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2024 May Be The Year for Cannabis Decriminalisation in Brazil

Feb 9, 2024

In 2024, after 12 years of proceedings in the Brazilian Supreme Court, the process that may lead to the decriminalisation…

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UK Harm Reduction: The Origins of Release

Himesh Mehta

Jan 9, 2024

As drug policy concerns become progressively more salient and relevant to a much larger and increasingly global population, interested people…

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Good Business Skills Aren’t Respected In Cannabis

Denzel Uba

Dec 5, 2023

Business is everywhere. I have always been fascinated with the concept of Business ever since I was a young boy:…

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Jamaican Cannabis Struggles to Integrate Traditional Growers

MillaMay Garrow

Nov 9, 2023

The regulation of cannabis in Jamaica is an important issue to get right given the countries’ historical and cultural link…

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Celebrating Poland’s Slow Yet Steady Drug Reform

Greg Los

Aug 24, 2023

While Poland is not known for being the most progressive country in their treatment of people who use drugs, changes…

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Only Drug User Solidarity Will End Prohibition

M. L. Lanzillotta

Jul 26, 2023

People who take prescribed opioids or other heavily stigmatised drugs sourced from a doctor try hard to differentiate themselves from…

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Not Many See Past Your “Drug” Label

Denzel Uba

Jul 18, 2023

Human beings are social creatures – we understand the world around us through our interpretation of the world. This interpretation…

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Profits Over Patients: Brazil Shows How Not to Regulate Medical Cannabis

Felipe Neis Araujo

Jul 13, 2023

There is a song by Brazilian band O Rappa that describes the illegal cannabis market, how profitable it is, and…

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“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!” Positives in Colombia’s Cannabis Debate

Maria Alejandra Vélez

Jun 28, 2023

This month, Colombia finished eight rounds of intense debating to decide whether cannabis should be legalised through constitutional reform. The…

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“All Traffickers are Black or Arab”: The French Racism in Cannabis Policing

Fabrice Olivet

Jun 21, 2023

In France, the question of racism has never been a central tenet in the discourse of cannabis law reform advocates.…

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Uganda’s Cannabis News Unveiled a Deeper Systemic Injustice

André Gomes

Jun 16, 2023

Uganda, compared to its neighbouring countries, continues to have a harsh enforcement of drug prohibition. That is why news broke…

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Tangaraju Suppiah: The First Execution Notice of 2023

Kirsten Han

Jun 16, 2023

This story has been republished with Kirsten’s agreement from her We, The Citizens newsletter. Rocky, a fellow member of the Transformative…