Felipe Neis Araujo 
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
How Drug “Decriminalization” Fueled Brazil’s Mass Incarceration Crisis
At first glance, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s cabinet looks very different ...
How Jamaica’s Medical Cannabis Market Abandons Traditional Farmers
The landscape of Jamaica’s medical cannabis industry may be shifting. After a Canadian company ...
Why Right-Wing Politicians Are Advancing Medical Cannabis in Brazil
On January 31, São Paulo’s Republicanos party Governor Tarcisio de Freitas shocked Brazil by ...
Lula Quietly Legitimizes Brazil’s Forced Drug Treatment Institutions
On January 20, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva established the Therapeutic Community Support ...
São Paulo’s New Governor Makes Ominous Moves to “End Cracolândia”
Cracolândias—areas with high levels of street-based homelessness and public drug use—have been spreading throughout ...
Lula Inherits Legacy of Bolsonaro’s Drug Policy Harms—and His Own
On November 1, President Jair Bolsonaro gave a brief speech in which he did ...
Brazil Harm Reduction Faces an Uphill Battle, Even If Bolsonaro Is Ousted
Many people, myself included, were sure that President Jair Bolsonaro’s misrule would end in ...
