Source: Copenhagen Post Feb. 28th 2008
NL: MAYORS WANT EFFECTIVE, NOT IDEOLOGICAL, DRUG POLICY
Source: NRC Handelsblad March 4, 2008 By: Ruud Vreeman, mayor of Tilburg; Gerd Leers, mayor of Maastricht; Job Cohen , mayor of Amsterdam; Boris van der Ham, MP for D66 (left liberals); Krista van Velzen, MP for SP (left socialist party). As far as drug policy goes: effect is what counts, not the ideology.
CZECH PARLIAMENT TO AMEND DRUG LAW
Source: Radio Prague Date: March 14 2008 Author: Daniela Lazarová
CZECH COURT SUPPORTS CANNABIS GROWER
Source: ČeskéNoviny.cz Author: ČTK 03.03.2008
VICTORY (FOR NOW) FOR COLOMBIAN COCA GROWERS
Source: The Narco News Bulletin March 10, 2008 By Dan Feder Weeks of Intense Protest End with an Agreement to Switch to Legal Crops in Return for Government Support
UN DRUG AGENCY CALLED ‘STOOGES’ OVER CRITICAL REPORT
Calgary Herald 9 March 2008 By: Christina Montgomery Safe Injection Site Violates Treaties, World Body Says
CLOSED MINDS
The Ottawa Citizen March 7, 2008 By: Dan Gardner
UN NEEDS TO CHEW ON ITS DRUG POLICY
Source: National Post (Canada) 6 March 2008 By: Steven Edwards
BZP FIRST DRUG TO BE PROHIBITED BY EU
Source: [EMCDDA >http://www.emcdda.europa.eu] 3.3.2008 COUNCIL DECISION: ‘APPROPRIATE CONTROLS’ FOR BZP
DIE WICHTIGSTEN ROHSTOFFE SIND ILLEGAL
NZZ Online 4. März 2008 Von: T. K. Mit Normen, Polizeieinsatz und international koordinierten Abwehrmassnahmen ist es bisher nicht gelungen, Anbau, Verarbeitung und Transport illegaler landwirtschaftlicher Rohwaren (Drogen) aufzuhalten. Sehr scharf greifen jedoch die Gesetze des Marktes.