The UN review of the international status of the coca leaf The coca leaf has been at the centre of a longstanding tension between the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the punitive global drug control regime. In July 2023, Bolivia officially request…

Kanada. IGNORING ITS OWN DATA, B.C. REVIVES CRIMINALIZATION On January 14, 2026, the province of B.C. announced it would end its limited decriminalization policy and reinstate criminal penalties for personal drug possession.1 The province’s de…

USA. Nach Tod von Matthew Perry: Arzt zu 30 Monaten Haft verurteilt Los Angeles – Zwei Jahre nach dem Tod von „Friends“-Star Matthew Perry hat ein Gericht im kalifornischen Santa Monica einen seiner Ärzte zu zweieinhalb Jahre Gefängnis verurteilt…

UK. Government rules out changes to consumption room legislation The government has said that it has ‘no plans’ to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act to allow more safer drug consumption facilities to operate in the UK.  The statement was in respo…

Bolivien/WHO. Bolivia wants the world to stop treating coca leaves like drugs  The WHO is reviewing whether the crop should be removed from international drug-control schedules. (The Economist, UK, 12.06.2025) https://www.economist.com/the-am…

USA. “Fentanyl Kills Act” Would Prosecute All Distribution as Attempted Murder Lawmakers have introduced legislation that would allow federal prosecutors to pursue attempted murder charges for any form of fentanyl distribution—even with no overdose…