In December last year Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) reported to...
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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...
The new European Commission
Today Members of the European Parliament approved 26 candidates for the European Commission. The vote was 488 in favour, 137...
New Broadcast: Demonstration against headshops in Ireland
Citizens in Roscommon in western Ireland have come together to demonstrate against a headshop that recently opened in the town....
Colorado Attorney General’s position on medical marijuana legislation
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has released a letter to members of the Colorado Assembly summarizing his position on medical...
Marijuana does not appear to improve memory or reverse effects of Alzheimer’s disease
Canadian scientists at the Vancouver Coastal health Research Institute report that marijuana does not appear to improve memory or reverse...
Marijuana initiative in California withdrawn from circulation
An initiative that wanted to change California law to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana has been withdrawn from circulation as...
Tough sentences in mephedrone case
A Swedish Court of Appeal, Svea Hovrätt, today affirmed a District Court sentence in a case involving mephedrone. A 20-year-old...
ACMD warns young people about using mephedrone
In an article in The Times, the chair of the British ACMD (Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs), Professor...