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New Zealand: Waikato town unites against legal highs
A small south Waikato town has become the first community in the country to ban the sale of synthetic highs...
Approximately two-thirds of teens who already use marijuana report that legalizing the drug would increase their likelihood of using
Marijuana legalization would likely increase use among teens who already use marijuana, according to data from a survey of U.S....
Mapping the presence of Mexican cartels in Central America
Mexico’s principal drug trafficking organizations have moved 90 percent of their US-destined cocaine trafficking operations to Central America, indicates a...
Identifying the so-called legal highs
The 2013 World Drug Report released last week highlighted that new psychoactive substances (NPS) – the so-called legal highs –...
UK: Up to one third of the electricity stolen each year goes towards powering cannabis farms
The energy regulator Ofgem wants power firms to do more to combat electricity theft, a third of which is stolen...
Amsterdam hospitals to help police combat violent crime
Seven Amsterdam hospitals are to take part in a three-year pilot which police hope will help reduce violent crime, by...
Hemp flag flying over State Capitol is a disgrace
Marijuana legalization activist, Representative Jared Polis, used his pull to ensure that the flag flying over the US Capital Building...
No deadline yet for implementing cannabis cafe tourist ban
Justice minister Ivo Opstelten is not yet planning to impose a deadline on city councils to implement the ban on...
UK: Khat to be banned
The herbal stimulant khat is to be banned by the government, against the advice of its own Advisory Council on...