international

Ideology and Bloomberg Dollars Distort Global Tobacco Treaty

Once trusted to champion evidence-based public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has slipped into an increasingly ideological stance on…

December 5, 2025

“Moral Bankruptcy” as WHO Opts to Maintain Global Coca Prohibition

The World Health Organization had a historic opportunity to ease a strict global ban on the coca leaf—a prohibition, campaigners…

December 3, 2025

“Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage

The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ended on…

November 26, 2025

“Clock Starts to Tick,” Amid Trump’s Venezuela Build-Up

The United States continues its heavy military build-up in the Caribbean, and continues to strike boats off the coast of…

November 25, 2025

Remembering Peter Krykant, Who Knew Harm Reduction Couldn’t Wait

It’s been a few months since Peter Krykant’s passing in June, at the age of 48. He hit the global…

November 20, 2025

Stigma by Association Is Driving Workers Out of Harm Reduction

Everyone knows about the stigma faced by people who use drugs. What’s far less visible is the stigma experienced by…

November 14, 2025

Inside One Hospital, a Discreet Project Fights Doctors’ Nicotine Bias

Medical professionals are badly misinformed about nicotine, with severe and tragic consequences for patients’ health. There are people working hard…

November 12, 2025

“Massive Milestone” as Vaping Overtakes Smoking in Britain

For the very first time, more adults in Great Britain are using vapes than are smoking cigarettes. New data from…

November 7, 2025

“Weaponizing Grief”—Experts Weigh In on Trump’s Continuing Boat Strikes

Yet again, like clockwork, “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth boasted on November 4 about a “lethal kinetic strike” on a…

November 5, 2025

Death Toll From US Boat Strikes Now Exceeds 60

On October 29, the United States struck another boat in the eastern Pacific, killing four people on board. The attack…

October 30, 2025