Interview with Eugene Corcoran, Chief Bureau Officer, Criminal Assets Bureau, Ireland. Topic: Criminal asset forfeiture
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On the dangers of ecstasy
In an article in The Guardian, Ecstasy does not wreck the mind, study claims, the author of the article reports...
2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
Today, March 3, 2011, the U.S. Department of State submitted the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) to Congress. The...
Continued cannabis use and risk of incidence and persistence of psychotic symptoms: 10 year follow-up cohort study
Researchers carried out a population based cohort study in Germany with 1923 individuals from the general population, aged 14-24 at...
FDA hypocrisy?
On Wednesday U.S. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) announced a crackdown on some 500 prescription drugs for cold, cough and...
The UN Health Rapporteur’s Shocking New Clothes
“Anything goes in the ‘war on drugs,’ or so it seems” – chastened Manfred Nowak and Anand Grover, the two...
INCB Annual Report launched today
The 2010 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) was launched today in various locations in the world....
678 gang members and associates arrested during Project Southern Tempest
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced today the arrests of 678 gang members and associates...
Research: U.S. anti-drug campaign succeeds in lowering marijuana use
The federal anti-drug campaign “Above the Influence” appears to have effectively reduced marijuana use by teenagers, new research shows. A...
Controversies in drugs policy and practice
Neil McKeganey, Professor of Drug Misuse Research at the Centre for Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow, UK has written...