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Coca & CocaineDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentRicardo Soberón: How Peru’s Cocaine Economy Endangers Indigenous AmazoniansEsteban Acuña.Mar 2, 2023Peru is the second largest producer of coca leaf and cocaine in the world. In addition, more than 500 active…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingPortuguese Experts and Civil Society Unite Against CriminalisationAndré Gomes.Feb 28, 2023An open letter published in early February by public health and members of the Portuguese civil society condemn the Mayor…
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Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrug Executions in Iran Are Back on the RiseAndré Gomes.Sep 6, 2022A recent press release from Amnesty in July 2022 highlighted a spike in Iranian executions, where at least 251 people…
CannabisDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingGhana’s Legal Cannabis Hits a Constitutional RoadblockAndré Gomes.Sep 1, 2022On the 27th of July 2022, the Supreme Court of Ghana gave a narrow judgement on a case brought before…
Drug TraffickingDrugs & GenderVillain Or Victim? Understanding The Role of Women In The Latin American Drug TradeLauren Borders.Jul 11, 2022One of the most effective ways the War on Drugs justifies violence is by stereotyping its enemies: the various players…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingDrugs & DevelopmentOther DrugsIn Kenya, Harm Reduction is Limited by Lack of Social SupportBernice Apondi.Jun 30, 2022Apondi makes the case for how drug treatment programmes and the wider health environment for people who use drugs in…
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Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingНовости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Март-Апрель 2022]Anastasia Bezverkha.May 3, 20221. Как война повлияла на программы снижения вреда в Украине, с каким трудностями столкнулись пациенты заместительной терапии, пишет портал TalkingDrugs…