Several newspapers in California express negative views on the legalisation of marijuana. Riverside-Press Enterprise North County Times Contra Costa Times...
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Harmful psychiatric effects of cannabis
According to researchers at the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands) cannabis use significantly increases the risk for incident psychotic symptoms...
Bipolar disorder does not increase risk of violent crime
A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder – or manic-depressive disorder – does not increase the...
Secretary-General introduces new Executive Director of UNODC
At a media encounter at the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon introduced Yury Fedotov,...
Antonio Maria Costa: “Drug control is not the task of governments alone: it is a society-wide responsibility”
In an article, Legalise drugs and a worldwide epidemic of addiction will follow, in The Guardian today the former Executive...
Comment from WFAD, about the appointment of Ambassador Yuri Viktorovich Fedotov, as Executive Director of UNODC
Stockholm, September 1, 2010 Comment from World Fedration Against Drugs, WFAD, about the appointment of Ambassador Yuri Viktorovich Fedotov, as...
INCB President at UNHQ in New York and in Washington D.C.
During the mission to UNHQ in New York, Professor Hamid Ghodse, President of the International Narcotics Control Board and Mr....
Colombia: New anti-drugs campaign targets the public
According to the last National Study on Drugs, released in 2008 by the Colombian Ministry of Social Protection, the National...
UNODC assists Afghanistan justice system in setting up code of ethics
Corruption and poor governance are major causes preventing the process of reconstruction and development in Afghanistan. To help address these...
More than 10 tons of counterfeit and illicit medical products seized in East Africa
An international operation across East Africa targeting counterfeit medical products and pharmaceutical crimes has resulted in the seizure of at...