News Briefing- Week of 25 of June

Africa, Cocaine, Colombia, Consumption, Drug policy, Drug war, EU, Latin America, Mexico, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, NPS, Production, Security context, Trafficking, UN, US

Left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has claimed victory in Mexico’s presidential election, held on 1 July. One of his main policies is combating Mexico’s record levels of violence, much of it related to drug cartels. Epidiolex, a cannabis-based treatment for childhood epilepsy developed, is set to be launched in the autumn after being approved…