Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard 
Brazil Heading for Even Deadlier Drug War After Election of President Jair Bolsonaro
On October 28, repressive drug policy secured a powerful platform in Brazil, the world’s ...
Misinformation About So-Called “Terrorist Drug” Dispelled in New Report
If you’re in the US, you may not have heard of captagon—an understudied synthetic ...
Why South Korean and Japanese People Still Can’t (Legally) Smoke Weed in Canada
South Korean and Japanese people visiting or living in Canada will have to think ...
US Support for Death Penalty Hits All-Time Low
The percentage of Americans who believe in that the death penalty is applied fairly ...
A Drug-Free World is “Unrealistic and Unachievable:” Report on the Past 10 Years of Global Drug Policy
On October 21, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDCP)—a global network of 177 NGOs—released ...
Cannabis Legalization in Canada Is a Giant, Imperfect Leap Forward
On October 16, a legal national market for cannabis opens in Canada, as a ...
“No More Photo Ops”—NYC Activists Demand Legislators Take Responsibility for OD Crisis
Last year, for the first time in 11 years, black people had the highest ...
The Language of Addiction: New York Times Insists on Perpetuating Stigma
The debate over journalists’ language on drug use was reignited by a recent email ...
Infographic: Which States Have the Highest Rates of Opioid-Related Insurance Claims
The state-by-state concentration of health insurance claim lines associated with opioid “abuse” and dependence ...
Ohio Plans to Ban Kratom—And the DEA May Be Close Behind
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy (BOP) has proposed that the active compounds in kratom—a recreational ...
