A large-scale law enforcement action, conducted within the Europol-coordinated operation Fabryka, led to the dismantling of a criminal network operating across the European Union. On Friday, 16 Januar...

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 decision not to ren...

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The National Police have arrested five people and seized eight kilos of this drug in Madrid, which sought to 'seduce' young people in particular.

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Gutting addiction treatment while bombing boats proves America’s drug policy is broken

On December 6, something extraordinary happened on Kossuth Square in front of the Hungarian Parliament. What began as a response to escalating police harassment of musicians, clubs, and young partygoe...

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Daily habits can help you thrive or quietly turn into addictions. The difference is how your brain handles cues, routines, and rewards. Three experts explain how to work with your wiring instead of ag...

After WHO said coca leaf is safe, a UN re-evaluation in December could be a game-changer for Bolivia

Article by Hans Oeri Drug Checking for Harm Reduction In recent years, conversations about drug use have shifted from a focus on punishment toward a focus on health, safety, and education. At the hear...

Although the Taliban took power four years ago, and poppy cultivation has remained at historically low levels since 2023, declining opium prices, widespread poppy cultivation in Badakhshan, and the ri...

The war on drugs has created an illegal cocaine market responsible for the degradation of the Amazon and the rights of Indigenous people.

This article critically examines the growing use of police dogs in Spain’s local forces, exposing the lack of regulation, questionable effectiveness, and the civil rights violations caused by arbitrar...

La justicia española aclara que la ayahuasca no está fiscalizada ni prohibida en España y ordena su devolución: una sentencia histórica que sienta jurispru

Fernando Caudevilla ha presentado una queja ante el Ministerio del Interior denunciando un patrón sistemático de identificaciones y registros que considera arbitrarios por parte de la Policía Nacio...

Shutdowns like this have become a recurring feature of the dark web. They are usually not a significant turning point.

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Ibogaine, a naturally occurring psychoactive drug that is illegal in the U.S., is being used abroad to treat addiction, PTSD, depression, and traumatic brain injuries.

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Coca is still classified among the world’s most dangerous drugs, the equivalent of heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine. That could change soon

Strong summit support for drug decriminalisation in favour of a health approach did not result in a recommendation from co-chairs

Last week, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health took an important step toward enabling scientific research with psychedelics.

Against a backdrop of global turmoil and multilateral rupture, the 68th session of the CND marked a turning point in the history of global drug policy by deciding to create a panel of independent expe...

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

We are currently witnessing the beginning of the end of drug prohibition, with alternatives such as harm reduction, decriminalization, and legal regulation of cannabis, cocaine, psychedelics, ketamine...

Since 2022, a synthetic drug known as ‘kush’, has killed likely thousands of people in West Africa. Kush emerged in Sierra Leone, but quickly spread across countries in the subregion, including Liberi...

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No es nuevo que la Policía vigile, registre y persiga a quienes se salen del estrecho imperativo de la heteronorma: pasó en Stonewall en 1969, cuando un...

Drug checking is a harm reduction strategy that provides people who use drugs (PWUD) information about the composition of a substance. Drug checking h…

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Nearly 75 years after the United Nations called for the abolition of traditional uses of the coca leaf, the world will have a new opportunity to correct this grave historic error.

Investigation finds more than 1,000 online ads for nitazenes, including from Chinese companies, and links European shipments of the deadly drugs to China.

Experts fear a resurgence of infections in low-income countries if the ban were to continue. The waiver remains in place, while officials review foreign aid programs.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence after being convicted of running an underground online marketplace that was used by thousands of drug dealers and others to conduct over $200 million worth of illicit sales using bitcoin.

LET’S CARE TOGETHER To improve mental wellbeing and enable access to psychedelic-assisted therapies in Europe, we just need 1 million signatures. Are you a European citizen? THE REASONS Today, in the ...

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Psychedelic industry faced setbacks, cannabis was almost rescheduled and overdose deaths dropped — but not for all