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Published in: HomeThe other silence breakers: women in the war on drugsToday we see an increase in the number of women around the world actively taking on leadership roles and advocacy...
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Published in: HomeHow the country that invented many of the world's drugs turned against them – until nowCocaine in 1859; heroin in 1888 – and a ban introduced in 1929. Now, however, times are changing – and more...
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Published in: HomeThe logic of Singapore’s death penalty for drugs is untenableMy experience working with the families of death row inmates has shown me just how problematic this legislation really is.
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Published in: HomeBloodshed, shame and lies – this is why you should give a damn about prohibitionist drug policyThis is the reality of the ‘war on drugs’: children dying alone because of shame and stigma, escalating...
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Published in: HomeWhose morality? Johann Hari on the future of the ‘war on drugs’“If your morality doesn’t look at the actual practical effects of what you’re doing, it’s not a moral debate, it’s...
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Published in: Home‘A training in violence’: the connecting line between France’s ‘war on drugs’ and jihadismIn France, there are many ways in which the pool of violence caused by drug prohibition bleeds into home-grown...
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Published in: HomeTurkey successfully legalised and regulated its opium production. Could Mexico?That’s the question asked by the governor of the biggest opium-producing state in Mexico – a state which,...
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Published in: HomeAfter an insubstantial UN drugs summit last month, what’s left for Latin America?The global crackdown on drugs has spurred violence akin to war in some Latin American countries. But the world’s...
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Published in: HomeA marijuana arrest that went terribly wrong: the story of Miguel Ángel DurrelsIn September 2013, Miguel Ángel Durrels was arrested in Buenos Aires province for marijuana possession. 12 hours...
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Published in: HomeAcross Asia, we need to give the women incarcerated by the ‘war on drugs’ a voiceOnly then will the public begin to see the human face of repressive policies and the lives destroyed in the pursuit...
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Published in: HomeMissed opportunity or a foundation for the future of drug reform? Measuring success at UNGASS 2016Our challenge is to maintain momentum: that the UN General Assembly Special Session is used as a springboard for...
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Published in: HomeIs the ‘war on drugs’ destroying women’s lives?Across the world, women are being incarcerated at an alarming rate for drug offences. The vast majority are single...
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Published in: HomeI discovered the truth about Singapore's 'war on drugs'. Now I campaign against the death penaltyThe Singaporean criminal justice system expected Yong Vui Kong to die for a mistake he’d made when he was just 19...
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Published in: HomeUnravelling the myth of China’s 'Opium Plague'The image of China as an opium slave was the starting point for an international ‘war on drugs’ which, over a...
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Published in: HomeKidnapped and coerced: this is Liliana's storyIn this photo essay, Liliana recounts how she was threatened and forced into transporting drugs to Argentina, where...
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Published in: HomeIn Mexico, the human rights abuses of the ‘war on drugs’ have been a daily reality for more than a decadeImpunity over human rights violations generates an unconscionable mixture: the economic and political interests of...
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Published in: HomeSearching for an alternative to the ‘war on drugs’ in Rio de JaneiroThe Brazilian city has been an extreme example of the failure of the ‘war on drugs’ – but recent policing measures...
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Published in: Home"Our children are dying": meet the activists saying 'no more' to the 'war on drugs'In April, openDemocracy was in New York to meet the Caravan Activists, a remarkable group of men and women, who have...
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Published in: HomeWhere do we go from here? The drug policy debate continuesThe global drug prohibition model stokes human rights violations across the world, despite the recent UN drug...
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Published in: HomeImpasse or turning point for the ‘war on drugs’? UNGASS 2016, explainedThe official consensus from the United Nations summit last month was ‘business as usual’ for the global drug control...
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