Drug TraffickingOpioidsEthylbromazolam – The New Global BenzodiazepineTori Rudkowsky.Jul 16, 2025On 17 January, the Welsh drug testing service WEDINOS received a sample of what was purchased off the illegal market…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug TraffickingOpioidsNitazenes in the Baltics Are a Warning for EuropeAndré Gomes.Jul 14, 2025Since 2017, the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have acted as the canaries in the mine for Europe’s…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug TraffickingStimulantsTonga Reports Record Low Meth Seizures After Public Health StrugglesRyan Hesketh.Jul 10, 2025Tonga’s fight against methamphetamine appears to be bearing fruit—at least on paper. Police Minister Piveni Piukala announced this week that…
Drug TraffickingOpioidsEurope Remains Safe Despite Growing Afghan Heroin AdulterationRay Tomlinson.Jun 9, 2025Three years after Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, announced his religious edict banning poppy cultivation, Afghan…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentDrugs & RaceHow Crime Exploits the EnvironmentAndré Gomes.May 28, 2025The latest edition of Revista Platô brings together political thoughts, research and several calls to action to strengthen the link between…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingFake Drug Charges Used to Arrest Georgian Protestors, Claims Watchdog NGONiko Vorobyov.May 27, 2025This past winter and spring, Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, nestled in the South Caucasus mountains bridging Europe and Asia,…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingOpioidsHow Patients Became Collateral Damage in Mexico’s War on FentanylJavier Trevino Rangel.Apr 30, 2025The current fentanyl crisis in the United States has had various and powerful consequences for Mexico. In the past month,…
Drug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentNoboa’s Re-Election Means No End To Ecuador’s Drug WarNarcosis.Apr 29, 2025A 16-year-old boy, alongside his 17-year-old accomplice, sped down the streets in Jipijapa, southern Ecuador, leaving behind a brutal crime…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingPunjab Needs Healing: Drug Policy Struggles in IndiaKawal Deep Kour.Apr 28, 2025The harms of the Indian drug war are particularly harsh in Punjab, the western state bordering Pakistan, as state authorities…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingUnderstanding South Africa’s Illegal Drug Market: Valuation, Trends, and Policy ImplicationsShaun Shelly.Feb 17, 2025The illicit drug market is one of the most resilient sectors of the global underground economy. A study in the…
Drug TraffickingStimulantsAfter Assad; What Next for Syria’s Captagon?Narcosis.Jan 14, 2025As Bashar al-Assad flees for Russia, Syrian rebel groups – primarily the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – have…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & RacePolitics of Fear, Drugs and Migrants in SpainRaquel Santana Soria.Dec 13, 2024In recent years, migration has become an increasingly contentious issue within European politics. The surge in non-European people entering the…