Denzel speaking at the Cannabis Europa event in June 2022. Photos from the author.
25 January 2023
Drugs & Race
"Drugs are not only a menace to the health of all French youth - it's equally a nihilist pitfall and an instrument of enslavement.” Source: Argos
16 January 2023
Police play an important part in the control of drugs in society. How could their role be removed? Source: Johnny Silvercloud
5 October 2022
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
14 September 2022
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
17 August 2022
Photograph by Nathan Rupert via Flickr/Creative Commons 2.0.
21 July 2022
The police confront the residents of the Cracolandia neighborhood in 2019. Residents are frequently harassed by the police and must deal with military-like interventions in their neighbourhood. Photo: Yandry_kw
25 May 2022
Overdose equipment and other harm reduction materials would be made available by the Department of Health's harm reduction fund. Photo: David Nager/Alliance
14 March 2022
17 February 2022