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Niko Vorobyov

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Rodrigo Duterte's 'Death Squads' Fought in the Philippines' War on Drugs. Now He Might Get Life in Prison.

War on Drugs Rodrigo Duterte's 'Death Squads' Fought in the Philippines' War on Drugs. Now He Might Get Life in Prison. As many as...

23.03.2026 9

Reason.com

Niko Vorobyov

Killing Drug Lords Won't End Mexico's Cartels. Ending the Drug War Might.

Drugs Killing Drug Lords Won't End Mexico's Cartels. Ending the Drug War Might. The death of El Mencho shows why decades of...

06.03.2026 7

Reason.com

Niko Vorobyov

Singapore Keeps Hanging Low-Level Drug Couriers, But It Can't Execute Its Way to a Drug-Free Society

21.10.2025 6

Reason.com

Niko Vorobyov

“Only the people can save the people”: As Trump guts harm reduction programs, activists fight back

Progressive drug policy has seen serious setbacks under Trump. Harm reductionists say they've been here before

24.05.2025 10

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Duterte’s bloody drug war was really a war on the poor

The former Philippine president’s crimes have finally caught up with him. But his war was never about the drugs

22.03.2025 10

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Trump’s plan to wage war with cartels will backfire, experts say

Calling drug cartels “terrorists” is a failure to understand how the drug war really works

15.03.2025 10

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

Indigenous groups demand coca leaves be legalized. Will the world listen?

Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread

09.03.2025 10

Salon

Niko Vorobyov

The gospel according to Amanita muscaria, the world’s most charismatic mushroom

This poisonous, psychedelic fungi is the latest wellness kick — and may have even inspired many major religions

21.02.2025 10

Salon

Niko Vorobyov