On Wednesday U.S. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) announced a crackdown on some 500 prescription drugs for cold, cough and...
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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...
Why legalisation of marijuana and other drugs is so dangerous
Dr. Stuart Reece MBBS (Hons), FRCS (Ed.), FRCS (Glas.), MD, FRACGP in Australia elaborates on three principal features of the...
New broadcast about drug policy in the UK
Interview with Neil McKaganey, Professor of Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow. Topic: Drug Policy in the UK
Bolivian drug scandal
René Sanabria OropezaBolivian President Evo Morales´s former drug czar, René Sanabria Oropeza, was arrested on drug charges in Panama on...
Cocaine producing site dismantled
According to El Espectador, the Colombian Navy has dismantled a cocaine-producing site capable of producing three tons of cocaine monthly.