4 February 2019World Health Organization recommends reclassifying marijuana under international treatiesThe World Health Organisation is calling for the removal of cannabis from schedule IV of the 1961 drug convention and for it to be placed in to schedule I, recognising that the worlds government agencies have been wrong on cannabis.
4 February 2019Out with the old, in with the old: Iran’s revolution, drug policies, and global drug marketsBy 1959, even being in possession of poppy seeds - which were widely used throughout Iran on bread, was punishable by up to 3 years imprisonment.
1 February 2019Duterte government allows 'drug war' deaths to go unsolvedOf the over 20,000 deaths that have resulted from the war on drugs, only 76 cases have prospered to prosecutions.
1 February 2019Rodrigo Duterte seeks to cut age of criminal responsibility to 12 as part of drug warThe Philippine president's original plan was to lower the age to 9.
1 February 2019Citing drug crime, Sri Lanka plans 1st executions since 1976The government praised Duterte's so-called war on drugs as an "example to the world".
1 February 2019Rights-based approach to overdose epidemic must include decriminalisationThe criminalisation of people who use drugs is inconsistent with human rights norms.
1 February 2019Brazil’s drug gangs are prepared to go to war with BolsonaroBolsonaro's threat to involve the military would compound urban violence.
1 February 2019Mexico's murder rate broke new record in 2018 as drug war drags onRecently elected Andrés Manuel López Obrador vowed to end drug war, but critics decry decision to involve new military body in public security.
1 February 2019Why Myanmar can’t shake its drug problemDespite legal changes, authorities keep enforcing an overly-punitive approach to drug use.
1 February 2019Philippines House of Representatives approves medical cannabis use, productionPresident Duterte, who has led a destructive crackdown on people who use drugs, is expected to sign the bill.
30 January 2019Bangladesh to begin hanging people for non-violent drug offencesThe Narcotics Control Act of 2018 is a direct breach of Article 6.2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
30 January 2019US Attorney General nominee says he’s “not going after” marijuana in states where it’s legalBarr would end looming threat posed by predecessor's stance on cannabis regulation.