Afghanistan. U.S. Bombing of Drug Labs in Afghanistan Is Counterproductive to Fighting the Taliban (...) The bombing campaign, however, is an ineffective counter-narcotics approach and won’t advance a counterterrorism strategy. Not only is ...

Philippinen. Philippines Solidarity While much of the world moves toward compassionate drug policy reform, a populist would-be dictator has led one country cruelly backwards. Since taking office, President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has ...

West-Afrika. UNODC organizes workshop to address opioid problem in West Africa Non-medical use and trafficking of tramadol is becoming the main drug threat in West Africa. One sign of this is the rise in seizures of pharmaceutical opioids on the ...

Bolivien. UNODC Monitoring Survey reports a slight increase of coca bush cultivation in Bolivia during 2017 La Paz/Vienna, August 22, 2018 (United Nations) - In 2017, coca cultivation in Bolivia increased by six per cent compared to 2016, accordi...

Philippinen. Message of Philippines Senator Risa Hontiveros on Extrajudicial Drug War Killings (Video) This video was first aired at "Human Rights Challenge: Judicial and Extrajudicial Drug War Killings in a Time of Authoritarianism," a side even...

Kolumbien. Drones hunt cocaine farms in Colombia The Colombian government has started to use drones to destroy the plants that produce cocaine.  Small aircraft loaded with herbicide are being sent to search for illegal fields of coca. (BBC,...