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How International Drug Policy Is Increasingly Fragmented

For many years, international drug policy seemed stuck in tired rhetoric about a ‘drug-free world’. International discussions repeatedly called for consensus, compliance and conformity with prohibition, while the global number…

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Feb 12, 2026

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Tehran Drug Police Chief: Treat Dependency in Iran as a Health Issue

Avinash Tharoor

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May 9, 2018

The top drug cop in the Iranian capital has criticised the state’s approach to drug use, and has said that…

How You Can Help Challenge Duterte’s Slaughter of People Who Use Drugs

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May 9, 2018

Since his presidential inauguration in June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte has turned the Philippines into hell on earth for some of…

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Конопля лечит! Заявили врачи и пациенты на первой конференции по медицинскому каннабису

Anastasia Bezverkha

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May 7, 2018

“Конопля лечит! Время изменить законы, которые отрицают научную истину”. Об этом заявили участники Первой международной конференции по медицинскому каннабису, состоявшейся…

Неадекватные сроки за хранение наркотиков в “последней диктатуре Европы”

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May 5, 2018

«Беларусь — восточноевропейская страна, благословленная богатым культурным наследием и живописным ландшафтом, но ее люди подвержены одним из самых репрессивных законов в…

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A Leading Candidate in Colombia Presidential Elections Wants to End the War on Drugs

Avinash Tharoor

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May 3, 2018

One of the two leading candidates in the upcoming Colombian presidential election has denounced the country's militarised drug war and…

Drug Trafficking Other Drugs

President Duterte’s Son Cleared of Drug Trafficking, as Extrajudicial Killings Continue

Avinash Tharoor

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May 2, 2018

As the extrajudicial killing of people for alleged drug offences continues in the Philippines, the president’s son has been cleared…

World’s First MDMA Trials for Treating Alcohol Dependency Begin in UK

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Apr 26, 2018

The world’s first clinical trials exploring the use of MDMA assisted therapy for treating alcohol dependency have begun in the…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Sri Lanka to Open South Asia’s First Medical Cannabis Plantation

Avinash Tharoor

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Apr 24, 2018

Sri Lanka will begin cultivating cannabis for medical purposes later this year, the health minister has announced. Health minister Rajitha…

75 Years After First LSD Trip, Psychedelic Science is Making a Comeback

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Apr 20, 2018

At 4:20 pm on April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann (37), a Swiss chemist working at Sandoz Pharmaceuticals in Basel (now…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

В каких странах применяется смертная казнь за наркотики – глобальный отчет

Avinash Tharoor Перевод: Anastasia Bezverkha

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Apr 18, 2018

Как минимум в 33 странах мира все еще применяется смертная казнь за преступления, связанные с наркотиками. В новом отчете, опубликованном…

Cannabis Drug Policy

75% of Drug Offences in England and Wales are Cannabis Possession

Avinash Tharoor

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Apr 18, 2018

New data shows that the vast majority of recorded drug offences in England and Wales are for drug possession, with…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

Bangladesh Plans Death Penalty for Selling Meth

Avinash Tharoor

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Apr 13, 2018

Bangladeshi authorities have proposed an overhaul of the country’s drug laws, which includes provisions for people to be executed for…