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TalkingDrugs news from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [February 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Mar 3, 2021

Belarus: how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the drug market – results of the study. Read the full text on the…

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Кардинальная реформа наркополитики в Орегоне – что именно приняли?

Anastasia Bezverkha

Feb 17, 2021

3 ноября 2020 года жители американского штата Орегон проголосовали за декриминализацию всех наркотиков, включая вещества из Списка IV, такие как…

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TalkingDrugs news from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [December 2020 – January 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Feb 8, 2021

In December 2020, Russia adopted a new strategy of state drug policy until 2030. It also introduced new fines for…

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Russia: A New Drug Policy in Action

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jan 26, 2021

In November 2020, a new strategy of state anti-drug policy until 2030 was approved in Russia by Presidential Decree. The…

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Revealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug Markets

Aleksey Lakhov

Jan 19, 2021

Heroin use became widespread in Russia in the late 1990s, amid the opening of international borders and social upheaval and…

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Thailand: Medical Cannabis is Legal. But Not Certain

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jan 12, 2021

The medical cannabis industry in Thailand is growing slowly and tentatively, but the potential is huge. Over the past few…

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Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Ноябрь 2020]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Dec 14, 2020

1. В ноябре-декабре 2020 года московские художники проводят аукцион-марафон современного искусства «Выручай!» в поддержку заключенных и осужденных по делам о…

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Why Some Young Nigerians Are Using Cannabis As A Normal Part Of Life

Emeka Dumbili

Dec 8, 2020

Cannabis is illegal in Nigeria. Its production, distribution and use are criminalised by local laws. Cultivated mostly in southern Nigeria,…

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UN Green Lights Medicinal Cannabis But Fails To Challenge Colonial Legacy Of Its Prohibition

International Drug Policy Consortium

Dec 2, 2020

Vienna, 2 December 2020. In a historic vote, the United Nations (UN) has finally recognised the medicinal value of cannabis.…

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What History Teaches Us About Shaping South Africa’s New Cannabis Laws

Thembisa Waetjen

Dec 1, 2020

South African cannabis policy is currently at a crossroads. In 2018, the Constitutional Court effectively decriminalised private cannabis use. Since…

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Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Октябрь 2020]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Nov 6, 2020

1. Казахстан: 12 лет тюрьмы по новому закону о пропаганде. В Казахстане выписали первый срок за рекламу и пропаганду наркотиков…

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Дедлайны горят: Мексика в преддверии легализации каннабиса

Anastasia Bezverkha

Oct 26, 2020

После десятилетий репрессивной наркополиктики и правления наркокартелей, у Мексики есть реальная возможность превратиться в самый большой легальный рынок марихуаны в…