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Category: News Archive

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08.022011February 8, 2011

Statement from White House Drug Policy Director on Synthetic Stimulants, a.k.a “Bath Salts”

By WFADIn News Archive

On Feb,1, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, released the following statement following recent reports indicating the emerging...

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07.022011February 7, 2011

The latest studies on cannabis

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We will start publishing references to the latest research on cannabis. Information about the most recent studies (January 2011) are...

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04.022011February 4, 2011

Medical marijuana reflects an indifference to public health

By WFADIn News Archive

In 1996 a ballot initiative in California was approved (Prop. 215, and its successor SB420), which allowed for a smoked...

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02.022011February 2, 2011

Paper on the right of children to be protected from narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

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The only explicit statement about narcotic and psychotropic drugs (henceforth drugs) in any core United Nations Human Rights Convention is...

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31.012011January 31, 2011

Cocaine production increases destruction of Colombia’s rainforests

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Scientists from Stony Brook University are reporting new evidence that cultivating coca bushes, the source of cocaine, is speeding up...

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31.012011January 31, 2011

Bolivia´s proposal to remove the ban of coca leaf is dead

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Today was the deadline for countries to submit objections to Bolivia´s proposal to remove the ban on coca leaf chewing....

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31.012011January 31, 2011

Drug bust shows Argentina-Europe trafficking ties

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The New York Times reports that a major cocaine bust in Spain is highlighting the growing drug-trafficking ties between Argentina...

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26.012011January 26, 2011

Lebanese-based drug trafficking and money laundering network

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An ongoing DEA investigation led to actions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...

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25.012011January 25, 2011

Cash, diamonds, drugs, firearms & people smuggled in small airplanes

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Europol has recently identified an expansion in the range of illicit commodities being trafficked using light aircraft. In the past,...

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25.012011January 25, 2011

Waterpipes – smoking without risk? health effects, habits, attitudes and surveillance

By WFADIn News Archive

The use of Tobacco causes injuries, illnesses and life-long addiction. Smoking waterpipes has been common in Eastern and African cultures...

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