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Trump’s “Narco-Terrorism” Operations in Ecuador: A New Phase of the Donroe Doctrine?

On 3 March 2026, US Southern Command, the military unit overseeing operations in Central and South America, announced via X that “decisive action” had been taken against “domestic terror organisations”…

Ryan Hesketh

Apr 15, 2026

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В Армении наркотические препараты для обезболивания стали доступнее

Anastasia Bezverkha

Aug 23, 2018

С 2017 года в Армении реализуется реформа наркополитики для обеспечения доступности опиоидных анальгетиков для пациентов, испытывающих боль. В докладе международной…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids

Canada’s ‘Good Samaritan’ Act Not Doing Enough to Reduce Overdoses

Talking Drugs

Aug 21, 2018

Canada introduced the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act to provide legal protection for individuals who seek emergency help during an…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Opioids

Norway to be 7th European Country to Offer Heroin Assisted-Treatment

Talking Drugs

Aug 20, 2018

Norway will offer free heroin prescriptions through a heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) programme by 2020 in an attempt to improve the…

Other Drugs

Monkey Dust in the UK: A drug “epidemic” or an overstatement?

Talking Drugs

Aug 17, 2018

Alarmist UK media reports of a new drug, monkey dust, are on the rise, as journalists misleadingly tell of “zombie…

Drug Harm Reduction Drugs & Gender

Harm reduction in Indonesia failing women who use drugs

Talking Drugs

Aug 17, 2018

The state of tailored harm reduction services for women globally is notoriously poor, with the situation in Indonesia providing a…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

В Великобритании растет количество жертв войны с наркотиками

Anastasia Bezverkha

Aug 15, 2018

Уровень смертности, связанной с наркотиками, в Англии и Уэльсе достиг рекордно высокого уровня – в 2017 году было зарегистрировано 3756…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy Drugs & Gender

Джуди Чанг: “Потребители наркотиков – самые эффективные адвокаты изменений в глобальной наркополитике”

Anastasia Bezverkha

Aug 13, 2018

Во время Международной Конференции по СПИДУ 2018, порталу TalkingDrugs удалось пообщаться с Джуди Чанг – исполнительным директором Международной Сети людей,…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

Drug-related Deaths in England & Wales Reach Highest Figure on Record

Avinash Tharoor

Aug 6, 2018

Newly published data reveals that the rate of drug-related deaths in England and Wales has, once again, reached a new…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Trafficking

Снижение вреда через Dark Net – это работает! – ВИДЕО

Anastasia Bezverkha

Aug 3, 2018

Репрессивная наркополитика и жесткий контроль за употреблением и распространением наркотиков все больше вытесняют наркопотребителей в онлайн. Darknet – анонимная онлайн…

Drug Trafficking

Israeli Weapons Manufacturer Selling Guns to Duterte’s Drug War

Avinash Tharoor

Aug 1, 2018

An Israeli firearms manufacturer is supplying hundreds of assault rifles and other guns to anti-drug police forces in the Philippines.…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Cannabis Use Can No Longer Be Punished in Georgia, Court Rules

Avinash Tharoor

Jul 30, 2018

Georgia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that all punishments for cannabis consumption, including fines, be immediately abolished. The court’s ruling –…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Herbal Medical Cannabis Now Available in Malta, as Debate Over Recreational Legalisation Continues

Karen Mamo

Jul 30, 2018

Patients in Malta can now access herbal medical cannabis from one pharmacy, but proposals to legalise non-medical “recreational” cannabis are…