Tag: international
Asia-Pacific’s Harm Reduction Blind Spot Is Costing Lives
Most people who smoke tobacco live in the Asia-Pacific region. Millions of them die ...
A Rare Case of Open Debate on Tobacco Harm Reduction
“If safer alternatives can save lives, what responsibility do we have to science, to ...
Cheered On by the WHO, Vietnam Tightens Total Vape Ban
On December 11, Vietnam passed an amendment to its Investment Law in order to ...
Pressure Builds on Hegseth for Killings of Helpless Boat-Strike Survivors
Democratic lawmakers are demanding that “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth release footage of a strike ...
“From Forest to Dust” Shows How Drug Prohibition Drives Climate Crisis
Drug prohibition is a driver of the climate crisis, outlines a major report by ...
Ideology and Bloomberg Dollars Distort Global Tobacco Treaty
Once trusted to champion evidence-based public health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has slipped ...
“Moral Bankruptcy” as WHO Opts to Maintain Global Coca Prohibition
The World Health Organization had a historic opportunity to ease a strict global ban ...
“Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage
The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention ...
“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 ...
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 ...
