In Italy a rave party is now a penal crime

In the first measures by the new Meloni government there is the introduction of a new norm in the penal code which make raves and free parties a crime.

People who use drugs and Covid19. Protagonists rather than victims

The most part of Italian PWUD have been able to cope with the pandemic and the first lockdown adopting effective strategies both regarding their drug use and the Covid19 prevention. Susanna Ronconi, Forum Droghe (Italy) on the findings from four researches conducted by a network of CSOs during the lockdown.

Good news from Italy: suspended the decree on CBD

As a result of civil society mobilization, the Health Ministry suspended last week the restrictive and anti-scientific decree on CBD.

Five Lessons from Cannabis Regulation in North America

Harvey Slade write on Transform blog about lessons learned about the legalization of cannabis in North America.

Drugs. UN admits the failure but doesn’t know it yet

UN World Drug Report shows flourishing global drug market but remains silent on policy failures and human rights abuses

The ‘deja vú’ of aerial crop spraying in Colombia

At the end of 2019 the government of Iván Duque presented a draft decree to resume the spraying with glyphosate of drug crops used for illicit purposes. It argued that spraying is the only instrument to curb the increase in coca crops.

Italian Supreme Court upholds cannabis homegrowing

Italian Supreme Court underscores a path toward non-repressive social policies for drug users. Written by Riccardo De Vito, President of Magistratura Democratica (translation by Bernardo Parrella).

Italian cabinet’s conflicts on cannabis policy

On cannabis there are three open battlefronts within the italian government. The comment by Leonardo Fiorentini for the Fuoriluogo column on il manifesto dated 22nd August 2018.