USA. New Report Shows US Drug Overdose Deaths Rising Again After Hopeful Decline For the first time in more than a year, street drug deaths appear to be rising across the U.S. according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and…

USA. Cutting federal naloxone funding is cruel and will prove costly  When a public policy saves lives, is wildly cost-effective and enjoys bipartisan support, you might expect politicians to embrace it. Yet the Trump administration is proposi…

Kolumbien. Colombia’s surge in armed violence: How did we get here? “The implementation of the peace agreement has been in intensive care.” (The New Humanitarian, Genf, 31.07.2025) https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/07/31/colombias-s…

Lateinamerika. Latin America’s Risky Bet on Hired Guns to Fight Crime  Erik Prince, military entrepreneur and founder of Blackwater USA, is returning to the spotlight – this time in Latin America, where he’s pitching his companies as a solutio…

White House targets harm reduction funding The US health secretary will take ‘appropriate action’ to ensure that the discretionary grants issued by the country’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) do not fund program…

UNpredictable times The UN’s drugs and crime office faces an uncertain future in a changing global landscape. (Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Genf, 18.07.2025)  https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/unpredictable-tim…