Drugs

Is this the beginning of the end for the world’s deadly and ill-conceived ‘war on drugs’? asks Vanessa Baird.

Filed in: Drugs Uruguay

Mari Marcel Thekaekara on the potential of prohibition in India where women have burnt down liquor shops over alcoholism’s devastation.

Filed in: Drugs India Law Society Women

Guatemala’s president promised to reduce drug trafficking, but his success is questionable, says Anna Bevan.

Filed in: Drugs Guatemala Mexico

Just in case you missed them…legalizing drugs, vaginal whitening, Kony and Julian Assange: 2012’s Top 10 popular New Internationalist articles.

Filed in: Culture Drugs Health Human Rights India Norway Prisons Society United Kingdom United States Women

The demand for illegal drugs is solid and the trade in them resilient - despite expensive and punitive attempts to stop it.

Filed in: Drugs Health

NI editor Vanessa Baird looks at the many reasons why this is the only option that makes sense.

Filed in: Drugs Health Law

Heroin in every lunchbox? Not quite. Medic Max Rendall answers your questions…

Filed in: Drugs Health

Vanessa Baird explains why legalizing drugs could save lives and money around the world.

Filed in: Drugs Law

New Internationalist will soon be tackling the thorny issue of drug legalization and we want your questions and comments on how it could be done. 

Filed in: Drugs

Mental health shouldn’t just be about individuals, we need strong communities too. Dinyar Godrej makes the case.

Filed in: Drugs Equality Mental Health Pharmaceuticals Society

Burmese women expose military’s complicity in the opium trade

Filed in: Burma Drugs