Two United Nations Conferences of Parties (COP) took place last week—both with the ostensible goal of saving lives. But the…
Following the bouncing ball of international drug policies is an almost impossible task, as every variable imaginable can impact the…
Global tobacco control is deeply political, divisive, and reflects the prevailing gendered and other social hierarchies that influence policy and…
The UK has long been among the world’s leaders in tobacco harm reduction, and for years the country’s health authorities…
Ottawa may not have advanced as far as some neighboring municipalities—like Toronto or Montreal—when it comes to formal proposals for…
Police in the UK have come up with a new way of trying to deter the increasing number of people…
Top Democratic senators filed a new spending bill report that calls out the federal government over the failures of the…
On October 18, 100 tobacco control experts called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to accept the reality of safer…
The Canadian government recently consulted on its proposals for regulating—read:banning—flavors used in vaping products. Its supposed justifications include a perceived…
Atlantic Canada often seems to get left out of discussions of our country’s ongoing drug-poisoning crisis. Yet recorded overdose deaths…