Philippines Drug Policy and Law Summit: Is Harm Reduction Genuine Reform or Co-optation?
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After six years of state-sponsored killings under the Duterte administration, the Philippines elected a new President in 2022. Ferdinand “Bong…
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Mpondoland Cannabis Growers Left Out to Dry
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Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South…
From Ghent to Rio de Janeiro, Lessons in Social Exclusion
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I’m Natan Hermínio, a young black man from Brazil, born and raised in the favelas, who finds himself having to…
New Report Lights Up Path for Drug Regulation in Colombia
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Internationally, Colombia has forged ahead with its agenda of drug policy change, openly criticising the UN’s drug control regime while…
Duterte Rising: How the Philippines’ Drug War Came to Be
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The Philippines’ drug war remains one of the most brutal cases of state-sanctioned violence on people who use drugs globally.…
The Colonial Legacy of Drug Control in Lebanon
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How we think about, regulate, moralise or criminalise drugs is often not a response to domestic considerations, but a negotiation…
Prohibition, Colonisation, and Undermining Indigenous Rights
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Much of the criticism of prohibition talks about the ‘war on drugs’ as a war on Black and Brown people,…
The Hypocrisy of Arrested Honduran President’s Drug Policy
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On March 8, Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras from 2014 to 2022, was found guilty in the…
How Muslims Use Drugs During Ramadan
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Ramadan is a period of introspection, self-restraint and prayer, and most commonly associated with fasting from food and water from…
Inside Thailand’s U-Turn on Cannabis Decriminalization
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Amongst the throngs of tourists, we spotted the neon green cannabis sign. Initially unexpected, it had become a familiar sight…
Colonial Turbulence: Bermuda’s Weed Wars with Great Britain
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Excitement around the possibility of legal cannabis in Bermuda in 2022 was cut short by an unprecedented intervention by the…
State of Shock: Ecuador’s Descent Into Narco Violence
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In early January, a series of very public and violent events across Ecuador was, unfortunately, a long time coming; it…