Every step to improve lives is worth fighting for — Martin Jelsma on a 30-year drug policy struggle drogriporter.hu/en/martin-je...

Coca review denouement: The UN drug scheduling system in dispute. Despite finding no evidence of meaningful public health harms, the WHO has decided to uphold the UN ban on coca leaf. www.tni.org/en/article/c...

Coca review denouement: The UN drug scheduling system in dispute TNI Statement to the #CND69 about the WHO coca review, that recommended that the coca leaf remains in Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. 1/7 www.tni.org/en/article/c...

🌿 Scientists call on WHO to distinguish coca from cocaine and support evidence-based reform rooted in science and culture. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb2948 #Coca #WHO #DrugPolicy #IndigenousRights

The Human Rights Council could break new ground by adopting a resolution on drug policy under its own authority.  Our #HRC60 side event will explore reform as a tool to prevent human rights violations. 📅 Join us NEXT WEEK - 16 Sept, 14:00 (Geneva) 🔗 Info & online access:

Moroccan hash is “irreplaceable” on the Dutch #cannabis market - imports should be allowed once all the legal and political objections are overcome www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/dutc...

The #coca leaf is food, medicine & tradition. Its criminalisation violates intn'l norms. The @WHO.int review can set the record straight:

The coca leaf is sacred. UN drug policy must stop criminalising Indigenous traditions. The current WHO review is a rare chance to align drug policy with human rights. Will the UN meet the moment? More in our Coca Chronicles #5 with @wola-org.bsky.social. www.tni.org/en/article/t...

So very proud of my colleague @tninstitute.bsky.social Daniel is brilliant and his research on transformative potential of state-owned oil companies will beva pioneering effort. www.tni.org/en/article/e...

Descheduling #Coca: Challenges and Outcome Scenarios of the WHO Review www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxxA... Video of my presentation at the mckenna.academy Wisdom of the Leaf - Coca Summit in Cusco, Peru (3-7 February 2025)

If the EU cannot suspend an agreement with a state accused of genocide, its human rights framework is not just flawed—it is fraudulent. Anything short of suspension now is not neutrality; it is complicity. More by @luciabarce.bsky.social: www.tni.org/en/article/t...

🚨 Ghada Waly, UNODC Executive Director, has resigned. 🚨 The UN's drugs agency stands at a crossroads, and Secretary-General António Guterres now has a rare opportunity to appoint a champion of human rights-based drug policies. Ann Fordham - @idpc.net, explains in our blog: idpc.net/blog/2025/06...

A Dutch investor emphasized that multiple companies are eager to import Moroccan #cannabis, and local stakeholders are urging both the Dutch and Moroccan governments to facilitate the process. 1/3 en.hespress.com/109954-dutch...

La OMS decidirá en octubre si la hoja de #coca debe ser legal: Bolivia y Colombia lideran su defensa www.infobae.com/america/mund...

Hace un mes en la #CND se aprobaba la resolución de 🇨🇴 para la revisión del régimen global de drogas, consolidando su voz y la percepción del país como la “delegación rockstar”. ¿Somos el nuevo liderazgo en temas de drogas? Columna de @pauaguirreo.bsky.social 🔗 www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/...

The world feels like it's cracking open, so we created Fractures: a global teach-in to help us understand, resist, and rebuild. Tomorrow’s first session dives into the changing world order and asks: what comes next? Join us: www.tni.org/en/event/fra...

Una nueva sustitución de cultivos arranca coja con las comunidades www.lasillavacia.com/silla-amazon... La Silla Vacía #coca #Colombia #PNIS

The world is breaking- and being remade 💥 Join TNI's Fractures: 8 weeks of radical teach-ins on empire, climate, capitalism & resistance. A space for activists, organisers, and critical thinkers. ✨ More info & registration: www.tni.org/en/event/fra...

