Substance use among secondary school students in an urban setting in Nigeria: prevalence and associated factors Oshodi OY, Aina OF,...
Category: News Archive
Cocaine – A European Union perspective in the global context
Increasingly sophisticated techniques to conceal and smuggle cocaine into Europe are reviewed in a new EMCDDAAEuropol market analysis – Cocaine:...
Record number of new drugs reported in 2009
A record number of new drugs was officially reported in 2009 to the EMCDDA and Europol via the EU early-warning...
Police swoop on cornerstone of illicit cannabis cultivation industry
Police this morning swooped on 35 businesses and numerous residential addresses throughout the country as search warrants were executed as...
Health is the theme of the 2010 world drug campaign
Health is the theme of this year’s world drug campaign, to be launched on International Day against Drug Abuse and...
“Medical marijuana is a stalking-horse for legalization”
Robert DuPont, president of the Institute for Behavior and Health, first director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and...
ASAM Public Policy Statement on “Medical Marijuana”
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has published the following Public Policy Statement on “Medical Marijuana”. (ASAM´s White Paper...
EU citizens’ attitudes towards alcohol
Alcohol consumption in the European Union is at a similar level to four years ago, a Eurobarometer survey shows. Three...
Better alternative opportunities allow young people to make smarter choices
During a visit to Mexico recently, first lady Michelle Obama said that young people will make smarter choices about using...
Crime Congress wraps up with ‘Salvador Declaration’
The Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice has wrapped up in Salvador, Brazil, with the adoption...