Fear-based campaigns are counterproductive and may even lead to increased drug use. What is needed are evidenced-based approaches to reduce harm. For a start, Australia could begin testing drugs as part of a drug-monitoring system aimed at improving public health and safety. […]

Police told CNN that Danica is not the first child victim, but that she could be the youngest. They also noted it was not a police operation. […]

If it is one of your children or family attending a festival and considering taking a pill, which would you prefer: an engagement with health professionals, or reliance on an over-the-counter or internet-ordered test kit? […]

Neil Woods used to risk his life to catch drug dealers. But as gangs responded with escalating violence and intimidation – some even poisoning users who talked to the police – he started seeing legalisation as the only solution. […]

The Philippines is in the midst of a brutal war on drugs sanctioned by the controversial President Rodrigo Duterte, which has seen almost 2,000 killings in a matter of weeks. The BBC’s Jonathan Head explores the country’s dark underbelly of dealers and assassins through the story of one woman trapped in a chilling predicament. […]

To grow medical marijuana legally, you will need to apply for a manufacturer licence and then secure a permit. […]

Allowing drug-testing is not promoting drug use, this is not saying that ‘drugs are OK’. This would be you saying, as an elected representative, that you care about the wellbeing of your constituents. […]

The ‘war on drugs’ is spiralling out of control in the Philippines as nearly 2,000 suspected drug users and dealers have been killed by police and vigilante in the last seven weeks. […]

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court Wednesday confirmed the death sentence for a Vietnamese-Australian for drug smuggling after a reinvestigation determined the drug amount was too big to commute the sentence. […]

The government’s scheduling of marijuana bears little relationship to actual patient care. The notion that marijuana is more dangerous or prone to abuse than alcohol (not scheduled), cocaine (Schedule II), methamphetamine (Schedule II), or prescription opioids (Schedules II, III, and IV) doesn’t reflect what we see in clinical medicine. […]