Repeated use of MDMA (“ecstasy”) may cause sleep apnea in otherwise healthy young adults according to a new study by...
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Deputy Attorney General David Ogden to leave Department of Justice
Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden announced today that he will leave the Department on February 5, 2010 to return...
Cannabinoid analogues in Spice banned in Great Britain
As of December 23rd 2009 anything that contains a synthetic cannabinoid analogue such as JWH-018 becomes a controlled substance in...
Major crackdown on cannabis plantations in the Netherlands
According to the Dutch public prosecution department organised crime gangs running professional, largescale cannabis cultivations will face major crackdowns. The...
High-potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis
A new study on high-potency and the risk of psychosis has been published in The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009)...
Cannabis and suicide: longitudinal study
A new study on cannabis and suicide has been published in The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 195: 492-497. The...
International Drug Control into the 21st Century
International Drug Control into the 21st Century – edited by Hamid Ghodse Published by Ashgate, Aldershot, UK. ISBN 978-0-7546-7215-9 Book...
1 December – World AIDS Day
On World AIDS Day, as we reflect on universal access and human rights, UNAIDS calls on governments to refrain from...
Consensus on cross-border crime and migration in the Stockholm Programme
At today’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, home affairs and migration ministers discussed the draft Stockholm Programme. There was broad...
Troika Meeting with Russia in Stockholm
On the afternoon of Wednesday 2 December, a meeting on justice and home affairs will be held between the EU...