Kanada. BC Enters 10th Year of Overdose Crisis, as It Shutters Harm Reduction Policies As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years since British Columbia declared the overdose crisis a public health emergency, an…

USA. The fate of addiction treatment hangs in the balance with Kennedy’s HHS overhaul A little-known federal agency that touches the lives of people across the United States by funding the 988 crisis line, naloxone distribution and addiction treatm…

Pentagon official: US military has no authority to do drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Pentagon official said Tuesday that special operations forces do not have the authority to launch drone attacks at drug cartels in…

Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels The administration has increased surveillance flights over Mexico as it tries to track the powerful cartels that dominate the fentanyl trade. (NBC News, USA, 08.04.2025) https://www.nbcn…

Trumps Forschungsfeindlichkeit hat Folgen Berlin – US-Präsident Donald Trump gilt nicht als Freund von Bildung und Wissenschaft. Etliche Stellenstreichungen und Budgetkürzungen wurden für die US-Forschung festgelegt, zudem kehrte sich Trump von der…

Global Drug Policy: “Countries are being freed up to actually speak their Minds minds” For the second year in a row, what had been an uneventful, consensus-driven United Nations meeting on drug policy saw unexpected drama and signs of real change…