Honduras. Honduran coca raid signals shift to cocaine production, authorities say TEGUCIGALPA. The second seizure of a coca plantation in Honduras within a year shows drug gangs are seeking to cut costs and turn the small Central American state int…

Philippinen. Philippine court halts govt move to keep drug war kill records secret MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered police to hand over full records of thousands of deadly encounters in the country’s war on d…

CHINA. China’s outdated war on drugs Every year, tens of thousands of people worldwide die from opioid-related overdoses, many of which are linked to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. Journalists and politicians have called on China, th…

Kolumbien. Peace process: Colombia coca growers threaten to suspend cooperation with peace process Colombia’s coca farmers may suspend their participation in the country’s crop substitution program over extreme violence and alleged gove…

The War on Drugs Breeds Crafty Traffickers Politicians often escalate drug war rhetoric to show voters that they are doing something. But it is rare to ignore generations of lessons as President Trump did earlier this month when he announced his su…

Philippinen. Justice may be coming for Philippine strongman Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is afraid. That’s the signal he sent last week by announcing that the Philippines will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) &ldq…