Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentOpioids1 Year In, Egypt’s Opioid Agonist Treatment Programme Keeps GrowingSarah Waizani.Nov 10, 2024In 2023, Egypt celebrated one year of initiating Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT, also known as Substitution Therapy) services for the…
CannabisDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingA Decade In: Taking Stock of Uruguay’s Cannabis RegulationLauren Predebon.Nov 7, 2024Uruguay’s cannabis regulation thrust the nation onto the global drug policy reform spotlight in 2013 when it passed the Law…
Drug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentPersonal StoriesIsraeli Invasion Triggers Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon’s Treatment ServiceAndré Gomes.Nov 6, 2024The Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon has destroyed many communities and displaced thousands, preventing the delivery of key health services…
Drug PolicyJudicial Reforms Spells Trouble for Mexico’s Democratic IndependenceAndré Gomes.Oct 30, 2024Mexico’s judicial reforms just approved last month in Parliament will have long-lasting repercussions for the nation. These changes mean that…
Drug PolicyDenmark’s Drug Laws Highlight the Limits of Harm Reduction PolicingTobias Kammersgaard.Oct 7, 2024When Denmark made it possible for municipalities to implement drug consumption rooms (DCRs) in 2012, Copenhagen was quick to establish…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentHow to Regulate Drugs in the EECA Region, According to Civil SocietyAndré Gomes.Aug 29, 2024While the current international drug control conventions establish a global consensus, alternatives are increasingly being adopted: there is decriminalisation in…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentPhilippines Drug Policy and Law Summit: Is Harm Reduction Genuine Reform or Co-optation?RJ Naguit.Aug 23, 2024After six years of state-sponsored killings under the Duterte administration, the Philippines elected a new President in 2022. Ferdinand “Bong…
Drug PolicyIncarceration in the Name of Rehabilitation in Rwanda’s Detention CentresArmand Nsababaganwa.Aug 6, 2024“My child has been imprisoned illegally, he was not a drug user or a dealer. He was a good, kind,…
Drug PolicyGeorgian Harm Reduction Under Attack by Foreign Agent LawAndré Gomes.Jul 31, 2024News of Georgia’s new “foreign agent law” has triggered concern and criticism from the country’s civil society organisations, many of…
Drug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentNew Report Lights Up Path for Drug Regulation in ColombiaAndré Gomes.Jul 22, 2024Internationally, Colombia has forged ahead with its agenda of drug policy change, openly criticising the UN’s drug control regime while…
Drug PolicyAn Eternal Pilot: Is Portugal’s Decriminalisation System Frozen In Time?Noor Vissram.Jul 16, 2024Portugal has been one of the most lauded and discussed examples of global drug decriminalisation. The model was praised for…
Drug PolicyDrugs & DevelopmentDuterte Rising: How the Philippines’ Drug War Came to BeAndré Gomes.Jul 10, 2024The Philippines’ drug war remains one of the most brutal cases of state-sanctioned violence on people who use drugs globally.…