cocaine

Latest European Drug Survey Highlights Pleasure, Polysubstance Use

The latest edition of the European Web Survey on Drugs confirms that despite rampant prohibition, people use a lot of…

March 21, 2025

Coca Summit in Peru Focuses Push to End Global Prohibition

The United Nations must “decolonize” global drug laws and deschedule the coca leaf, which is used daily by millions of…

February 20, 2025

Rooted in Colonialism, Coca Prohibition Could Be Nearing Its End

Calls to eradicate coca fields in the Peruvian Andes began a century ago as part of a mission civilisatrice led…

January 28, 2025

Amid DEA War on Meth, Cocaine Is at Last a “Traditional Plant-Based Drug”

The 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) is such a widely cited document partly because it houses Drug Enforcement Administration…

May 20, 2024

Edinburgh Quietly Releases Report in Favor of Safe Consumption Sites

After pressure from advocates, Edinburgh city councilors have published a long-awaited report supporting the feasibility of implementing safe consumption sites…

February 15, 2024

Stimulant Treatment Research Finally Uses Outcome Besides Abstinence

To whatever degree harm reduction has gotten mainstreamed, it still hasn't budged the meaning of “treatment” and how we measure…

January 10, 2024

Swiss Capital Exploring Legal Cocaine Sales

Lawmakers in Swizterland's capital city of Bern want to legalize cocaine for adults to buy, initially through a pilot program.…

December 22, 2023

How Common Is Fentanyl in Samples of Cocaine and Meth?

At face value, a recent study shows that fentanyl was quite common in samples of unregulated stimulant drugs taken from…

December 18, 2023

Fentanyl Isn’t Being Cut Into the Cocaine Supply. Here’s Why.

Over the course of my 28 years in prison, I've known a lot of people who sold drugs. I sold…

October 31, 2023

Another Record Coca Crop in Colombia, But Context Has Changed

Colombia set a new record for coca production in 2022. This isn't surprising, when the country is established as the…

September 15, 2023