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Drugs Keep Winning in the Global War on Drugs

The United Nations’ latest World Drug Report makes that very clear.

Reason · Jul 16

Turn on, tune in, cash out … The US right used to fear psychedelics. Now it wants to sell them

Hallucinogens have come a long way from the 60s counterculture to Trump’s White House, says academic and drug policy researcher Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28

Reform’s petulance over slavery reparations shows it just doesn’t grasp Britain’s place in the modern world

The party’s talk of visa bans for countries seeking reparative justice is not just undemocratic – it displays staggering ignorance about geopolitics, says professor of law and political economy Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10

From Washington to Westminster, the populist right needs to erase history to succeed. It’s up to us to resist

Removing ‘divisive’ Smithsonian exhibits, Farage’s ‘patriotic’ curriculum: this is where the unpicking of the 20th century liberal order begins, says academic Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025

In Hong Kong, my daughter was dazzled by futuristic tech – and I glimpsed the world she’ll grow up in

When I was young, Britain felt like the apex of global civilisation. But as power migrates to autocracies, our belief in democracy seems complacent, says Kojo Koram, a teacher at Birkbeck School of Law

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025

At last, Britain has a legal drug consumption room – thanks to one man’s civil disobedience

Former heroin addict Peter Krykant set up a safe consumption van during Covid, at great personal cost. But his sacrifice paved the way for real change, says Birkbeck’s Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025

It’s time for Britain to acknowledge the need for slavery reparations

Letters: Alan Tanner suggests a way forward in terms of compensation figures. Plus letters from Jocelyn Robson, Zaki Cooper and Terry Fulton

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2024

Here’s what Keir Starmer gets wrong about reparations: we’ve made them before, but now we have to do it right

The call for justice is not going away. Rather than ignore it, Labour should be entering the conversation – and shaping it, says academic Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2024

I brought my daughter to Southport last week to see my beloved home town. Then it was torn apart by violence

It was far from a post-racist utopia when I was growing up, but the far right got it very wrong when it targeted Merseyside, says academic Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2024

Britain’s reputation as the home of the ‘rule of law’ is in tatters. Labour can fix it with these three pledges

Legalising cannabis, removing racial bias from convictions and reforming legal aid will help repair the damage of Tory misrule, says lecturer Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024