A surprise decision from the otherwise super-conservative Polish government: it improves access to cannabis for medical purposes.

While Colombia and the Czech Republic spoke up for drug policy reform at the opening day of the CND, others such as Russia or Thailand prefer the status quo and oppose any changes.

The UNGASS draft document still does not reflect the realities of the war on drugs, but continues to dream about a drug-free society, just like 20 years ago.

The ‘cognitive impairment theory’ proposes that cannabis causes cognitive decline. The hypothesis has gained some support from a 2012 study, but a recent paper with twin participants strongly argued against the theory. Both studies agree on the association between smoking and cognitive decline. Where they disagree is whether the relationship is causal or merely correlation. In this Dose of Science we take a close look at the question. 

Watch Drugreporter’s new video, marking the launch of the Consensus Statement from the International Network of People Who Use Drugs.

The Polish Drug Policy Network organised a conference on urban drug policies in Warsaw, where participants adopted a new declaration which will be promoted at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs by the Polish government. Read our report from the conference! 

Norway claims to have a progressive drug policy – but does it really? Our guest author from NORML Norway thinks otherwise.

The first room will be opened in Alta de Lisboa, in the parish of Lumiar.  

Drugreporter is now accepting entries to a poster contest about the alternatives of punitive drug policies.

Drug users demand governments to lift the ban on opiate substitution treatment and remove criminal sanctions of drug use – a speech delivered by Daria Mogucheva on behalf of the Eurasian Network of People Who Use Drugs at the civil society hearing in preparation of the UNGASS on drugs, to be held in April.