Police play an important part in the control of drugs in society. How could their role be removed? Source: Johnny Silvercloud
5 October 2022
Americas & the Caribbean
28 September 2022
The manifesto "You are also a victim in the war on drugs" outlines its structured approach to transition the country away from its punitive, racist and classist War on Drugs. Source: Manifesto's website
14 September 2022
Petro's new Government and his commitment to drug policy change could usher in a new future of drug control for Colombia and the world. Source: Gabriel Leonardo Guerrero
8 September 2022
The purple "Ni una mas!" is a permanent monument - also called the anti-monument - to murdered women in Mexico and femicide in the heart of the city. Source: Thayne Tuason
23 August 2022
Poppies are first scored with a blade before their gum is harvested. Source: Couperfield
22 August 2022
Ketamine is an interesting substance that is neither defined by its aneasthetic or psychedelic effects. Source: Jazzy Geoff
18 August 2022
Soldiers and cops occupied the Favela da Rocinha in 2017 to execute prison warrants against drug dealers. There is a scene in the classic TV show The Wire in which Major Colvin says: “ I mean, you call something a war and pretty soon everybody gonna be running around acting like warriors. They gonna be running around on a damn crusade, storming corners, slapping on cuffs, racking up body counts. And when you are at war, you need a fucking enemy. And pretty soon, damn near everybody on every corner is your fucking enemy. And soon the neighbourhood that you're supposed to be policing, that's just occupied territory.” Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Fernando Frazao
17 August 2022
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
“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