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Charges Dropped Against The Drug User Liberation Front

British Columbia’s Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray’s decision to throw out the charges against Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, the leaders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), warmed the courthouse…

Patrick McConnell

Sep 30, 2026

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Президент Мексики представил план декриминализации всех наркотиков

Anastasia Bezverkha

May 16, 2019

Новоизбранный Президент Мексики Андрес Мануэль Лопес Обрадор предложил прекратить в стране политику прогибиционизма и представил план декриминализации всех нелегальных наркотиков.…

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Global Drug Survey Shows How Policing of Drug Use Varies Worldwide

Talking Drugs

May 16, 2019

Getting caught with drugs can be a very stressful event in people’s lives. Criminal records for personal possession of drugs…

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Bolsonaro Cuts Harm Reduction, Escalates Drug War

Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

May 15, 2019

Largely unreported in English-language news media, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has pulled the plug on government support for harm reduction,…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

Six Men Executed for Drug Offences in Iran, Despite Legal Reform

Avinash Tharoor

May 14, 2019

At least six men have been hanged for drug offences in Iran since late April, raising concerns about a “new…

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The Melancholy of Killercops in the Philippines Drug War (Part 1)

Benedict Wermter

May 13, 2019

Read part two here // Read part three here Rodrigo Duterte says he wants to eradicate the evil in the Philippines.…

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Coca Vendors in Bogota Working to Destigmatise the Coca Plant

Janneke Nijmeijer

May 9, 2019

In Candelaria – a touristy area in Bogotá, Colombia – vendors of coca products are active players in destigmatising the…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

Hundreds of Egypt State Employees Face Prosecution after Drug Tests

Avinash Tharoor

May 8, 2019

In early May, over 550 Egyptian state employees were referred to the public prosecution office after being forced to take…

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TalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [April 2019]

Anastasia Bezverkha

May 3, 2019

(На русском) 1. On the eve of the International Harm reduction conference in Porto, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association issued…

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Иррациональная жестокость к беременным и родителям, употребляющим наркотики

Talking Drugs

May 3, 2019

35-летняя Кэри, учащаяся на консультанта по лечению зависимости в Иллинойсе, узнала о своей беременности в 2016 году. В первые дни…

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Новости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [апрель 2019]

Anastasia Bezverkha

May 3, 2019

(In English) 1. В преддверии открытия Международной конференции по снижению вреда в Порто, ЕСЛУН выпустил позицию сети относительно Декларации министров, которая…