30 May 2023
Drug Policy

Civil rights lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde holding up a bushel of khat leaves upon leaving court. Source: Twitter
22 May 2023

Singapore is known to have some of the most punitive drug laws in the world. Source: Yuri Abas
16 May 2023
27 April 2023

Ricardo Soberón is a Peruvian lawyer, a university professor, and an analyst and consultant on drug policy and drug control issues in the Andean region, as well as on border and security issues. He is also an advisor to rural coca-producer organizations. In 2011, he was appointed to head the national drug control commission, Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo y Vida sin Drogas (DEVIDA). In January 2012, while questioning coca crop eradication efforts which prompted concern from the US Embassy, he was replaced after a government reshuffle. Photos: Francesca Brivio
2 March 2023

The northern city of Porto has some neighbourhoods that have been identified for many years as areas of problematic drug use. Source
28 February 2023

Kratom is grown across the world, and can both produce analgesic as well as stimulating effects, depending on the dose. Source: Wikimedia
9 February 2023
7 February 2023

The 1960s counterculture movement kept a radical root for drug policy reform that would benefit the current movement for psychedelic drug law reform. Source: Shutterstock
2 February 2023

While Qatar has a commitment on paper to integrating human rights in drug policy, the reality is much different on the ground. Sincere policy changes and a strict separation between drug treatment and the criminal justice sector needs to happen. Source: Hasan Zaidi
30 January 2023