The LA City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban all dispensaries, although patients and caretakers still can grow marijuana at...
Category: News Archive
Synthetic stimulants called ‘bath salts’ act in the brain like cocaine
Results of a new study led by C.J. Malanga, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology, pediatrics and psychology at the...
Mexican Marines arrest Zetas cartel boss, 4 others
A Los Zetas drug cartel boss and four associates were arrested by marines in Cadereyta, a city in the northern...
Mexican cartel pot growers in California are a threat to wildlife
Damage done to wildlife and the environment by illegal marijuana growers is causing great concern, especially for officials with the...
The Netherlands: Number of people addicted to cannabis tripled between 2000 and 2010
According to the Dutch National Drugs Monitor, produced by the Utrecht-based Trimbos Institute, the number of people addicted to cannabis...
Literary festival in Italy gives residents voice in fight against mafia
Historically, neither the pen nor the sword has been particularly effective when it comes to combating the ‘Ndrangheta, the criminal...
Australian caught smuggling drugs escapes with lighter sentence than prosecutors wanted
An Australian man caught trying to smuggle hashish and methamphetamines into Bali hidden in his stomach has been sentenced to...
Montana: Marijuana measures fail to make ballot
Backers of pro-marijuana and anti-abortion measures in Montana have failed to get enough signatures to get the proposed constitutional initiatives...
Has cannabis been secretly genetically modified to render it more dangerous?
Dr Fidelia Cascini, a Forensic Scientist at the University of Rome, has found dramatically increased concentrations of THC in police...
Switzerland: Experts debate what to do about cannabis
Should pot be outlawed, controlled, or just legalised? For anti-addiction experts, regulating consumption would counter a drug market associated with...