In sorting through the political charges and counter-charges, two facts remain clear: the Arizona shooter, Jared Loughner, was a drug...
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Driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol and medicines
A new EMCDDA report reveals risks of substance use behind the wheel.The report presents the results of the largest research...
Marijuana users not high priority for President Obama
President Obama says recreational users of marijuana in states that have legalized the substance should not be a “top priority”...
Methamphetamine use on the rise in East and South-East Asia
Methamphetamine remains the top illicit drug threat in East and South-East Asia, according to a new UNODC report, the 2012...
Obama finds a treaty his base doesn’t like
The Obama Administration may be pro-United Nations in its general approach to foreign policy, but on the matter of illegal...
Amsterdam imposes ban on smoking cannabis in school premises
According to local media reports, Amsterdam’s city council plans to introduce a ban on smoking cannabis in school premises. Furthermore,...
10 couriers arrested after checks at 28 European airports
With the support of Airpol and Europol, law enforcement authorities from 15 countries have carried out a two-day successful cross-border...
Victory! Imperial Tobacco loses legal challenge to display ban
Imperial Tobacco, the world’s fourth-largest cigarette group, has lost a legal bid to overturn a Scottish government ban on the...
Medical marijuana a charade
All the talk of “patients,” of “caregivers” and “medicine. “But the picture of the teenager holding his skateboard as he...
Rapid detox director has licence taken
The director of controversial Sydney clinic Psych n Soul, Ross Colquhoun, which offered experimental naltrexone treatments and rapid detoxification for...