international

Zelensky: Legalizing Medical Cannabis Can Help Ukrainians’ War Trauma

The president of Ukraine is calling for the legalization of medical marijuana to help Ukrainians cope with trauma amid the…

June 29, 2023

Watch: A Documentary About Schizophrenia and Vaping

Does anyone care that people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have devastatingly high rates of smoking? Research has found the prevalence…

June 21, 2023

Canada Mandates Health Warnings on Every Single Cigarette

Canada will soon be the first country in the world to mandate that a health warning be printed on every…

June 13, 2023

UK Students’ Harm Reduction Work Deserves to Be Recognized

A May 15 article in the Times, one of the United Kingdom’s biggest newspapers, described harm reduction approaches supported by…

June 9, 2023

Colombia Is Now Very Close to Legalizing Cannabis

Lawmakers in Colombia have advanced a bill that would legalize cannabis for all adults. It has one more hurdle to…

June 8, 2023

How Vaping Has Surged Among Prisoners in the UK

Prisoners in the United Kingdom spent close to £8 million on nicotine vapes in the 2021-22 financial year, according to…

May 30, 2023

Brazil’s Supreme Court Shamefully Ducks Key Drug-Decrim Ruling

On May 24, after eight full years of negligence, the Brazilian Supreme Court was supposed to rule in an Extraordinary…

May 25, 2023

Social Centers for People Who Use Drugs a Tantalizing Prospect in Brazil

On May 16, the Brazilian National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) issued an important recommendation—to the country’s ministries of Human…

May 18, 2023

EU Moves Toward Banning Algorithmic Policing and Sentencing

In the United States, many top criminal-legal system operatives and thought leaders worship at the shrine of the algorithm. This…

May 17, 2023

Australia’s New Vape Crackdown Incentivizes Smoking, Critics Say

Australia’s government is intensifying its tight restrictions on nicotine vapes, announcing a ban on the sale of all nonprescription vaping…

May 15, 2023