Rene Sanabria-Oropeza, a Bolivian national and retired Bolivian General, and Marcelo Foronda-Azero, also a Bolivian national, pled guilty 23 June...
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One-quarter of in single-vehicle crashes test positive for drugs
A new study finds that one-quarter of drivers who died in single-vehicle crashes between 1999 and 2009 tested positive for...
Europol’s new headquarters in The Hague
On 1 July, Europol’s new headquarters in The Hague will be officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the...
Cannabis – a “hard” drug
Cannabis with 15 percent THC-content or higher should fall under the heading ‘hard drugs’. That is the advice of the...
World Drug Report 2011
The UNODC World Drug Report 2011 was released today. While global markets for cocaine, heroin and cannabis declined or remained...
Mexico nabs leader of cult-like La Familia cartel
AP reports that federal authorities apprehended the leader of the cult-like, pseudo-Christian La Familia cartel on Tuesday, saying they had...
Inconsistent approach re. so-called “medical” marijuana
Last week the U.S. House Judiciary Committee issued a letter to AG Eric Holder requesting clarification on the enforcement of...
Why the state should stop dealing drugs and start doing rehab
Kathy Gyngell at the Centre for Policy Studies in UK has published a new, interesting report, Breaking the habit –...
Crime up because of medical pot, state official says
The head of the Montana Department of Justice’s narcotics bureau said Wednesday that crime has increased in 78 percent of...
First international multidisciplinary forum on new drugs
Leading European and international experts on new drugs met in Lisbon from 11–12 May at the First international multidisciplinary forum...