Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:04 CEST
Corruption hampers efforts to seize Russia-bound narcoticsAccording to a new report, Opiate Flows through Northern Afghanistan and Central Asia: a Threat Assessment, corruption hampers efforts to seize Russia-bound narcotics in northern Afghanistan.
Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:46 CEST
Senior United Nations officials yesterday drew the world's attention to threats posed by transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America and called for concerted global efforts to combat the scourge, which they said was spreading to other continents.
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Monday, 14 May 2012 19:02 CEST
Interview with Professor Allen Frances at Duke University School of Medicine, USA. He was also chair of the DSM-IV Task Force. Topic: DSM-IV and "psychiatric disorders".
Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:31 CEST
The Danish Minister of Justice, Morten Bødskov, has thwarted the efforts of pot proponents to introduce a trial with legal cannabis in Copenhagen. Case closed.
Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:56 CEST
The Federal Government says big tobacco is deliberately targeting vulnerable teenagers by selling cheap cigarettes. British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) has released a budget brand called Just Smokes which retails around $11.50 for a pack of 25. That's much lower than the average price of $16 and only slightly higher than illegal counterfeit products.
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:28 CEST
It was the drunk driving accident that killed a Riverview man more than four years ago, when a 17-year-old lost control of his Camaro and slammed into a car driven by Sammy Garcia.The convenience store that provided him with the alcohol has just been ordered to pay 716 million dollars.
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Monday, 14 May 2012 18:18 CEST
New York Times reports that a revision to the manual, known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or D.S.M., would expand the list of recognized symptoms for drug and alcohol addiction, while also reducing the number of symptoms required for a diagnosis.
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DSM
DSM-5 Draft Criteria Open for Final Public Comment May 2nd through June 15th, 2012
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DSM
DSM-5 Draft Criteria Open for Final Public Comment May 2nd through June 15th, 2012
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- New Zealand: Skydive instructors took cannabis before fatal flight
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- 25 Colorado medical-marijuana dispensaries close after warning
- Four Sinaloa cartel figures targeted including sons of “Chapo” Guzman
- US: Medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among high school seniors
- California: Foreclosed houses become homes for indoor marijuana farms
- Denver lawyer loses liability insurance over medical-marijuana clients
- UK: Drug drivers face jail term under new laws
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Josephine Baxter
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‘Australia 21’ Report Lacks Substance
rnrnThe so-called ‘high level’ r report on illicit drugs, suggesting that decriminalisation across the board, will solve Australia’s drug problems, lacks sound scientific basis and credibility and, as such should be discounted. The following a just...
