Julián Quintero is a sociologist from the National University of Colombia. In 2008 he founded the Social Technical Action Corporation that would give rise to the Échele Cabeza project. (Photo: Fran Brivio)
1 August 2022
Americas & the Caribbean
“Your leaves of green, your purples and blue/ Has cured little kids, and old women too/ And I say to myself, what a wonderful herb!” (Damian and Stephen Marley, ‘Medication’). According to the Brazilian government, there is no such thing as medical cannabis, despite all the evidence presented in the medical literature. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Tomaz Silva.
29 July 2022
Women’s incarceration is on the rise across Latin America and is growing at a much faster rate than that of men, with devastating consequences for the women deprived of liberty, their families and communities. Source: WOLA
11 July 2022
On the left, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with Gilberto Gil, then Minister of Culture. On the (far-)right, President Jair Bolsonaro, who dissolved the Ministry of Culture in the first year of his administration. Sources: Agencia Publica/Palacio do Planalto/Wikimedia Commons.
4 July 2022
Lack of information on adulterants and additives in the MDMA supply can lead to bad experiences or worse outcomes. Knowledge is power in harm reduction. Source: serpeblu
28 June 2022
Shoes of loved ones who have died through the opiate epidemic in the city at presentation on The International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) 2020. Source: Wandering views
21 June 2022
Photos courtesy of Yes on Measure 110
9 June 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
23 May 2022
Clinical claims around the myth of post-MDMA depression fail to align with the reality of the consumption of this drug.
9 May 2022