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Category: News Archive

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07.022012February 7, 2012

Sativex receives regulatory approval in Austria

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GW Pharmaceuticals reports that Sativex has received regulatory approval in Austria as a treatment of spasticity due to Multiple Sclerosis...

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07.022012February 7, 2012

Medical marijuana a threat to state’s children

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” I am convinced that the adverse consequences of legalization of marijuana, or de-facto legalization through widespread distribution of medical...

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07.022012February 7, 2012

Harm reduction not the solution to addictions

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Addictions are not solved by supplying the means or the product – but many are helped by getting to the...

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07.022012February 7, 2012

Morocco: 12 tons of cannabis resin seized

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Moroccan gendarmerie announced on Thursday that it seized 11.790 tonnes of chira (cannabis resin) hidden in a refrigerating lorry on...

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05.022012February 5, 2012

Panama ex-leader Manuel Noriega taken to hospital

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Former military leader of Panama Gen Manuel Noriega has been moved from his prison cell near Panama City to a...

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05.022012February 5, 2012

2 million Ritalin doses prescribed in Scotland last year

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More than two million daily doses of Ritalin were prescribed to children in Scotland last year despite calls for doctors...

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03.022012February 3, 2012

More heroin for heroin addicts – is the Department of Health quite off its head?

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Kathy Gyngell: Free heroin dispensing on the NHS is getting closer. For seven years now the Department of Health has...

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02.022012February 2, 2012

What´s wrong with the teenage mind?

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The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about the teenage mind. It is well worth reading. What´s wrong with...

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01.022012February 1, 2012

Alcohol harm production in Vancouver – free drinks to alcoholics

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Vancouver, aka Vansterdam, has enormous problem with drugs and drug use. Now there is a proposal to add to that...

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30.012012January 30, 2012

The Cannabis Cult

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“Drug-taking makes its victims passive, fuddles their ability to think and makes their speech incoherent. It is , in those...

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