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,…
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“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…
“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…