Box 10136, 100 55 Stockholm, Sweden
+46 8 644 21 74

World Federation Against Drugs World Federation Against Drugs
  • Home
  • Activity
    • News from WFAD
    • Member Activity
    • Publications
    • Webinars
    • Knowledge Bank
      • Available Online Courses
  • About
    • Intro
    • Aims
    • Declaration
    • Background
    • UN Conventions
    • Board of WFAD
    • Join our team
  • Our Work
    • World Forums
      • About the World Forum Against Drugs
      • The 2nd Forum
        • About
        • Speakers
        • Programme
        • Video & Audio
        • Gallery
        • Press Releases
        • Presentations
      • The 3rd Forum
        • Programme
        • Speakers
        • Videos & audio
        • Other documents
        • Gallery
        • Presentations and Speeches
        • Press Releases
        • The 2nd Nils Bejerot Award
      • The 4th Forum
        • Programme
        • Speakers
        • Summaries
        • Gallery
        • Presentations and Speeches
        • The 3rd Nils Bejerot Award
        • Press Releases
        • Other Documents
      • The 5th Forum
        • About
        • Programme
        • Presentations
        • Congress
      • The 6th Forum
      • The 7th Forum
      • 8th WFAD World Forum and 27th ECAD’s Mayors’ Conference
      • The 9th World Forum
    • Regional Forums
      • About Regional Forums
      • The 1st East African Regional WFAD Forum
        • About the Forum
        • Presentations
      • The 2nd East African Regional WFAD Forum
        • About the Forum
        • Documents and Presentations
      • Asian Regional Forum Against Drugs
      • Asia Pacific Forum Against Drugs
      • Balkan Regional Forum on Drug Addiction and Recovery
      • Global Drug Policy Summit
      • Regional Forum in Lebanon
      • Nordic Summit on Cannabis 2021
      • CHILDREN MATTER Forum 2022 – Trivandrum, India
      • Regional Forum on Drug Addiction and Recovery 2022 – Belgrade, Serbia
    • Projects
      • Choose Recovery
        • Photovoice
      • Voices for Change: Empowering Youth and Civil Society for Inclusive Prevention and Reintegration
      • Sober Youth – Healthier Communities
      • Project ‘Strengthening Capacity – Empowering Children’ – Kerala, India
      • Acting through Art – offering alternatives for youth
      • Connecting the Parallels – Uniting Treatment and Prevention for Effective Drug Management in Kenya
      • Youth People Against Drugs – The Pinsk Model
      • Other projects
    • Networks
      • Drug Policy Futures
      • Civil Society Forum on Drugs
      • Vienna NGO Committee
      • American Chapter
      • East African Regional Network
      • West African Chapter
    • Global Gender Committee (former Gender Working Group)
      • Background
      • Useful Links
      • Thematic Areas
      • Activities
      • Get Involved
    • WFAD Child Protection Working Group
    • Recovered Users Network (RUN)
    • WFAD Member Magazines
      • WFAD Member Magazine 2021
      • WFAD Member Magazine 2021 (Francais)
      • WFAD Member Magazine II – 2023
    • Global Youth Declaration on Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery
    • The Trauma & SUD Action Force Initiative (TSAFI)
      • “Start with the Truth” Campaign
  • Membership
    • Organisation
    • Individual
  • Members
  • Donate ❤
  • Contact

Category: News Archive

You are here: Home / News Archive / News Archive
17.062014June 17, 2014

Rick Scott signs law allowing limited medical marijuana use in Florida

By WFADIn News Archive

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a law on Monday allowing for the limited use of a special strain of marijuana...

00
Read More
17.062014June 17, 2014

Drug use linked with brain differences in teens

By WFADIn News Archive

Teens who have used drugs even just once in their lives have brain characteristics that are different from those who...

00
Read More
17.062014June 17, 2014

Medical marijuana in Oregon: State program prone to exploitation, abuse, report says

By WFADIn News Archive

Marijuana use, cultivation and black market trafficking remain “pervasive” in Oregon, a trend fostered by Mexican drug cartels, Asian gangs...

00
Read More
17.062014June 17, 2014

New York: Governor Cuomo wants big changes to medical marijuana bill

By WFADIn News Archive

Gov. Cuomo has outlined a series of concerns to lawmakers that must be addressed before he’ll even consider signing the...

00
Read More
16.062014June 16, 2014

Colorado, Washington omitted from CDC analysis

By WFADIn News Archive

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS) produced by the Centers for Disease Control is one of the nation’s longest-running...

00
Read More
15.062014June 15, 2014

Black market weed rampant on Colorado public land

By WFADIn News Archive

Black market marijuana, which many expected to disappear after the substance was legalized, is thriving. It is grown on public...

00
Read More
12.062014June 12, 2014

Republicans jump into Florida campaign against medical marijuana

By WFADIn News Archive

The stakes are getting higher – politically and financially – in Florida’s heated campaign over a November referendum to allow...

00
Read More
12.062014June 12, 2014

Colorado preparing to spend $9 million on medical marijuana research

By WFADIn News Archive

More than a decade after voters here first said marijuana could be medicine, Colorado is preparing to embark on the...

00
Read More
12.062014June 12, 2014

West Africa should decriminalise drugs – Obasanjo commission

By WFADIn News Archive

Low-level drug offences should be decriminalised in West Africa, according to a high-level report.The West Africa Commission on Drugs says...

00
Read More
12.062014June 12, 2014

U.S: Teens with addiction have few recovery programs

By WFADIn News Archive

Substance abuse is traumatic for parents, who have trouble accessing treatment for their children. Within the last five years, drug...

00
Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 408

WFAD Newsletter

Recent Posts

  • Webinar Announcement: Medical Cannabis in Europe, 28 April, 3-4 PM CEST   
  • Launch: WFAD Youth Magazine 2026
  • Are you a parent in Africa? Contribute to research on youth drug prevention
  • WFAD Online Training Series: Building Resilient and Inclusive Responses to Substance Use and Addiction
  • New Report: Prescribed Ambiguity: Medical Cannabis in Europe
World Federation Against Drugs - WFAD