Cancer patients, people suffering from post-traumatic disorder, and wounded soldiers poised to benefit after Ukraine parliament passes historic law on medical cannabis
Japan moves one step forward and two steps back with efforts to legalise cannabis-based medicines while tightening policies on recreational use of cannabis.
Nelson and Dumbili introduce a special issue of 'Drugs, Habits and Social Policy' that sheds light on the social and structural drivers of opioid use in the continent, and the impacts of restrictive policy.
The shift towards synthetic drugs, coupled with prohibition-led unpredictable and toxic drug supplies, has sparked a harrowing overdose crisis in North America, demanding policy reforms that advance harm reduction and learn from the pitfalls of the 'war on drugs'.
Through participatory workshops, activists, policymakers and farmers collectively envisioned models of legal regulation for industrial hemp, medical and adult-use cannabis.
The UK government plans to ban the sale of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, despite independent advice suggesting that prohibition is not the most effective way to tackle its misuse.