MAGA 2.0 upends international narcotic drug policy www.icwa.org/commission-n... "The 68th CND tore apart the Vienna consensus and it doesn’t seem like it will be returning anytime soon", according to Rowland Robinson, "an unwilling witness to the end of the American-led global order" #CND68

Energy-intensive indoor cultivation drives the cannabis industry’s expanding carbon footprint www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🇺🇳 🧞‍♂️ At the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the voting genie is out of the bottle — and it grants no wishes to hardliners. 🗳️ IDPC Deputy Director, Jamie Bridge, on recent votes that spell transformation in global #DrugPolicy 🗳️ Read & share!

The Secret History of #Coca This fall, a global regulatory body could move to decriminalize the demonized plant for the first time in more than 60 years, giving everyone access to sacred, medicinal leaves with proven health benefits www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

WHEN THE ADULT IN THE ROOM IS GONE: Trump’s Budget Cuts and Global Drug Policy - The Trump administration’s slashing of foreign aid is already having a devastating impact on harm reduction and HIV services around the world. new video! drogriporter.hu/en/when-the-...

Las políticas de drogas y el arte supremo de la guerra ladiaria.com.uy/opinion/arti... Milton Romani Gerner en Posturas - La Diaria - Uruguay

La clasificación de la coca en la lista uno de la Convención Única de Estupefacientes de 1961 se basó en conceptos racistas y coloniales que en su momento consideraron la masticación de la hoja como una forma de adicción. www.elespectador.com/colombia-20/...

“The views in the past that led to coca’s current classification are indefensible on the basis of today’s scientific, ethical and legal standards,” says @martinjelsma.bsky.social, program director at the Transnational Institute, a progressive think tank. 1/2 www.marijuanamoment.net/world-health...

Voces del Rif sobre el #Cannabis Una producción multimedia sobre la historia de resistencia del pueblo amazigh en Marruecos, su lucha por mantener el cultivo del cannabis y el impacto de la regulación en 2021. TNI & LolaMora sandracomunicacion4.wixsite.com/voces-del-rif

Review Essay: The flexible or inflexible nature of the international drug control system: drug prohibition regime or drug regulatory regime? Review of John Collins Legalising the Drug Wars: A Regulatory History of UN Drug Control. Neil Boister in Journal of Global Health Law. doi.org/10.4337/jghl...

As a tribute to David Bewley-Taylor, our 2024 top 10 downloads at number 3 Fair Trade cannabis: a road map for meeting the socio-economic needs and interests of small & traditional growers Sylvia Kay @martinjelsma.bsky.social & David Bewley-Taylor www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum... #cannabis

🌿 Want to know more about the cultural & scientific value of the coca plant, and its review by WHO: 🗓️ Friday, 31 Jan. ⏰ 13:15 - 14:45 📍 UNHQ, Conference Room 8 / Online Register here: https://buff.ly/4ghBa93 SPA-ENG interpretation available.

In Germany, pilot projects on #cannabis for recreational purposes are being planned. Various municipalities, such as Frankfurt, Hanover and districts in Berlin, want to set up sales outlets for research purposes. But what will happen after the general election? 1/5 taz.de/Cannabisgese...

"Human Rights Day is a timely reminder of the need to better safeguard human rights protections and place people at the heart of drug policies." Statement by Jallal Toufiq, #INCB President www.incb.org/incb/en/news...

With 2024 ending, it’s time to reflect on successes and challenges in pushing for #DrugPolicies aligned with #HumanRights #SupportDontPunish @idpc.bsky.social idpc.net/blog/2024/12...

High Commissioner for Human Rights called for the end of the #DrugWar in powerful address at #EHRC2024 last week news.un.org/en/story/202...

The 10 Dutch cities that are taking part in the ongoing regulated #cannabis experiment will only have legally-produced products on sale from April next year to supply the coffeeshops, that have to say goodbye to illegal supplies. www.dutchnews.nl/2024/12/lega...

Voces del Rif sobre el #Cannabis - Un pueblo, una planta ancestral y un comercio millonario: la breve historia del cannabis en el Rif de Marruecos. www.tni.org/es/v%C3%ADde... Un video sobre el pueblo amazig y su lucha por mantener el cultivo de la planta autóctona, la beldía.

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Dave Bewley-Taylor, a longstanding fellow of the Transnational Institute, passed away on 20 November 2024. www.tni.org/en/article/d...