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20.022012July 4, 2020

Another hearing on drugs in the UK Parliament

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On Tuesday, Feb 21, the UK Parliament Home Affairs Select Committee’s second evidence session in the inquiry into drugs policy...

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20.022012February 20, 2012

100 responses on the therapeutic use of marijuana

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Italian investigative journalist Fabio Bernabei has written a most interesting book about so called “medical” cannabis, Cannabis medica – 100...

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20.022012February 20, 2012

Myanmar declares war on opium

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In Myanmar’s new war on drugs, meet the weapon of mass destruction: the weed-whacker. Myanmar police armed with weed-whackers are...

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17.022012February 17, 2012

Clearing the smoke on medical marijuana, Part II

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By Kevin A, Sabet, PhDIn the first installment of this series, I discussed the fallacy of rescheduling as part of...

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16.022012February 16, 2012

State’s Burns on Paris Pact initiative against drug trafficking

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Remarks by Deputy Secretary William J. Burns at the Third Ministerial of the Paris Pact Initiative. Further reading: United Nations...

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16.022012February 16, 2012

Paul McCartney has stopped smoking cannabis

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In an interview with the Rolling Stones Magazine Paul McCartney, celebrating his 70th birthday in June, says he has stopped...

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16.022012February 16, 2012

The Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners

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Today the Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners opened in Vienna. The Paris Pact partners will discuss how...

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16.022012February 16, 2012

8 million ‘ecstasy’ tablets, weapons seized

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Police were tipped off to a huge drug shipment probably bound for Thailand stored in three homes in a village...

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16.022012February 16, 2012

U.S.: Report shows 7.5 million children live with a parent with an alcohol use disorder

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A new report shows 7.5 million children under age 18 (10.5 percent of this population) lived with a parent who...

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14.022012February 14, 2012

Clearing the smoke on medical marijuana, Part I

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By Kevin A. Sabet, PhDMedical marijuana is a source of confusion, frustration and ignorance among many of us. On the...

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