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Liabilities of ”medical” marijuana
What are the federal, criminal and civil and other liabilities of ”medical” marijuana dispensaries and physicians, state government employees, landlords...
Tolerance a recipe for drug misery
In an article in The Sydney Morning Herald today Paul Sheehan tells the story about Stathi Katsidis who lived faster...
Federal crackdown confounds States that allow medical marijuana
In an article in The New York Times, New Federal Crackdown Confounds States That Allow Medical Marijuana, it is made...
State House snuffs out medical marijuana bill
A pilot program to legalize marijuana for medicinal use failed Thursday in the Illinois House amid worries it could lead...
Several U.S. States reassess ”medical” marijuana laws
USA Today reports that several U.S. states have started reassessing their medical marijuana laws after stern warnings from the federal...
“Teaching” adolescents to drink alcohol is not a very good idea
Teaching adolescents to drink alcohol under adult supervision does not appear to teach responsible drinking as teens get older. In...
Drug trafficking and kidnapping fund al Qaeda
CNN has published an interesting article by Rachel Ehrenfeld, who is a U.S. terror finance scholar and author of “Funding...
Scientists working on vaccines to combat addiction
The Wall Street Journal reports that scientists are working to develop new vaccines to fight drug addiction – vaccines that...
Europol Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2011
Organised crime is changing and becoming increasingly diverse in its methods, group structures, and impact on society, reveals Europol’s 2011...