Yesterday California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1300 which will provide possibilities for cities and local governments in California...
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U.S. domestic marijuana industry fuels Mexican drug cartels
U.S. domestic marijuana industry fuels Mexican drug cartels. What is the U.S. Government Doing to Stop This Thriving Business? In...
Some 75 cities in Colorado ban retail outlets for sale of “medical” marijuana
As of this spring, some 75 Colorado towns, either by council or voter action, have banned retail outlets for the...
Summary of health harms of drugs
The British Department of Health has published a document about the health harms of drugs. The document is available here....
New broadcast about cannabis and the developing brain
Interview with Associate Professor Thomas Lundqvist at Lund University, Sweden. Topic: How cannabis interferes with the development of the young...
Facebook, Myspace and the use of alcohol and other drugs
For the first time, CASA Columbia’s 2011 annual teen survey explores teen social network use in relation to teen substance...
Tracing dirty money – an expert on the trail
More than one trillion dollars: this is the staggering amount of money probably laundered annually in recent years, says Pierre...
Judge: Marijuana act does not protect dispensaries
Daily Tribune serving southeastern Oakland County reports that a local judge has said that Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act does not...
High-ranking member of Mexican drug cartel extradited to the United States
Aurelio Cano-Flores, aka “Yankee” and “Yeyo,” a high-ranking member of the Mexican Gulf Cartel, has been extradited to the United...
The Portuguese drug problem
Interview with Dr. Manuel Pinto Coelho about the drug problem in Portugal (in Portuguese). More on the same theme: Consumo...