
Demonstrators during a rally held by Facebook group Legalize It Malta, in favour of the decriminalisation and legalisation of cannabis and hemp, on 17 December 2011. Source: McCarthy
26 September 2022
Demonstrators during a rally held by Facebook group Legalize It Malta, in favour of the decriminalisation and legalisation of cannabis and hemp, on 17 December 2011. Source: McCarthy
The manifesto "You are also a victim in the war on drugs" outlines its structured approach to transition the country away from its punitive, racist and classist War on Drugs. Source: Manifesto's website
Petro's new Government and his commitment to drug policy change could usher in a new future of drug control for Colombia and the world. Source: Gabriel Leonardo Guerrero
An Iranian drug trafficker who was arrested and hung for the crime of smuggling eight kilograms of heroin in 2014. Source: Wikimedia Commons
Parliamentary proceedings in Ghana require an early presentation of any bill amendments before they can be passed into law. Source: Delali Adogla-Bessa
The purple "Ni una mas!" is a permanent monument - also called the anti-monument - to murdered women in Mexico and femicide in the heart of the city. Source: Thayne Tuason
Soldiers and cops occupied the Favela da Rocinha in 2017 to execute prison warrants against drug dealers. There is a scene in the classic TV show The Wire in which Major Colvin says: “ I mean, you call something a war and pretty soon everybody gonna be running around acting like warriors. They gonna be running around on a damn crusade, storming corners, slapping on cuffs, racking up body counts. And when you are at war, you need a fucking enemy. And pretty soon, damn near everybody on every corner is your fucking enemy. And soon the neighbourhood that you're supposed to be policing, that's just occupied territory.” Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Fernando Frazao
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Finnish citizens have crowdsourced enough signatures to secure a parliamentary discussion of drug consumption rooms in the near future. Source: Gadag