Following the introduction of the so called “wietpas” at coffee shops in the three southern provinces Limburg, Brabant and Zeeland...
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Netherlands: Increasing violence against the police
There were 405 registered incidents of violence against the police in the past three months, including 40 attempts to run...
Transnational organized crime – Let´s put them out of business
UNODC today launched a new global awareness-raising campaign emphasizing the size and cost of transnational organized crime. Profiling this multibillion...
New Zealand: Changes to party pill laws a huge step forward
MP for Northland (New Zealand) Mike Sabin has today welcomed an announcement from Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne on new...
Fri access to British scientific research within two years
Radical shakeup of academic publishing will allow papers to be put online and be accessed by universities, firms and individuals....
EU agency lifts lid on drug data secrets
Europe’s medicines regulator, criticised in the past for excessive secrecy, is opening its data vaults to systematic scrutiny in a...
Elton John: ‘I wasted a big part of my life on cocaine
‘The 65-year-old, who battled addictions to alcohol and cocaine until 1990, said that he wishes he had become clean sooner...
Gambia: Over 13, 000 mentally ill in Gambia due to cannabis use
Experts have disclosed that about 27, 000 people have mental disorder in The Gambia and that it is estimated that...
U.S. Army prohibits use of marijuana substitutes
Recent changes in federal law make it illegal to possess most forms of Spice. Similarly, all marijuana substitutes are illegal...
Puerto Rico seeks US help to fight crime, drugs
Puerto Rico’s governor is meeting with U.S. officials including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to discuss ways to better fight...