Europol and the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) have published a joint report on 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone)....
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Drug-related research on the EMCDDA website
The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) now hosts a dedicated thematic area on drug-related research, containing...
Morocco tells Europe: don’t go soft on cannabis
Europe is where almost all the cannabis resin is consumed. We cannot continue there with the logic of decriminalising this...
Controlled prescription drugs in the United States
The threat posed by the diversion and abuse of Controlled Prescription Drugs( CPDs) is increasing in the United States, largely...
International criminal markets have become major centres of power, UNODC report shows
A report released today by UNODC shows how organized crime has globalized and turned into one of the world’s foremost...
Deadly, ultra-pure heroin arrives in US
According to AP, Mexican drug smugglers are increasingly peddling a form of ultra-potent heroin that sells for as little as...
New report about the importance of place in policing
A new report, The Importance of Place in Policing, was published earlier this week. In the report Professor David Weisburd,...
Florida: Panel addresses dangers of medical marijuana
At the 9th annual conference on addictive disorders held in Florida recently, a panel of experts described the dangers of...
The heroin trial failure
A report of a recent heroin prescription trial in Britain published in the Lancet (29th May 2010) was widely promoted...
Swedish Minister for Public Health speaks at the opening of World Forum Against Drugs
Maria Larsson, Swedish Minister for Elderly Care and Public Health, will speak at the opening of the World Forum Against...