The threat posed by the diversion and abuse of Controlled Prescription Drugs( CPDs) is increasing in the United States, largely...
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International criminal markets have become major centres of power, UNODC report shows
A report released today by UNODC shows how organized crime has globalized and turned into one of the world’s foremost...
Deadly, ultra-pure heroin arrives in US
According to AP, Mexican drug smugglers are increasingly peddling a form of ultra-potent heroin that sells for as little as...
New report about the importance of place in policing
A new report, The Importance of Place in Policing, was published earlier this week. In the report Professor David Weisburd,...
Florida: Panel addresses dangers of medical marijuana
At the 9th annual conference on addictive disorders held in Florida recently, a panel of experts described the dangers of...
The heroin trial failure
A report of a recent heroin prescription trial in Britain published in the Lancet (29th May 2010) was widely promoted...
Mafia and Drugs – Organized crime and drug trafficking in Italy
Fabio Bernabei Mafia and Drugs – Organized crime and drug trafficking in Italy. Presentation by Italian journalist Fabio Bernabei.
Resolution for the appointment of new Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Resolution for the appointment of new Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Oceania – A Situational Analysis of Illicit Drug Use 2010
Josephine BaxterPresentation to the 2nd World Forum Against Drugs, Stockholm, Sweden, 26 May 2010. Josephine Baxter, Executive Officer, Drug Free...
Marijuana as Medicine?
Professor Bertha K. Madras Marijuana as Medicine? – Presentation by Professor Bertha K. Madras, PhD (Hon.), Professor of Psychobiology, Department...