The Devastating Rise in Overdose Deaths of Black and Indigenous People
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Overdose deaths among Black and Indigenous people in the United States surged in 2020, rising at far faster rates than…
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Myro Rolim: Dismantling the Ideology of Drug Prohibition
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TalkingDrugs’ Felipe Neis Araujo spoke with Myro Rolim, a harm reductionist and social educator based in Brazil. The interview was…
Crack Pipes & Dog Whistles – Behind the Racist Media Coverage of Harm Reduction in the US
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As fatal overdoses continue to rise amid the pandemic, there is a growing acceptance of harm reduction and its necessity…
Where’s the Justice in Arresting Michael K. Williams’ Drug Sellers?
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The death of Michael K. Williams put another familiar and widely cherished face among the many that perished from drug overdoses…
UN Highlights Role of Drug War in Racist Policing
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On 28th June the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released its report, “Agenda towards transformative change…
Militarism, Prohibitionism, Drug War: A Formula for Massacre
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On the 6th of May, agents of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro entered the community of Jacarezinho to…
The Jacarezinho Massacre and Lethal Drug Policy Enforcement in Brazil
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It’s a Rio de Janeiro classic. Officers of the civil, military or army police make an incursion into a favela. They…
Kasia Malinowska: The Foundation Of The U.S. War on Drugs Is Racism
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It has been 50 years since Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs. It is well known today that one…
Bolsonaro’s Cabinet Crusade Against Cannabis is Racist and Classist
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In a context when several countries and jurisdictions are reviewing and transforming their drug policies, the Brazilian crusade against cannabis…
Will the UN Revamp its Disastrous “Drug Free World” Campaign in Brazil?
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Amidst a global pandemic and a worldwide progressive wave of drug decriminalisation for medical purposes and adult personal use, the…
Кардинальная реформа наркополитики в Орегоне – что именно приняли?
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3 ноября 2020 года жители американского штата Орегон проголосовали за декриминализацию всех наркотиков, включая вещества из Списка IV, такие как…
Five Years Ago, White Families Called For A ‘Gentler War On Drugs.’ Did We Get One?
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Today [October 30] marks five years since the New York Times published its front-page article proclaiming “In heroin crisis, white families seek a…