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Even in a Year of Massive Reforms, Racist Myths Pervade the Drug Policy Debate

Michael L. Rosino

Oct 18, 2021

The war on drugs is deeply unpopular. 2021 looks to continue to be a pivotal year for reform. Nineteen…

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Ecuador Takes Giant Steps Towards Cannabis Legalisation

Mauro Echeverría

Sep 8, 2021

In December 2020, the Ecuadorian Assembly approved the medicinal use of cannabis in Ecuador, a milestone for a conservative society.…

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Big Pharma Seizes Brazilian Market While Medical Cannabis Bill is Stalled

Felipe Neis Araujo

Sep 1, 2021

On 8 June, after five long years, the Special Commission of the Brazilian Lower House of Parliament gathered to discuss…

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The Right-Wing Pro-Death Stance on Medical Cannabis in Brazil

Felipe Neis Araujo

Jul 5, 2021

“Giant by thine own nature” is probably the only plausible line in the Brazilian national anthem. Brazil’s territory has humongous fertile…

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Talking Drugs Updates from Eastern Europe and Central Asia [May 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jun 9, 2021

1. Russia: policemen, who were declared guilty of planting drugs to Russian journalist Ivan Golunov, have been sentenced to up…

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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [May 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jun 9, 2021

Police officers who planted drugs on Russian journalist Ivan Golunov have been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison,…

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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [April 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

May 13, 2021

Ukraine: Instead of drug policy reform, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree on the circulation of some cannabis-based medicines…

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Kasia Malinowska: The Foundation Of The U.S. War on Drugs Is Racism

Dawid Krawczyk, Mateusz Kowalik & Kasia Malinowska - Translated by Katarzyna Berkowicz

May 12, 2021

It has been 50 years since Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs. It is well known today that one…

Cannabis Drugs & Race

Bolsonaro’s Cabinet Crusade Against Cannabis is Racist and Classist

Felipe Neis Araujo

Apr 28, 2021

In a context when several countries and jurisdictions are reviewing and transforming their drug policies, the Brazilian crusade against cannabis…

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Ukraine: Legal Medical Cannabis Offers Only Two Expensive Drugs For Patients

Anastasia Bezverkha

Apr 9, 2021

On 7 April, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted Resolution No. 324 on the removal of certain cannabis-based preparations…

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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [March 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Apr 5, 2021

Reallocating state budgets from criminalisation to the expansion of harm reduction services in the EECA region can defeat the HIV…

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Mexico Moves To Legalise Cannabis Use, A Modest Step Toward De-escalating Drug War

Luis Gómez Romero

Mar 30, 2021

Mexico’s lower house of Congress in March handily approved a bill to legalise the recreational use of cannabis. The bill…