How Crime Exploits the Environment
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The latest edition of Revista Platô brings together political thoughts, research and several calls to action to strengthen the link between…
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The Rise of Psychedelic Capitalism: Work Harder and Be Happy About It?
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Once stigmatized and outlawed, psychedelics are moving from the counterculture to the mainstream. From Prince Harry’s use of psilocybin to…
Regulating Cannabis Vapes in Brazil: A Matter of Health and Coherence
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The regulation of cannabis in Brazil is progressing rapidly. In a country where over 7.7% of the population has reported…
Is Fentanyl in All Drugs? New Study Challenges Common Myth
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Incessant reporting on fentanyl and related deaths have created a reality where people using drugs in British Columbia (BC) fear…
How Patients Became Collateral Damage in Mexico’s War on Fentanyl
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The current fentanyl crisis in the United States has had various and powerful consequences for Mexico. In the past month,…
“Starting to Brew”: How Decriminalisation Impacts People Using Drugs in Canada
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Stigma is a common experience in the lives of people who use drugs. It affects how they are treated by…
Noboa’s Re-Election Means No End To Ecuador’s Drug War
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A 16-year-old boy, alongside his 17-year-old accomplice, sped down the streets in Jipijapa, southern Ecuador, leaving behind a brutal crime…
US Study Highlights How Drug Criminalisation Prevents Care
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A recent report from the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) explores the interrelated issues of addiction, mental health and homelessness, looking…
Vin Mariani: From Health Tonic to Moral Panic
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Instead of a wine that makes you sleepy, imagine one that could keep you up and talking all night. Imagine…
“We Won’t Win” – A Pessimistic Outlook for the Black Future of Rio de Janeiro
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Just like Juscelino Kubitschek, former president of Brazil (1956-1961) and creator of the “50 Years in 5” plan which,…
Review: “Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs”
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Garth Mullins is an activist, musician, podcaster and writer. His first book, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs,…
Latest Report Highlights Small Drop in World Female Imprisonments
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A new report by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck University revealed that over 733,000 women…