USA. US-Milliardär spendet Millionen für Anti-Tabak-Kampagne Kapstadt – Der US-Milliardär und frühere New Yorker Bürgermeister Michael Bloomberg will mit einer Spende von 20 Millionen Dollar eine neu gegründete O…

Schweiz. Parlament erzeugt Druck - Bundesrat will mit Cannabis-Versuchen nun vorwärts machen Erstmals spricht sich der Bundesrat klar für Versuche mit legaler Cannabis-Abgabe an Kiffer aus. Noch ist allerdings unklar, wie schnell diese…

USA. White House Opioids Summit Highlights Plans to Fight Crisis Attendees at a White House Opioids Summit on Thursday — including President Donald J. Trump, cabinet members, and the surgeon general — detailed programs and voiced ideas…

Portugal. Portugal’s Largest Political Party Endorses Cannabis Legalisation The Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest party in the Portuguese Parliament, has endorsed the legal regulation of cannabis. TalkingDrugs spoke with the MP behin…

Aligning agendas: drugs, sustainable development, and the drive for policy coherence The International Peace Institute takes stock of the existing research on drug policy metrics and offers avenues to better adapt these to the SDGs (Sustainable Dev…

IDPC analysis of the UNODC World Drug Report 2017 As has been the case in recent years, the World Drug Report for 2017 – the flagship publication of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC or Office) - represents an impressive ove…