Philippines Drug Policy and Law Summit: Is Harm Reduction Genuine Reform or Co-optation?
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After six years of state-sponsored killings under the Duterte administration, the Philippines elected a new President in 2022. Ferdinand “Bong…
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Incarceration in the Name of Rehabilitation in Rwanda’s Detention Centres
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“My child has been imprisoned illegally, he was not a drug user or a dealer. He was a good, kind,…
Georgian Harm Reduction Under Attack by Foreign Agent Law
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News of Georgia’s new “foreign agent law” has triggered concern and criticism from the country’s civil society organisations, many of…
New Report Lights Up Path for Drug Regulation in Colombia
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Internationally, Colombia has forged ahead with its agenda of drug policy change, openly criticising the UN’s drug control regime while…
An Eternal Pilot: Is Portugal’s Decriminalisation System Frozen In Time?
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Portugal has been one of the most lauded and discussed examples of global drug decriminalisation. The model was praised for…
Duterte Rising: How the Philippines’ Drug War Came to Be
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The Philippines’ drug war remains one of the most brutal cases of state-sanctioned violence on people who use drugs globally.…
Understanding The Moral Panic About Safer Supply
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Drug policy and harm reduction in Canada are facing an onslaught of reactionary backlashes, misinformation, and racist and classist scapegoating.…
UK Elections Cheat Sheet: What Does Each Party Say About Drug Policy?
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With just a week to go until the UK’s General Election on 4 July, political parties have rolled out plans…
Poland is Having a Medical Cannabis Revolution
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Poland has undergone a political and societal shift in drug-related attitudes in the past few years, and there are growing…
Can Petro’s ‘Total Peace’ Plan Protect Colombia’s Civilians?
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Colombian president Gustavo Petro campaigned on a plan to end the war on drugs and bring peace to the country.…
The Colonial Legacy of Drug Control in Lebanon
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How we think about, regulate, moralise or criminalise drugs is often not a response to domestic considerations, but a negotiation…
The Weight of Inaction: The Mothers Fighting the War on Drugs
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Although this article isn’t about me, I think it’s important to give you some context. My name is Jéssica, I’m…