On Wednesday, February 24th, we will report from the launch of the INCB report in Brussels – articles and broadcast.
Category: News Archive
One further death in ongoing anthrax outbreak in Scotland
Health Protection Scotland reports that a further case of anthrax has been confirmed in a heroin user in Scotland, bringing...
Roscommon pamphlet on headshops
In a broadcast recently, Jacqui Smith in Roscommon in western Ireland told us how people in the town had come...
Seven African countries to co-operate against smuggling and use of cocaine
Seven African countries, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal, have decided to co-operate closely to combat smuggling...
New monograph on ecstasy
The National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales has published a new monograph on...
West African cocaine use rises along smuggling routes
West Africans are consuming more of the drugs trafficked between South America and Europe, raising the spectre of rising crime...
Corruption in Kenya
BBC reports that Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga has suspended the ministers of agriculture and education for alleged involvement in...
Africa under attack
In December last year Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) reported to...
UNODC predicts stable opium crop in Afghanistan
In a report issued today, UNODC projects stable cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan this year (measured in hectares), with...
More coffee shops in California than in the Netherlands
Medical marijuana in California? Rather development of a coffee shop industry in the state. As a matter of fact there...