had been…
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Франция: дискуссия о легализации каннабиса игнорирует вопрос расы и религии
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Прошлым летом во всей Франции внезапно и массово открылись “CBD кафе”. Используя лазейку в законодательстве, созданную для фермеров, которые выращивают…
French cannabis legalization debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of Muslims
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Last summer in France, dozens of “CBD cafés” suddenly opened across the country. Exploiting a legal loophole originally created for…
A Social Equity Model for UK Cannabis Law Reform?
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It’s not a matter of when cannabis laws will be reformed in the UK – but how. Will our policies…
TalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [July 2019]
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1. State authorities in the Kemerovsky region have issued 3,6 million rubles (55 500 USD) from local budgets to fund…
Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Июль 2019]
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1. Впервые в России власти Кемеровской области выделили 3,6 миллиона рублей на финансирование комплексной программы по профилактике передозировок от употребления…
Италия: от Джерволино-Вассали до “легкого” каннабиса
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Согласно данным Европейского Мониторингового центра по наркотикам и наркозависимости, в 2017 году 10% взрослых (15-65 лет) в Италии употребляли каннабис.…
TalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [June 2019]
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(На русском) 1. The Ukrainian Parliament’s June 6 review of the draft law on medical and scientific cannabis use…
From Jervolino-Vassalli to ‘Cannabis Light’: an Overview of Cannabis in Italy
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According to the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 10 per cent of Italian adults (age 15-64) reported…
Ending the ‘war on drugs’ requires justice for the impoverished communities who grow them
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Amidst media furore over illicit drug use, Tory leadership favourite Boris Johnson dodged questions today over past drug use, whilst…
Brexit’s drug problem
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As Jacob Rees-Mogg’s widely-lambasted new book exemplifies, Brexiteers are never shy in celebrating the 19th century as the golden-age of free-trade that Britain…
New Report Shows the Deadly Cost of UK Drug Policy
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A newly-published report has highlighted the huge human and financial cost of drug prohibition in the UK. On 6 June,…