Revealing the missing link to Climate Justice: DRUG POLICY (…) It is increasingly being recognised5 that criminal actors are financing land grabs, deforestation, timber and wildlife trafficking and socially and ecologically devastating mining. And…

Kanada. British Columbia court blocks new laws against public use of drugs The provincial legislature passed an act in November to prevent drug usage in places frequented by children and families. (AP, 30.12.2023) https://www.opb.org/article/2023/…

USA. OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC REPORT 2023 - Physicians’ actions to help end the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic—and what still needs to be done.  This is an executive summary of highlights from the 2023 report on physicians’ actions…

USA. Marijuana Pardons and Expungements: By the Numbers On October 7, 2022, President Joe Biden became the first POTUS to issue mass pardons to those with low-level, federal marijuana possession convictions. In a prepared statement, the President&n…

Opioid problems are changing in Europe with worrying signals that synthetic opioids may play a more significant role in the future.  Griffiths, P.N., Seyler, T., De Morais, J.M., Mounteney, J.E. and Sedefov, R.S. (2023), Addiction. doi.o…

From Data to Preparedness. Strengthening Europe’s responses to emerging drug trends. Lavinia Stegemann, Nadine van Gelder, Daan van der Gouwe, Laura Smit-Rigter, DRUG-PREP project (Trimbos Instituut, NL, 2023) Hersg.:  Correlation – Euro…