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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100 responses on the therapeutic use of marijuana
Italian investigative journalist Fabio Bernabei has written a most interesting book about so called “medical” cannabis, Cannabis medica – 100...
Myanmar declares war on opium
In Myanmar’s new war on drugs, meet the weapon of mass destruction: the weed-whacker. Myanmar police armed with weed-whackers are...
Clearing the smoke on medical marijuana, Part II
By Kevin A, Sabet, PhDIn the first installment of this series, I discussed the fallacy of rescheduling as part of...
State’s Burns on Paris Pact initiative against drug trafficking
Remarks by Deputy Secretary William J. Burns at the Third Ministerial of the Paris Pact Initiative. Further reading: United Nations...
Paul McCartney has stopped smoking cannabis
In an interview with the Rolling Stones Magazine Paul McCartney, celebrating his 70th birthday in June, says he has stopped...
The Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners
Today the Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners opened in Vienna. The Paris Pact partners will discuss how...
8 million ‘ecstasy’ tablets, weapons seized
Police were tipped off to a huge drug shipment probably bound for Thailand stored in three homes in a village...
U.S.: Report shows 7.5 million children live with a parent with an alcohol use disorder
A new report shows 7.5 million children under age 18 (10.5 percent of this population) lived with a parent who...
Clearing the smoke on medical marijuana, Part I
By Kevin A. Sabet, PhDMedical marijuana is a source of confusion, frustration and ignorance among many of us. On the...