Tag: international
The WHO Gambled Behind Closed Doors With 200 Million Lives
Two United Nations Conferences of Parties (COP) took place last week—both with the ostensible ...
Global Drug Policy Index Shines Light on Harm Reduction, Human Rights
Following the bouncing ball of international drug policies is an almost impossible task, as ...
Women’s Voices Among Those Absent at the Global Tobacco Control COP
Global tobacco control is deeply political, divisive, and reflects the prevailing gendered and other ...
UK Will Send a Powerful Message by Allowing NHS to Prescribe Vapes
The UK has long been among the world’s leaders in tobacco harm reduction, and ...
Ottawa Decriminalization Moves Accelerate Amid Shift to Meth
Ottawa may not have advanced as far as some neighboring municipalities—like Toronto or Montreal—when ...
Experts Dismiss “Gimmick” of UK Cops’ Anti-Cocaine Spray
Police in the UK have come up with a new way of trying to ...
“Why Is Our Costly Global Drug War Failing?” Senators Ask State Department
Top Democratic senators filed a new spending bill report that calls out the federal ...
One Hundred Tobacco Control Experts Urge WHO to Adopt Harm Reduction
On October 18, 100 tobacco control experts called on the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Health Canada Is Poised to Take a Disastrous Wrong Turn on Vaping
The Canadian government recently consulted on its proposals for regulating—read:banning—flavors used in vaping products. ...
Fentanyl Batches I Have Known in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada often seems to get left out of discussions of our country’s ongoing ...
