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A Small Case in Spain Is a Big Victory for Smarter Drug Policy

May 4, 2017

The legal approach to coca has been one of the most challenging topics in the current international drug control system,…

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Report: Global Drug Trafficking Market Worth Half a Trillion Dollars

Avinash Tharoor

Apr 21, 2017

A new report has revealed astounding estimates of the global illegal drug trade’s scale, and has detailed a variety of…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Trafficking

Hezbollah Members Launch Beirut Drug Crackdown

Avinash Tharoor

Apr 6, 2017

Dozens of Hezbollah members have taken part in “spontaneous” drug raids in a southern Beirut suburb, but their reasons for…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Policy

New São Paulo Mayor Scaling Down Successful Harm Reduction Programme

Avinash Tharoor

Feb 14, 2017

A programme providing housing and employment to people with problematic crack cocaine use in São Paulo will be scaled down over the…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Policy

Bolivian Government Proposes Increasing Land for Legal Coca Cultivation

Talking Drugs

Jan 25, 2017

The Bolivian government plans to expand the legal production of coca leaves, the raw material from which cocaine is produced,…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Trafficking

Costa Rica Government Seeks to Expand Police Programme as Drug Violence Intensifies

Talking Drugs

Oct 21, 2016

Recent violence in Costa Rica’s coastal town of Limón has put a spotlight on the Central American state’s role in…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Harm Reduction

Election of São Paulo Mayor Threatens ‘Crackland’ Harm Reduction Programme

Edward Fox

Oct 19, 2016

São Paulo’s pioneering harm reduction programme for people who use crack cocaine faces an uncertain future following the recent election…

Coca & Cocaine Drugs & Development

Can Peru Bring Development the Country’s Notorious Coca-Growing Region?

Talking Drugs

Sep 19, 2016

Peru’s president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK), has proposed a new alternative development plan for the country’s main coca-growing region in…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

Humane Welfare Program Reduces Crack use in Sao Paulo

Ella Müller-Baum

Aug 19, 2016

The Brazilian Crack User Support Program, With Open Arms, provides people with housing and jobs. This approach, applied to residents of the…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Harm Reduction

Groundbreaking Programme Reduces Drug Misuse in Brazil’s “Crackland”

Ella Müller-Baum

Jul 29, 2016

A Brazilian drug programme, With Open Arms, is providing people who misuse crack cocaine with housing and employment. The approach,…