In Myanmar’s new war on drugs, meet the weapon of mass destruction: the weed-whacker. Myanmar police armed with weed-whackers are...
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Clearing the smoke on medical marijuana, Part II
By Kevin A, Sabet, PhDIn the first installment of this series, I discussed the fallacy of rescheduling as part of...
State’s Burns on Paris Pact initiative against drug trafficking
Remarks by Deputy Secretary William J. Burns at the Third Ministerial of the Paris Pact Initiative. Further reading: United Nations...
Paul McCartney has stopped smoking cannabis
In an interview with the Rolling Stones Magazine Paul McCartney, celebrating his 70th birthday in June, says he has stopped...
The Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners
Today the Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners opened in Vienna. The Paris Pact partners will discuss how...
8 million ‘ecstasy’ tablets, weapons seized
Police were tipped off to a huge drug shipment probably bound for Thailand stored in three homes in a village...
U.S.: Report shows 7.5 million children live with a parent with an alcohol use disorder
A new report shows 7.5 million children under age 18 (10.5 percent of this population) lived with a parent who...
Clearing the smoke on medical marijuana, Part I
By Kevin A. Sabet, PhDMedical marijuana is a source of confusion, frustration and ignorance among many of us. On the...
Mexico’s defense secretary acknowledges errors in drug war
Mexico’s defense secretary has conceded errors in the country’s drug war, in one of the more frank assertions from the...
Medical marijuana law busted in Delaware
Delaware’s legalisation of medical marijuana has fizzled in the wake of legal opinions that growers, distributors and state employees could...