On 1 January 2010 Europol acquired a stronger mandate and new capabilities to fight international serious crime and terrorism. Under...
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Young people who start to smoke tobacco early risk ending up with early cannabis use
According to a study, Externalizing Behavior Problems and Cigarette Smoking as Predictors of Cannabis Use: The TRAILS Study, published in...
Drug abuse testing in prevention and treatment
The Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice devote Volume 3, issue 4 – Winter 2010 to the critical role...
Statement from U.S. – Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Drug Trafficking Working Group
During his recent visit to Moscow, ONDCP Director Gil Kerlikowske met with Victor Ivanov, Director of the Federal Drug Control...
The biggest political party in the Netherlands wants to close coffee shops
Updated Friday 5 Feb: Due to the absence of the Minister of Health, Ab KLink, the debate on Dutch drugs...
Decriminalization of drugs in Portugal – The real facts!
The national press, and especially the foreign, has referred with outlandish insistence, on the eve of two important elections in...
Ecstasy – a deadly stimulant
According to researchers at the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Pharmacy, who looked at stimulant related deaths across UK between...
Response to “Is Marijuana a Medicine?”
On January 18 The Wall Street Journal carried an article, Is Marijuana a Medicine? Robert L. DuPont, M.D. , President...
Drug and alcohol testing for 4 300 police officers
The South Australian government plans to introduce drug and alcohol testing for 4 300 police officers. Legislation is expected to...
Two-thirds of all law enforcement investigations in Hawaii are drug-related
According to local authorities two-thirds of all law enforcement investigations in Hawaii are drug related Most of the crime that...