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,…
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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…
“Magic Mushroom” Vapes: A Capitalist Fad of the Psychedelic Renaissance
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The ‘shroom boom’ has yielded the global market all manner of ways to consume the enigmatic and ancient ‘magic mushroom’.…
Regional Focus On Medical Has Limited Caribbean Cannabis Reform
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A 2018 report authored by the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) called for unified progress to decriminalise and regulate…
COP16: How The Global Drug War Drives Harms for Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
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This October was the Conference of the Parties (COP) 16 to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia,…
The Legacy of Marielle Franco for Brazil’s Justice System
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Marielle Franco didn’t die; she multiplied into thousands of voices clamouring for justice. This October, the world finally witnessed the…
How Much Naloxone Is Too Much Naloxone?
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With the opioid crisis raging throughout North America and deteriorating across Europe, a variety of interventions have been deployed to…
Chemsex in Colombia: Risk, Health and Pleasure in Times of Digital Isolation
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Sexualised drug use is not a new phenomenon; in fact, it dates back to the origins of humanity. However, in…
A Decade In: Taking Stock of Uruguay’s Cannabis Regulation
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Uruguay’s cannabis regulation thrust the nation onto the global drug policy reform spotlight in 2013 when it passed the Law…
Judicial Reforms Spells Trouble for Mexico’s Democratic Independence
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Mexico’s judicial reforms just approved last month in Parliament will have long-lasting repercussions for the nation. These changes mean that…
Global Harm Reduction Growing Yet Still Punitive, According to New Report
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Harm Reduction International’s (HRI) 2024 edition of the Global State of Harm Reduction highlighted how Indigenous people and youth lack…
‘Know Drugs’: Reframing Drug Education Is Key To Ending The Drug War
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Worldwide, the prevalence of drug use transcends borders, nationalities, and demographics. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)…