Asia

Latest Posts From

Asia

“Duterte has degraded the discourse so much it’s become a matter of whether to kill or not” – Gideon Lasco on Drugs and the Philippines

Jan 26, 2022

An academic by training, Gideon Lasco does not limit his career to producing journal articles and book chapters. Beyond academia,…

Drug Trafficking Drugs & Development Opioids

Taliban and opium poppy: should we expect a ban on cultivation?

Anastasia Bezverkha

Oct 26, 2021

In 2000, the Taliban were in power and due to the official ban on opium cultivation, the world market fell…

Coca & Cocaine Drug Policy Drugs & Development Opioids

Трилемма наркополитики: как эффективно бороться с наркотиками, обеспечив также мир и развитие?

Talking Drugs

May 27, 2021

Смерть 25 человек в результате полицейского рейда в Рио де Жанейро в мае 2021 года вновь актуализировала фокус “войны с наркотиками”…

Drug Policy

Cruel Cages: How the Most Overcrowded Prison in the World Ignored a Pandemic

Kristine Montenegro Mendoza

May 12, 2021

Philippine jails are known for two things – the dancing inmates of Cebu who to the tune of Michael Jackson’s…

Drug Policy

Beyond Duterte: A Legacy Of Punitive Drug Policies In The Philippines

Gideon Lasco & Vincen Gregory Yu

Apr 12, 2021

These days, any invocation of the Philippine drug war instantly summons the figure of Rodrigo Duterte to mind. This is…

Cannabis Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

Thailand: Medical Cannabis is Legal. But Not Certain

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jan 12, 2021

The medical cannabis industry in Thailand is growing slowly and tentatively, but the potential is huge. Over the past few…

Drug Policy Drug Trafficking

Геноцид на Филиппинах: что происходит?

Talking Drugs

Sep 8, 2020

Портал TalkingDrugs предлагает вам перевод статьи Нико Воробьева, бывшего осужденного, который стал писателем и автором книги “Dopeworld” о международной наркоторговле.…

Drug Policy

Is What’s Happening in the Philippines a Genocide?

Niko Vorobyov

Aug 27, 2020

Just over two years ago, I found myself upstairs of a seedy karaoke bar on the northeast outskirts of Manila.…

Drugs & Development

In The World’s Forgotten Borderlands, The Drug Trade Helps People Survive – But At A Cost

Jonathan Goodhand

Aug 17, 2020

When Jangul’s* village on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan was bombed in the war between the Soviet communist regime…

Drug Policy

How Could They Do This To My Child? Extrajudicial Killings Of Children In The Philippines

Alex Somerville

Jul 6, 2020

Amidst public outrage at the sheer scale of global police violence, a new report urges the international community to unequivocally…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

Расизм и полицейский произвол — это глобальная проблема. А наркоконтроль — ее часть.

Talking Drugs

Jun 16, 2020

В этом ужасающем шоу бесстыдства и безнаказанности, отчет патологоанатома о результатах вскрытия тела Джорджа Флойда, установил, что имеющиеся проблемы со…

Drug Harm Reduction Drug Policy

29 стран. 49 моделей декриминализации наркотиков. Один онлайн-инструмент

Talking Drugs

Feb 6, 2020

Январь 2020 – интерактивная карта “Декриминализация наркотиков в мире”, разработанная порталом TalkingDrugs и организациями Release и IDPC (Международный консорциум по…