Orphines: A Rising Group of Synthetic Opioids
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For the past decade, the world has seen an unprecedented explosion in synthetic drug production and distribution, particularly of synthetic…
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Canada’s Rise in Police-Reported Drug Offences is Not So Simple
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In October 2025, Statistics Canada released a report highlighting the country’s police-reported drug offences. Noteworthy among its findings was that…
How Bolivia’s Legal Coca Industry Challenges Drug Prohibition
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In Rio Blanco, a village perched on a mountainside overlooking a picturesque, tropical valley in Bolivia’s Yungas region, Crisologo Mendoza’s…
Dealing With Surveillance in Harm Reduction AI Tools
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have quickly become staple tools of the internet: unprecedented investments in this technology, appearing as chatbots,…
Experts and Cultivators Condemn WHO’s Failure to Reschedule Coca
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This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that the coca leaf remain a Schedule I substance within international…
Could Stimulant Replacement Therapy Reduce Cocaine and Stimulant Harms?
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Stimulant deaths around the world are on the rise. In the UK, the number of deaths involving cocaine is 11…
How Latin America Keeps Harm Reduction PUNK
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How do we tackle misinformation when talking about drugs is considered subversive? Last month, I took part in ‘Hacking Fascism:…
The Coca Paradox: To Regulate or Eradicate?
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In 2024, both Peru and Bolivia seized record amounts of cocaine, according to statistics obtained by InSight Crime, seizing 24…
“BEWARE!”: Trump’s Growing War on Narcoterrorism in the Americas
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The grainy, black-and-white footage shows a speedboat whizz through the waves before a fireball lights up the screen, stopping the…
“Throwing Away Knowledge”: Researchers Speak on US Defunding
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In 2025, the Trump administration began its promised reform of health and science, announcing in February 2025 that the National…
Futuro Coca: A Chance to Reshape the Future of Coca
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The latest edition of the Futuro Coca festival happened in July in Santa Marta, Colombia. The festival brought together indigenous,…
UNDP Report Calls for Drug Market Reforms to Achieve Global Development Goals
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The latest report published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is challenging governments to rethink their approach to drug…