📢FYI: Sierra Leone Kush Epidemic Response From Friday, 26 January 2024, we are kick-starting a series of events as part of WADPN’s response to the #SierraLeone Kush epidemic. Kindly see the flyer for more details. 📰 #Salone #HarmReduction #WADPN #WestAfrica #DrugPolicyReform

Are you suggesting that caffeine isn't a drug????

🌱As UN Office on Drugs & Crime says, cannabis is the most widely used drug under intn'l "control". This market provides livelihoods for 100,000s but its criminalisation breeds unsafety & unaccountability. IDPC propose transiting to formal & socially-just regulation: idpc.net/publications/2…

The director of HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, A/Prof Taah Abongnelaa Divine Fuh, has been recognised as one of 10 African scholars to watch in 2024 by The Africa Report. His current work focuses on the political economy of Pan-African knowledge production and AI and the ethics of care in Africa. #UCTExcellence

Good to see the teams we support with football kits in Zimbabwe thriving. Kits promoting soccer development, unity and health lifestyles. Tomson Chauke

🌍Beyond Africa and the War on Drugs' by @gklantschnig, @NeilCMCarrier, & Clemence Rusenga. This article rewrites the narrative of their 2012 book & 2016 special issue, taking us on a journey through Africa's evolving drug trade and policies 👉 jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31…

Find below link to our recently published article on cannabis legalisation in Zimbabwe, titled: 'Business as usual? Cannabis legalisation and agrarian change in Zimbabwe' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Cannabis Africana Project Transform Drug Policy Foundation @NeilCMCarrier @gklantschnig Illicit Economies & Development

Find below our recently published article titled: 'Beyond Africa and the War on Drugs: Reassessing Drug Markets Research and Policy' jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31… Cannabis Africana Project @NeilCMCarrier @gklantschnig International Journal of Drug Policy Transform Drug Policy Foundation DrugsDevHub Illicit Economies & Development

Has African #drugpolicy shifted beyond the #WarOnDrugs in the recent decade? 🌍 Neil Carrier, Clemence Rusenga & @gklantschnig study investigates the continent’s drug market and policy transformation since 2012 👇🧵

Just came from a successful research collaboration trip in Binga, Zimbabwe, with Kumbirai Ivyne Mateva, Ph.D. Thanks to Cannabis Africana Project and Kutsaga Research for supporting the fieldwork which generated rich data like never before. Watch the space for updates. @gklantschnig @NeilCMCarrier

Exploring the cultures of #cannabis consumption with Kumbirai Ivyne Mateva, Ph.D in Binga, Zimbabwe, during our recent fieldwork. Was good to get the real Tonga pipe which we only knew through photos. @gklantschnig @NeilCMCarrier Kutsaga Research

"The conversation about equity and what it entails has been led from the global North - the #AfricaCharter process aims to shift the centre of thinking firmly to Africa" - Isabella Aboderin, PARC Director speaking at the Development Studies Association webinar, now underway! 📢🌍🙌

Find below article by Columbus Mavhunga Columbus S. Mavhunga of Voice of America on the Cannabis industry in #Zimbabwe. voanews.com/a/zimbabwe-gov… With contribution from Cannabis Africana Project team. Cannabis Africana Project @NeilCMCarrier @gklantschnig West Africa Drug Policy Network Kutsaga Research UoBris PolicyStudies Kumbirai Ivyne Mateva, Ph.D

Our 'humpty dumpty moment'

South Africa Legalises Cannabis Use. Will The Rest Of Africa Follow? - Al Jazeera English Steve Rolles Niko Vorobyov aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/10… #CannabisForPrivatePurposesAct #SouthAfrica #LegalFramework #CannabisUse #AdultPrivateUse #stopthecops #ConstitutionalCourt

Clemence Rusenga

Find below link to Neil Carrier @NeilCMCarrier's article published in The Conversation on debates on the recent ban on khat in Mombasa County, Kenya. You can access it via Cannabis Africana Project's page : cannabisafricana.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/06/27/kha… OR, via theconversation.com/khat-in-kenya-… @gklantschnig

Find below summary of our Zimbabwe policy workshop co-hosted with Kutsaga Research on 24 Oct 2023. Co-production of policy knowledge and alternatives is central to Cannabis Africana project cannabisafricana.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/06/27/can… Kumbirai Ivyne Mateva, Ph.D @NeilCMCarrier Clemence Rusenga

If you are attending the ISSDP conference at Manchester Metropolitan Uni this week we invite you to Cannabis Africana Project panel on 12 June. Panel titled: Re-imagining cannabis futures in Africa: Drugs, development and Social Justice. Meeting Room: G.35 Level 0. Time: 10:30-12:10