From: [Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group > http://www.ttag.info/] Paisan Suwannawong (Thai and English) +66-81-824-5434 (in Thailand, 081-824-5434 Jennifer Flynn, Health GAP (English) +1.917.517.5202 Anan Muanmoonchai (Thai only) 081-025-6570
The Life of a Human Rights Resolution at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Source: [International Harm Reduction Association >http://www.ihrablog.net/2008/04/life-of-human-rights-resolution-at-un.html] 22 April 2008 By HR2
NL: PRESIDENT OF POLICE ASSOCIATION PROPOSES TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS CULTIVATION
Source: ANP 23 april 2008
USA: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS TAKES PRO-CANNABIS STAND (Mostly)
From: Counterpunch, Weekend Edition February 23 / 4, 2008 By FRED GARDNER
USA: LAW PROPOSAL TO DEPENALISE CANNABIS
CONGRESSMAN BARNEY FRANK INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO REMOVE FEDERAL PENALTIES ON PERSONAL MARIJUANA USE Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Friday, 18 April 2008
Kommission erkauft die Ruhe vor den Bürgern
Am 14. April 2008 lief die Frist für Bewerbungen für die Unterstützung von Projekten aus dem Budget für Drogenprävention und -information ab. Dieses Budget wurde eingerichtet, um die Rolle von zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen in der EU-Drogenpolitik zu unterstützen. Encod hat sich entschlossen, sich nicht zu bewerben. Im folgenden erklären wir warum.
EXPERTS: VANCOUVER INJECTION ROOMS ARE POSITIVE
Health Canada panel gives injection site favourable review Source: The Vancouver Sun (Canada) April 12, 2008 By: Frances Bula, Vancouver Sun
LEAD POISONING DUE TO ADULTERATED CANNABIS
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine April 10, 2008 By: Busse F, Omidi L, Leichtle A, Windgassen M, Kluge E, Stumvoll M.
CANNABIS SHOULD REMAIN CLASS C
The official body which advises the government on drugs policy has decided cannabis should remain a class C drug, the BBC understands. Source BBC News 3 April 2008
MAJOR PROTEST DEMANDS COCA-COLA SHUT DOWN PLANT IN INDIA
Coca-Cola Operating Plant Without Environmental Authorization Government Data Confirms Drops in Water Tables March 31, 2008 Source: Amit Srivastava, India Resource Center +91 98103 46161 (India) +1 415 336 7584 (US) Contacts: Nandlal Master, Lok Samiti +91 94153 00520 (India)