prohibition

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 of smoking-related causes each year. Yet…

January 8, 2026

Cheered On by the WHO, Vietnam Tightens Total Vape Ban

On December 11, Vietnam passed an amendment to its Investment Law in order to prohibit all investment or commercial trade…

December 16, 2025

“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 international researchers and policy experts. Both…

December 8, 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

Resistance to the Anti-Nicotine Movement Sparked by a Betrayal

People who use nicotine have earned a reputation for pushing back against flavor bans, new taxes, registry bills and other…

October 27, 2025

Overdoses Should Be Termed “Prohibition-Related Deaths”

Another International Overdose Awareness Day arrives on August 31. It’s a time for us to reflect once more on a…

August 29, 2025

Indian Doctors Join Call to End the Country’s Vape Ban

India’s vape ban has been enforced for six long years, in a country where smoking kills over 1 million people…

August 18, 2025

“There’s Nothing in It That Works”—Global Commission Slams Drug War

The United States and Canada should fully decriminalize the use and possession of drugs rather than double down on a…

December 5, 2024

Mexico Set to Put Vape Ban in Constitution. It Could Fuel Violence, as Well as Smoking.

Mexico is set to make a vape ban part of its constitution by the end of 2024. “It is essential…

November 15, 2024

How Prison Smoking Bans Created a Health Crisis

When I first entered Washington State Department of Corrections custody in 1995, the currency was still cigarettes. In any cashless…

July 8, 2024