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In December 2020, when almost 200.000 people had already succumbed to COVID-19, Sao Paulo’s right-wing governor, Joao Doria, inaugurated a new penitentiary in the city of Registro. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Governo do Estado de São Paulo.

In Brazil, 80,000 Incarcerations in One Year is What the UNODC Calls ‘Excellent’

31 March 2022

Image of Matuzza Sankofa courtesy of Imaginários by Condô Cultural

Harm Reduction and Liberation for Black Trans Drug Users in Brazil

17 March 2022

Overdose equipment and other harm reduction materials would be made available by the Department of Health's harm reduction fund. Photo: David Nager/Alliance

Crack Pipes & Dog Whistles – Behind the Racist Media Coverage of Harm Reduction in the US

14 March 2022

The Plan to Reschedule Psilocybin at the UN

2 March 2022

Image: Salto Ángel Waterfall in Venezuela

Staring into the Abyss: Examining Venezuela’s Drug Policies

1 March 2022

Where’s the Justice in Arresting Michael K. Williams’ Drug Sellers?

17 February 2022

This blood-stained and torn school uniform top belonged to Marcos Vinícius da Silva, killed in a police operation at Favela da Maré in 2018. Before dying, the 14-year-old boy told his mother that police officers fired at him from an armoured vehicle. Source: Agência Brasil / Fernando Frazão.

How Drug Policy and Policing Harm Children in Rio de Janeiro

15 February 2022

One of The loop's drug testing sites at a festival, where specialist advice can be given to attendants. Source: The Loop

Check Your Drugs (and yourself): the impact of drug checking services on consumer behaviours

8 February 2022

Virtual poster celebrating a PROERD graduation in the state of Minas Gerais. Source: Felisburgo Townhall

Brazilian D.A.R.E. Programme is A Failure. We Need Real Drug Education

24 January 2022

Myro Rolim, a social educator in the field of harm reduction

Myro Rolim: Drug Education as Emancipation

13 January 2022

Americas & the Caribbean

In December 2020, when almost 200.000 people had already succumbed to COVID-19, Sao Paulo’s right-wing governor, Joao Doria, inaugurated a new penitentiary in the city of Registro. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Governo do Estado de São Paulo.

Image of Matuzza Sankofa courtesy of Imaginários by Condô Cultural

Overdose equipment and other harm reduction materials would be made available by the Department of Health's harm reduction fund. Photo: David Nager/Alliance

Image: Salto Ángel Waterfall in Venezuela

This blood-stained and torn school uniform top belonged to Marcos Vinícius da Silva, killed in a police operation at Favela da Maré in 2018. Before dying, the 14-year-old boy told his mother that police officers fired at him from an armoured vehicle. Source: Agência Brasil / Fernando Frazão.

One of The loop's drug testing sites at a festival, where specialist advice can be given to attendants. Source: The Loop

Virtual poster celebrating a PROERD graduation in the state of Minas Gerais. Source: Felisburgo Townhall

Myro Rolim, a social educator in the field of harm reduction

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