Drug TraffickingOther DrugsMeth Trade Now Dominates Myanmar’s Largest StateAvinash Tharoor.Jan 9, 2019The illegal drug trade in the eastern Myanmar state of Shan now dwarfs the entire formal economy. The production and…
CannabisCoca & CocaineDrug PolicyDrug TraffickingOpioidsИнтерактивная карта: что изменилось в глобальной наркополитике в 2018 годуTalking Drugs.Jan 2, 2019В 2018 в мире усилилась поддержка реформы каннабиса. Однако в некоторых странах – Бангладеш, Филиппинах и Бразилии и других –…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingSaudi Arabia Begins 2019 with Three Executions for Drug OffencesAvinash Tharoor.Jan 2, 2019Authorities in Saudi Arabia executed three people for non-violent drug offences on the first day of 2019, highlighting the continuation…
Drug PolicyDrug TraffickingOther DrugsBangladesh to Begin Hanging People for Non-Violent Drug OffencesAvinash Tharoor.Dec 27, 2018People in Bangladesh now face execution for a range of non-violent drug offences. The Narcotics Control Act 2018, which came…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyOpioidsНовости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [Декабрь 2018]Anastasia Bezverkha.Dec 21, 20181. Болгария в зоне риска. Из-за сокращения финансирования в стране с мая 2017 года не работают программы обмена шприцев. Детальней…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyOpioidsTalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [December 2018]Anastasia Bezverkha.Dec 21, 20181. Bulgaria at risk. Harm reduction financing has reached critically-low levels in Bulgaria. The government has failed to provide sufficient…
Drug PolicyDrugs & GenderWomen Against Women in Duterte’s Drug WarTalking Drugs.Dec 19, 2018The Philippines is the centre of the world's bloodiest drug war. Only two years after President Rodrigo Duterte launched 'Oplan…
Drug PolicyOn Human Rights Day, Philippines Claims Drug War Slaughter “Protects Lives”Avinash Tharoor.Dec 10, 2018The Philippines government has claimed that the country’s drug war protects innocent citizens, despite President Duterte admitting the state’s role…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & GenderНовости Talking Drugs из региона Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии [ноябрь 2018]Anastasia Bezverkha.Nov 27, 20181. В 40-вом заседании правления Глобального Фонда, прошедшим 14-15 ноября в Женеве, принимала участие Делегация организаций развивающихся стран. Делегация подняла…
CannabisDrug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyDrugs & GenderTalkingDrugs Updates from Eastern Europe & Central Asia [November 2018]Anastasia Bezverkha.Nov 27, 20181. The Developing Country NGO Delegation raised key issues at the 40th Board Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight…
CannabisDrug PolicyThailand Legislators Overwhelmingly Endorse Medical Cannabis LegalisationAvinash Tharoor.Nov 26, 2018Thailand’s parliament has almost unanimously accepted the first reading of a bill to legalise medical cannabis, but there is growing…
Drug PolicyOpioidsRussia May Begin Domestic Opium Production to Counter Economic SanctionsAvinash Tharoor.Oct 25, 2018The Russian government's legislative commission has approved a draft law that would legalise licensed opium production in the country. The…