Felipe Neis Araujo

São Paulo Funds “Cocaine Vaccine,” Setting Sights on Human Trials

In early June, São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes signed an agreement with the researchers behind Calixcoca, a "cocaine vaccine" in…

June 12, 2023

São Paulo Begins Ominous Inquiry Into Disproven “Crack Epidemic”

In 2016, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo held a parliamentary inquiry to investigate what they referred to as a…

June 2, 2023

Brazil’s Supreme Court Shamefully Ducks Key Drug-Decrim Ruling

On May 24, after eight full years of negligence, the Brazilian Supreme Court was supposed to rule in an Extraordinary…

May 25, 2023

Social Centers for People Who Use Drugs a Tantalizing Prospect in Brazil

On May 16, the Brazilian National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) issued an important recommendation—to the country’s ministries of Human…

May 18, 2023

We Must Avoid Corporate Capture of Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Market

Back in March, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recreated the National Council for Economic and Social Development, an…

May 11, 2023

From São Paulo, a Wave of Medical Cannabis Reform Across Brazil

On 4/20, São Paulo State Deputy Caio França (Socialist Party) filed a bill that that would authorize domestic cannabis cultivation…

May 4, 2023

Lula Reinstates “Civil Society” to Brazil’s Drug Policy Council

In 2019, then-President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree that barred civil society representatives from participating in Brazil's National Council on…

April 19, 2023

Brazil Promises “Evidence-Based” Drug Policy, a Term That’s Lost All Meaning

In March, at Session 66 of the United Nations' Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the delegation from Brazil vowed to take…

April 6, 2023

UK to Ban Laughing Gas in “Anti-Social Behavior” Crackdown

The United Kingdom has unveiled an "Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan" targeting people who use drugs, especially those who have criminal…

March 30, 2023

How Drug “Decriminalization” Fueled Brazil’s Mass Incarceration Crisis

At first glance, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s cabinet looks very different from that of predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.…

March 23, 2023