No, China Is Not Getting Rich Off Of Fentanyl
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When U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China in June, many hoped his meeting with President Xi Jinping would…
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Dope Men: How We Went From Alcohol Prohibition to Another
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Just past midnight on April 7th 1933, a truck pulled up to the White House filled with beer. President Roosevelt…
Should Latin America Be Concerned about Fentanyl?
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In Latin American media, the tragedy of the opioid crisis and fentanyl in the United States is understood through such…
Using Aid for War: $1 Billion Funnelled from Aid into Drug War Budgets
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The latest report by Harm Reduction International (HRI) highlights how dozens of donors, led by the US and EU, have…
“Las Bestias” : The Armoured Vehicles of the Mexican Drug War
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In mid-June of this year, Mexican armed forces destroyed 14 armoured vehicles belonging to drug trafficking groups. These armoured vehicles,…
Futuro Coca: Imagining a New Future for Coca in Colombia
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The first edition of the Futuro Coca festival took place in Bogotá, Colombia, on 31 July. The event brought together…
Come Ship Some Cocaine With Me: How Cocaine Enters Europe
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I have been invited to write about the production, logistics, and transportation of cocaine, particularly the UN’s Office of Drugs…
Tali-Ban: How Europe’s Heroin Markets Will Survive Afghanistan’s Opium
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The Taliban opium ban, implemented earlier this year, has drastically reduced poppy cultivation in Afghanistan. While some have speculated this…
Mexico’s Threat to Ban Medical Fentanyl is Painfully Misguided
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Mexico’s president has been the first North American leader to call for the outright ban of the medical use of fentanyl, as…
Tangaraju Suppiah: The First Execution Notice of 2023
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This story has been republished with Kirsten’s agreement from her We, The Citizens newsletter. Rocky, a fellow member of the Transformative…
Ricardo Soberón: How Peru’s Cocaine Economy Endangers Indigenous Amazonians
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Peru is the second largest producer of coca leaf and cocaine in the world. In addition, more than 500 active…
Portuguese Experts and Civil Society Unite Against Criminalisation
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An open letter published in early February by public health and members of the Portuguese civil society condemn the Mayor…