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Colorado – Put public health and safety first
Dr. Christian Thurstone:Because Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed me serve on a task force charged with recommending to the state...
Alcohol sale to be banned in Egypt´s new suburbs
Two years after the Egyptian revolution that ousted an authoritarian regime, liberals are increasingly concerned that the ruling Islamists are...
HIV-infected Russians show increased sex and drug risk behaviors following recent marijuana use
Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University’s School of Medicine (BUSM) and School of Public Health (BUSPH) have...
Cannabis linked to four of the eight Irish doping violations in 2012
The Irish Sports Council reports that there were eight anti-doping rule violations in 2012. Four of these violations arose from...
Bulgaria court jails ‘cocaine kingpin’ for money laundering
49-year-old Evelin Banev “Brendo” was sentenced on Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison for laundering drug-dealing profits. He was...
Michael and Alan Burns ran drugs website and sent cannabis and diazepam parcels all over the world
Two brothers who ran an online drug-dealing ¬business dubbed “Amazon for drugs” have been locked up. Michael and Alan Burns took...
Chad ministers fired after entire police force suspended
Chadian President Idriss Deby fired two ministers in charge of security after his suspension last week of the central African...
U.S: Meet the quarterback of the new anti-drug movement
As a tide of marijuana legalization seems to be sweeping the country, one man has stepped up to stop it...
Shire changes leadership, still depends heavily on ADHD medicine sales
Shire P.L.C. will soon complete a change in leadership and is the subject of takeover speculation, but the drugmaker remains...
