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…
CannabisDrug TraffickingDeath Sentence for Malaysia Man Who Gave Patients Free Cannabis OilAvinash Tharoor.Sep 4, 2018A man has been sentenced to death in Malaysia for processing cannabis oil and distributing it to patients in need.…
Drug Harm ReductionDrug PolicyOpioidsReport: India Must Decriminalise Drug Use to Address Punjab CrisisAvinash Tharoor.Aug 29, 2018A new report has called on the Indian government to decriminalise drug use, primarily as a response to an ongoing…
Drug TraffickingDrugs & RaceOther DrugsThe Rohingya, Drugs, and Narratives of DifferenceRyan Hesketh.Aug 28, 2018The lives of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are being put at risk due to unsubstantiated claims about their involvement with…