A U.S. judge on Tuesday barred U.S. authorities from importing an anesthesia drug used in carrying out death sentences because...
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The real dope on “medical” marijuana
Marijuana is, after all, not a uniform, well-defined material. Different plant strains and batches vary radically in their levels of...
Natural and pharmaceutical opioids can encourage cancer; opioid antagonists may suppress
The suspicion that opioid drugs for pain could encourage cancer growth began with a laboratory report from the University of...
Written evidence accepted by the UK Parliament Home Affairs Committee for the drugs inquiry
Anybody interested in the written evidence accepted by the UK Parliament Home Affairs Committee for the drugs inquiry will find...
Establishment of a European Cybercrime Centre
Today the European Commission will propose to establish a European Cybercrime Centre as the focal point in the fight against...
Europe has the highest proportion of drinkers in the world
Alcohol is a key public health and social concern across the Community. Europe has the highest proportion of drinkers in...
Death penalty 2011 – alarming levels of executions in the few countries that kill
Countries that carried out executions in 2011 did so at an alarming rate but those employing capital punishment have decreased...
UK sells cannabis to Amsterdam?
In 1997 only 11 per cent of cannabis sold on UK streets was grown in Britain. A decade later the...
Inquiry links Cambodian leader’s nephew to drug trafficking, money laundering
Australian police suspect the nephew of Cambodia’s Prime Minister is involved in a heroin trafficking and money laundering syndicate targeting...
U.S. Attorney sends letters to 25 marijuana stores
U.S. Attorney John Walsh today issued letters to 25 marijuana stores, formally notifying them that action will be taken to...