-
Africa: Rethinking Global Drug Policy
UNIRIN, 15 September 2014
What would the world look like if governments - instead of crime syndicates - controlled drug markets and drug use was decriminalized? Read more »
-
West Africa: How to Curb Illicit Drug Trade in West Africa - Obasanjo
Guardian, 21 August 2014
WEST Africa must openly confront its political and governance weaknesses to curb the growing drug trade in the region, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said on… Read more »
-
Kenya: Kenya Should Act On Interpol Drugs Report
The Star, 3 September 2014
A list of six tycoons in Kenya's coast suspected to be drug lords has been handed over to the government. Read more »
-
Kenya: British Ban May Hurt Kenya's Khat Business
VOA, 4 September 2014
Khat is a flowering tree native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Chewing khat leaves for stimulation and even medicinal purposes has been a social custom in those… Read more »
-
West Africa: U.S. to Host Meeting On Combating Trafficking
AlertNet, 6 August 2014
Trafficking from Latin America through West Africa has morphed into a multinational criminal business that trades in narcotics, people, wildlife and arms, the United States said in… Read more »
-
Libya: 'We Are Fighting the Drug Dealers for Our Country'
IPS, 4 April 2013
In Libya, a dose of LSD or the painkiller tramadol costs 78 cents, and a joint of cannabis is 7.80 dollars. Here, drugs are affordable to the poor for a simple reason. "Slashing… Read more »