In March, at Session 66 of the United Nations' Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the delegation from Brazil vowed to take…
The United Kingdom has unveiled an "Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan" targeting people who use drugs, especially those who have criminal…
At first glance, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s cabinet looks very different from that of predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.…
The landscape of Jamaica's medical cannabis industry may be shifting. After a Canadian company recently exported cannabis into Jamaica—undercutting the…
On January 31, São Paulo's Republicanos party Governor Tarcisio de Freitas shocked Brazil by ratifying a law that will authorize…
On January 20, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva established the Therapeutic Community Support Department, a government office that further…
Cracolândias—areas with high levels of street-based homelessness and public drug use—have been spreading throughout Brazilian towns and cities since the…
On November 1, President Jair Bolsonaro gave a brief speech in which he did not acknowledge his defeat in Brazil’s…
Many people, myself included, were sure that President Jair Bolsonaro’s misrule would end in Brazil's first round of elections, held…
More transgender people are murdered in Brazil than any other country in the world. Though the government criminalized queer- and…