After Coca: How the Drug War Colonises the Colombian Forest
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One of the first and consistent targets of the global War on Drugs has been the coca plant. Even after…
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What Can New Zealand Learn from Bhutan’s Tobacco Ban?
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Conversations on neo-prohibitionist policy banning tobacco sales are becoming more and more frequent. After Turkmenistan and Bhutan, New Zealand will…
The Vending Machine Saving Lives in Ohio
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Since early last year, a vending machine in the US state of Ohio has provided crucial harm reduction supplies to…
Number of Incarcerated Women Worldwide Rises by 60% Since 2000
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The World Female Imprisonment List was published earlier this month by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR)…
“Let’s stop strategies that don’t work!”: Interview with Paula Aguirre, Director of Elementa
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Continuing a collaboration with Proyecto Soma, TalkingDrugs has had privileged access to high figures within the Latin American drug policy…
Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine Bans CBD Prescriptions for Adult Patients
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The Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine (CFM in the Portuguese acronym) is once again stepping over the profession’s ethics code…
‘If only we had the political will’ Why Russia’s rise in drug overdose deaths is unlikely to end soon
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According to data from Russia’s Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat), over 10,000 Russians died from drug use in 2021. That’s 37…
American Drug Policy Advocates Weigh in on Biden’s Cannabis Federal Reform
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The world woke up to an early Christmas present from American President Joe Biden as he announced a move to…
On (Police) Diversion: Against Carcerality and Prohibition on the Road to Abolition
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We are witnessing an intensification of the power, capacity and reach of state violence in Britain through the development and…
Intersecting Drug Policy and Abolition: A Conversation
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The War on Drugs has failed in its stated goal of reducing drug use and sale and has instead resulted…
Commissioning Cracks: The Costs of Defunding Heroin Assisted Treatment
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In Middlesbrough, citizens are statistically more likely to die from a Drug Related Death (DRD) than a car accident. As…
Building A Parliamentary Front For Cannabis In Brazil
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Efforts to legalise medical and industrial cannabis have encountered strong reactionary opposition in Brazil, with past attempts to regulate medicinal…