Ahead of the holiday season, Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, wants to...
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New report on doping in Sweden
A new report on doping in Sweden was released today Some highlights from the report No reliable data is available...
Preventing youth crime
On 9–10 December the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) will be holding its annual conference, where crime prevention actors from...
World Forum Against Drugs in Sweden 24-26 May 2010
The First World Forum Against Drugs was held in Stockholm, Sweden in September last year. More than 600 representatives from...
Ecstasy may cause sleep apnea
Repeated use of MDMA (“ecstasy”) may cause sleep apnea in otherwise healthy young adults according to a new study by...
Deputy Attorney General David Ogden to leave Department of Justice
Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden announced today that he will leave the Department on February 5, 2010 to return...
Cannabinoid analogues in Spice banned in Great Britain
As of December 23rd 2009 anything that contains a synthetic cannabinoid analogue such as JWH-018 becomes a controlled substance in...
Major crackdown on cannabis plantations in the Netherlands
According to the Dutch public prosecution department organised crime gangs running professional, largescale cannabis cultivations will face major crackdowns. The...
High-potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis
A new study on high-potency and the risk of psychosis has been published in The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009)...
Cannabis and suicide: longitudinal study
A new study on cannabis and suicide has been published in The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 195: 492-497. The...