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 requested that the World Health Organization (WHO) initiate a critical review of the coca leaf’s status under the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. The review […]

This report summarises the discussions and conclusions of the meeting, but does not reflect the institutional positions of the co-hosting parties. 9TH BRANDENBURG FORUM ON DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT POLICIES “Boosting Transformative Change in Global Drug Policies: Promoting Human-Centered Approaches to Cocaine Markets and Beyond” MEETING REPORT The 9th Brandenburg Forum on Drugs and Development Policies (BBF) […]

Deep inside Somawathiya National Park in Sri Lanka, surrounded by barbed wire and electric fencing to keep the elephants away, lies the military-operated Kandakadu Drug Rehabilitation Center. Formerly an army camp set up to forcibly reform the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants who fought against the government during the 26-year civil war, it […]

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) has issued an urgent appeal to the Singapore government to halt the execution of Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, who is scheduled to be hanged tomorrow for drug trafficking. Pannir, 36, was convicted in 2017 for acting as a drug courier and handed the mandatory death penalty under Singapore’s Misuse of […]

Header Image Singapore Lawyer – Ong Ying Ping Malaysia Now They said Ong Ying Ping accepted payments from the family but refused to represent Pannir Selvam in a case against the government’s illegal disclosure of prisoners’ correspondence. The family members of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman have made a desperate attempt to save his life before his […]

Funny coming from a “sport” that’s all about punching somebody in the head as hard as you possibly can. But woteva! Dangers of Consumption and Exposure to Cannabis  On February 13, 2025, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, on behalf of the Unarmed Combat Commission, notified the WBC that an oral fluid sample […]