international

Mexico President: DEA “Fabricated” Accusations Against Military Leader

The Drug Enforcement Administration's imperialist grasp on Mexico seems to be loosening. President Andres Manuel López Obrador has called out the…

January 20, 2021

Could Biden Make His Country’s Global Drug War Even More Imperialist?

As President Joe Biden takes office, he has before him a proposed plan to reinvigorate the global war on people…

January 19, 2021

Watch: A Visually Stunning Chemsex Support Campaign

A Spanish HIV/AIDS organization has launched a colorful video campaign meditating on queer men's chemsex experiences and their pursuit of…

January 14, 2021

What Surging Fentanyl Use Among OAT Patients Says About the Pandemic

During the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in Ontario, Canada, the proportion of mandatory, routine drug screens imposed on opioid…

January 5, 2021

Colombia Weighs Cocaine Legalization Bid, Reboots Aerial Eradication

Colombia, the source of 90 percent of the world's cocaine supply, is split on the political future of its coca…

December 30, 2020

How UK Club Bouncers Prey On People Who Use Drugs

For college students in Britain, where the culture of electronic music is deeply embedded in the university experience, fear of…

December 30, 2020

Mexico Lawmakers Reclaim Sovereignty From DEA

On December 15, Mexico lawmakers passed a law reining in the asymmetrical, imperialist influence of the United States' Drug Enforcement…

December 17, 2020

Revealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug Markets

Heroin use became widespread in Russia in the late 1990s, amid the opening of international borders and social upheaval and…

December 16, 2020

A “Humane” Global Drug War Is Possible, House Commission Tells Biden

About 20 minutes into a US House of Representatives hearing on the findings of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission—a…

December 14, 2020

Worldwide COVID-19 Decarceration: A Lost Opportunity

COVID-19 has impacted us all, but people who are incarcerated have been among the hardest hit. Calls for large-scale releases…

December 10, 2020