This week's stories reveal how the US continues to pursue militarized action in the War on Drugs, while municipal governments in Canada attempt to address the problem with harm reduction outreach. Mexico's once-glamorous resort of Acapulco is now ravaged by drug violence, and Costa Rica sees an em
We lead this week's report with a groundbreaking new study from the UK Drug Policy Commission on the extreme social stigma suffered by addicts. It raises some fundamental questions about the nature of addiction and the extent to which it is seen as a moral, medical or social issue.
