drug war

Fears for Drug Users and Many Others After Indonesia’s Presidential Election

Indonesia appears to have chosen an authoritarian-minded former general with a harrowing human rights record as its next president. Preliminary…

February 22, 2024

São Paulo Installs Military Police Base at “Cracolândia”

On February 1 in São Paulo, a few hundred yards away from the city's embattled Cracolândia, Governor Tarcisio Freitas inaugurated the…

February 8, 2024

Biden’s Border Security Deal Is Collapsing. What Now?

President Biden's $118 billion anti-immigration deal is collapsing on the eve of its procedural vote in the Senate, abandoned by…

February 7, 2024

Sri Lanka’s Devastating Drug-War Crackdown on Poor Communities

Sri Lanka is several weeks into a devastating crackdown on the nation’s poor communities, supposedly to target people who sell…

January 18, 2024

Brazil Extends Rio Drug Interdiction Op, Despite No “Success”

One of the last significant acts by Flavio Dino as Brazil’s minister of justice, before President Lula appointed him to…

December 12, 2023

Global Drug War Is Failing by Its Own Standards, Shows Damning Report

A new report reveals damning metrics on the global drug war. Despite widespread prohibition, international levels of banned drug use…

December 6, 2023

Moms Can Lead the Fight to End the Drug War

I teared up as I watched Leroy Walker Sr., whose son was killed in the recent mass shooting in Maine,…

November 28, 2023

Global Drug War Funding Must Be Key Focus of US Advocacy

In October, over 1,400 drug policy reform advocates and activists from at least 24 countries gathered in the Arizona desert.…

November 22, 2023

He Fought Rockefeller Laws That Cost Him 10 Years. Now He Sells Cannabis.

I know the horrors of the failed War on Drugs," Terrence Stevens said heavily. Convicted in 1992 under New York's…

November 15, 2023

China to Target Fentanyl Precursors, Deepening the Synthetic Drug War

China has reportedly agreed to crack down on companies that manufacture and export fentanyl precursors, a key deliverable for President…

November 14, 2023