Tag: prohibition
Australia’s Vape Prohibition Replicates Drug-War Disasters
In the land down under, a burgeoning illicit market for vaping products paints a ...
“Drug Legalization Handbook” Urges Individual Reparations, Repealing CSA
It’s time to end prohibition and instead legalize and regulate all drugs, according to ...
Afghanistan’s Poppy Ban May Fail. Its Success Could Bring Global Crisis.
For decades, the war-torn country of Afghanistan has been the world’s largest producer of ...
If You Care About the Climate Crisis, Fight to Legalize Drugs
On June 26, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual ...
Brazil Promises “Evidence-Based” Drug Policy, a Term That’s Lost All Meaning
In March, at Session 66 of the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the ...
“Lawmakers Have to Google It”: Inside the Struggle to Regulate Kratom
Dozens of legislatures across the United States are currently weighing how to regulate or ...
The Case for Prohibition—and Its Violence—as UN Rights Breach
It’s well documented that banning drugs leads to violence. But a new paper, published ...
California Votes to Ban Sales of Almost All Flavored Nicotine Products
California residents voted in the November 8 midterm elections to ban the sale of ...
Lula Inherits Legacy of Bolsonaro’s Drug Policy Harms—and His Own
On November 1, President Jair Bolsonaro gave a brief speech in which he did ...
“Democracy Will Die” If We Don’t End Drug War, Colombian Pres. Tells UN
Colombia’s recently inaugurated president told members of the United Nations on September 20 that ...
