20 August 2019Canada might have found a back door to end the war on drugsCanada’s increased funding towards harm reduction provides an avenue to transform lives, and a way out of punishment-centred drug policy .
21 August 2019Mexico judge approves recreational cocaine for two usersIf upheld, the decision paves the way for a paradigmatic change in the way people who use drugs are treated by the justice system.
27 August 2019In New-Zealand, beneficiaries failing drugs tests still hit with sanctionsDespite the Labour Party's commitment to ending drug stigma and testing for beneficiaries, the system continues to punish a vulnerable minority.
27 August 2019Five of the ways unsanctioned harm reduction continues to blaze trailsOften at great risk, grassroots and community-led activism often fills gaps in service provision resulting from domestic laws.
29 August 2019 Iván Márquez rearming is a wake-up call: Efforts to fully implement the Colombian Peace Accords need to be escalatedThe Revolutionary Armed Forces' call to take up arms again should be a wake-up call to double international efforts towards the peace accords.
29 August 2019French cannabis legalisation debate ignores race, religion and the mass incarceration of MuslimsDespite being disproportionately targeted by drug policing, reform debates sidestep Muslim communities.
30 August 2019Formerly incarcerated women in the Americas connect in first-ever regional workshopThis workshop gathered women from 8 countries in the Americas to discuss incarceration conditions and share experiences to build a movement advocating for the rights of incarcerated women.
30 August 2019Thai health ministry receives cannabis oil for medical useMedical cannabis will be given to 12 hospitals to treat patients with a range of conditions, including cancer and Parkinson's disease.