Tag: international
What Are the Prospects for Canada’s Federal Drug Decriminalization Bill?
Right now, cities and provinces around Canada are pursuing decriminalization in piecemeal fashion. Recently, ...
UK Launches Independent Review to Look at Tobacco Health Disparities
On February 4, the United Kingdom launched an independent review to study smoking-related health ...
Appeal Dismissal Means New Alberta SCS Barriers Now Take Effect
Alberta harm reductionists are reeling as their appeal over an injunction against a new ...
Winnipeg Offers Winter Fire Barrels, Not Homes, to Unhoused People
The city of Winnipeg, Manitoba is giving free steel fire barrels to unhoused residents ...
Alberta Legal Battle Against New SCS Barriers Is Going to the Wire
Alberta, Canada, remains a battleground for harm reduction rights. This past August, a coalition ...
London’s Cannabis Diversion Plan Draws Political Fire
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is hoping to introduce a scheme that would ...
Ten Underlying Reasons Behind Opposition to Vaping
[This article is excerpted from Stop Smoking Start Vaping by Dr. Colin Mendelsohn. Copyright ...
Ex-WHO Director Slams Its Tobacco Harm Reduction Denial
The World Health Organization’s reputation took another big hit at a conference in London ...
Desperate to Win the Smokefree Race, New Zealand Resorts to Prohibition
Bhutan was the first country to ban the import and sale of tobacco, in ...
World Health Organization Decides Not to Call for Global Kratom Ban
Kratom advocates are cheering a new decision from the United Nations World Health Organization ...
