A drug addict placed on a methadone programme as a teenager is still receiving the heroin substitute 22 years later....
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Pot lobbying: John Morgan’s “medical” marijuana investment nears $1 million
Orlando super-donor and trial lawyer John Morgan has now pumped nearly $1 million into his crusade to ask Florida voters...
San Jose medical marijuana crackdown begins after council vote on regulations
City officials on Wednesday began the process of shutting down medical marijuana shops next to homes as part of strict...
Uruguay is breaking the International Conventions on Drug Control with the cannabis legislation approved by its Congress
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) regrets that the legislation to legalize production, sale and consumption of cannabis for non-medical...
Alternatives? Yes! Legalization? No!
We should not be forced into a false choice between a war on drugs or legalization. An evaluation of the...
UK: Ketamine should be upgraded to a Class B drug
Ketamine should be upgraded to a Class B substance, Government advisers have said. The drug, also known as Special K,...
Uruguay legalises production and sale of cannabis
A new law now opens the way for Uruguay to regulate the production, distribution, sale and consumption of marijuana. The...
ATF used mentally disabled people as props in undercover stings
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) has coerced mentally disabled people into unwitting participation in undercover stings, and...
‘One in 10 family doctors have upped drugs dose to hasten death’
One in 10 Dutch family doctors has given dying patients a too-high dose of morphine or other painkiller in order...
A controlled family study of cannabis users with and without psychosis
The results of the current study suggest that having an increased familial morbid risk for schizophrenia may be the underlying...