Tag: drug war

    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, ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

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

    One of the last significant acts by Flavio Dino as Brazil’s minister of justice, ...

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    Felipe Neis Araujo

    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, ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    Moms Can Lead the Fight to End the Drug War

    I teared up as I watched Leroy Walker Sr., whose son was killed in ...

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    Hanna Liebman Dershowitz

    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 ...

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    Suchitra Rajagopalan

    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. ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    China to Target Fentanyl Precursors, Deepening the Synthetic Drug War

    China has reportedly agreed to crack down on companies that manufacture and export fentanyl ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    “Drug Legalization Handbook” Urges Individual Reparations, Repealing CSA

    It’s time to end prohibition and instead legalize and regulate all drugs, according to ...

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    Ben Adlin

    Marijuana Possession More Than One-Quarter of 2022 Drug Arrests, FBI Says

    Arrests for marijuana made up nearly one-third of all drug arrests in the United ...

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    Ben Adlin

    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 ...

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    Felipe Neis Araujo