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Positive news: Bad times for pot shops in southern California
Dispensary operators in Long Beach were recently convicted for selling weed L.A. City Hall’s move to ban them outright is...
Evaluation of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
The European Commission, Directorate-General Justice, has asked the Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES) to carry out an evaluation...
U.S. to force drug firms to report money paid to doctors
To head off medical conflicts of interest, the Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments...
Cannabis use stages as predictors of subsequent initiation with other illicit drugs
The aim of this study was to confirm the influence of cannabis use patterns on the probability of initiation with...
Drug legalization chic
Every so often, alas, the subject of drug legalization reappears. This time it is back as one of many bad...
Smoking ban announced on UC campuses
It’s a huge step in the fight against smoking, and it’s coming from the campuses of California. By 2014, the...
Brain response to cannabis
Brain imaging studies have allowed scientists to differentiate the effect on the brain of specific chemicals found in cannabis. The...
Get him! – The most influential trafficker in the world
“El Chapo” (Shorty) is the boss of the Sinaloa cartel. In his last-known photo, the 5 foot 6 inch son...
Cuba says it seized more than 9 tons of drugs in 2011
The Washington Post reports that Cuba says it seized more than nine tons of illegal narcotics last year and saw...