UNODC’s Regional Office for Eastern Africa recently launched a project to support police reforms in Kenya. In light of the...
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Czech police raid shops selling goods to grow pot
Czech police have raided dozens of stores suspected of selling materials that help people illegally grow marijuana. In a statement...
UK players want lighter penalties for recreational drugs
A union representing British sportsmen and women has launched legal action in Switzerland to try to ensure more sympathetic treatment...
Neil McKeganey: ‘Legal’ highs a low point
Novel psychoactive s, the dry scientific terminology for what are more commonly known as “legal high” drugs may represent the...
Coca eradication in Bolivia
The Bolivian government will probably limit efforts to eradicate illegal coca fields in areas where President Evo Morales’ political support...
FDA OKs powerful painkiller, stirring fears
Going against the recommendation of its own panel of outside advisers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a...
Neuroscientist establishes direct link between stimulus-response learning and substance abuse
Veronique Bohbot, PhD, neuroscientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, found that the region of the brain involved in...
Philippines: DOH warns medical marijuana users: Arrests in the offing
Using marijuana for medical purposes does not avert the possibility of individuals being charged criminally.This was the warning of Department...
Japan: Reformatories seek to help juveniles kick drug habit
Young people are trying to break their addictions to narcotics at four juvenile reformatories across the nation under the Justice...
U.S: Holder, ocps clash on DOJ’s decision to ease pot enforcement
The nation’s law enforcement establishment isn’t pleased with the Obama administration decision to ease the enforcement of federal drug laws...