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Published in: Home‘Symbol of life’: where taking drugs is a sacred actThe war on drugs is presented as a battle against social evils. But from the Andes to the Caribbean, prohibition has...
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Published in: HomeFrom the US to Indonesia, why do we perpetuate the ‘war on drugs’?As the United Nations General Assembly Session meets in New York today to discuss the ‘world drug problem’, our...
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Published in: HomeAt the United Nations, are we any closer to ending the global addiction to prohibition?The unregulated, unlicensed drug market is the purest, most deadly form of capitalism – prioritising profit above...
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Published in: HomeWhy is the UN failing to solve the ‘world drug problem’?On 19 April, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) meets to find a solution to the failed...
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Published in: HomeWhat hope remains for drug policy reform at UNGASS?The inability to recognise the reality of the current situation worldwide is the biggest failing of the ‘outcome...
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Published in: HomeOur drug policy system is an expensive failure. What are the alternatives?The exorbitant cost of punitive drug policy is actually an argument for change. What if we invested in good quality...
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Published in: Home“They were telling pure lies”: a survivor of Mexico’s Tlatlaya massacre shatters the official account“Everyone in the government, the state, wanted this to go unpunished. They thought I would never talk.” Eyewitness...
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Published in: HomeHas Argentina entered the 'war on drugs'?One of the dangers of the new government's anti-drugs measures is that they enable military intervention in matters...
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Published in: HomeDrug control reformers must remember our commitment to human rightsThe prohibitionist approach undertaken by drug policies has created a great deal of unnecessary suffering. With the...
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Published in: HomeMeet the Brazilian sociologist fighting back against the 'war on drugs'"We have to stop the war on drugs if we want to live in a safer and more just society". (3:53 minutes)
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Published in: HomeThis is how Singapore teaches children to stay away from drugsThe city-state has been distributing morbid anti-drug propaganda in its schools. So we asked an expert what...
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Published in: HomeWhat’s really behind the ‘failure’ of the US ‘war on drugs’ in Afghanistan?Although drug production has not been reduced, this has not really been a failure. The drug war’s true function lies...
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Published in: HomeIn the Middle East, the prospects of a kinder drug policy remain distantAcross the Middle East, the ‘Americanisation’ of global drug policy seems as engrained and as inflexible as ever.
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Published in: HomeDrones, drugs and deathThe war on terror’s methods of mass surveillance and remote warfare are not unique. The US is also addicted to...
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Published in: HomeIs capitalism fuelling the war on drugs?In the Americas, state policies, under cover of an anti-narcotics struggle, lead to terror and displacement. And...
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Published in: HomeWill UNGASS 2016 be the beginning of the end for the ‘war on drugs’?Held this April, will the United Nations General Assembly Special Session be the turning point for the international...
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Published in: Home“The degree of the racism is insane”: Johann Hari on the ‘war on drugs’“African Americans are no more likely to buy or sell drugs than any other group, but they make up the overwhelming...
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Published in: HomeThe United Nations is supposed to be negotiating a solution to the ‘world drug problem’, and it’s not going wellNearly 200 civil society organisations are expressing serious concerns with the preparations for the upcoming United...
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Published in: HomeDecriminalising drugs is not just talk – meet the countries actually experimenting with itFaced with a mountain of human rights abuses caused by criminalising people who use drugs, some states are turning...
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Published in: HomeWomen are bearing the brunt of our most punitive drug policiesFrom Colombia to Thailand, drug policy reforms are urgently needed to end the mass incarceration of women for drug...
