Felipe Neis Araujo 
First Chemsex Harm Reduction Project in Brazil Takes Aim at Misinformation
During the pandemic, public health researchers in São Paulo began noticing what seemed to ...
UK to Criminalize Possession of Laughing Gas by End of 2023
The United Kingdom will ban nitrous oxide, AKA laughing gas, by the end of ...
São Paulo Drug-War Massacre Ends as Second-Deadliest on Record
On September 5, São Paulo military police ended a 40-day massacre that left at ...
Venezuela Bans All Vape Products, in Latest Blow to THR in Latin America
On August 1, Venezuela banned vapes and heated tobacco products. Vape shops have been ...
Brazil Formally Bans Cannabis Flower Import, Weeks After Denying Rumors
Effective July 20, Brazil’s National Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) will no longer authorize medical ...
Anti-Vape Propaganda Finds a Home in Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Industry
On June 27, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies rolled out the Portuguese translation of Transform ...
Brazil Supreme Court Delays Drug Decrim Trial, as Pressure Mounts
After an eight-year delay and a series of postponements in 2023, Brazil’s Supreme Court ...
São Paulo Funds “Cocaine Vaccine,” Setting Sights on Human Trials
In early June, São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes signed an agreement with the researchers ...
São Paulo Begins Ominous Inquiry Into Disproven “Crack Epidemic”
In 2016, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo held a parliamentary inquiry to investigate ...
Brazil’s Supreme Court Shamefully Ducks Key Drug-Decrim Ruling
On May 24, after eight full years of negligence, the Brazilian Supreme Court was ...
