Mexico has never seemed so close and yet so far from fully regulating the adult-use cannabis market. A first Supreme…
On July 27, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its eighth report on the global tobacco “epidemic,” highlighting the “need to…
On July 16, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that heated tobacco products (HTP), sometimes known as "heat-not-burn" products, will be exempted…
Native to Southeast Asia, kratom is a plant and herbal medicine with mild opioid and stimulant-like properties. It was held…
On June 25, the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published new draft guidelines encouraging health…
Nearly three years after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that the nation’s marijuana prohibition is unconstitutional, it voted on June 28 to…
On June 4, Chandran Vithushan, a young man in Sri Lanka, was buried by his family. He had been arrested…
More roadblocks loom for Alberta’s safe consumption sites, as the provincial government sets new regulations for the facilities' operations. The…
By every measure, the global drug war has failed. It has failed to decrease drug use and sales. Drug-involved overdose…
All over the world, few countries are taking the trouble to monitor smoking prevalence among Indigenous populations, according to a…