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Lebanon Bets on Cannabis: Can Weed Save a Broken Economy?

Lebanon is going through one of the worst economic crises in its modern history. Since 2019, the financial collapse has…

6 months ago

Inside Brazil’s Deadliest Police Drug Raid: 121 Dead, and Counting

Horrific images are reaching every corner of the world: police violence, chaos, and ever-growing rows of bodies. This is the…

6 months ago

‘Bluetoothing’: Are People Really Injecting Someone Else’s Blood to Get High?

Those of us who work as drug journalists are accustomed to witnessing the limits of human creativity, both at its…

6 months ago

Cannabis Heavyweights Bring Global Masterclass to Brazil This November

This November, the cannabis community heads to São Paulo, Brazil, where some of the biggest names in cultivation, branding, and…

7 months ago

Legal Medical Cannabis in Spain Takes Its First Steps: Why Some Experts Call the New Rule ‘Restrictive’

Across news sites, TV screens and radio shows, one headline stands out, the kind that makes noise: Spain joins the…

7 months ago

Could Weed Gummies Send a Basketball Star to Death Row in Indonesia? This is What We Know So Far

US born basketball player Jarred Shaw, a standout in Indonesia’s professional league, was arrested in May for importing 132 THC-infused…

7 months ago

From Screens to Pharmacies: Is Germany About to Say ‘Nein’ to Online Weed Prescriptions?

Everything seemed on track… until it wasn’t. Germany made history as the European country that went furthest with cannabis regulation,…

7 months ago

‘We Will Never Legalize It’: Venezuela’s President Slams Weed and Calls Out the US

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro addressed news reports linking him to drug trafficking after Brazilian authorities intercepted a small plane carrying…

7 months ago

From the Dark Web to the Streets: Meet the Canadian  Distributing Pure Cocaine to Save Lives

Capitalism doesn’t just create material inequality: it also inflicts pain and lays the groundwork for drugs to become a form…

7 months ago

Who Would’ve Thought? Legal Cannabis in Germany Is Shrinking the Illicit Market by Almost 90%

Germany is now stepping up and proving what many suspected (and others refused to accept): a legal cannabis market means…

8 months ago