On 13 & 14 December 2007, the European Commission organised the first meeting of a Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy in the European Union. This forum is meant to strengthen cooperation with civil society in the field of drug policy at EU level. The forum is the outcome of a process that started in […]
Source: BBC News 19 November 2007
Source: The Independent By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor Published: 17 November 2007
Source: Psychiatry Source Date: November 16 2007 Cannabis and smoking gene links to schizophrenia unfounded
Berne Stalenkrantz the chairman of The Swedish Drug Users Union->http://www.svenskabrukarforeningen.com] (SDUU) and Damon Barett, Human Rights Analyst at IHRA have made a joint submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Committee is currently reviewing Sweden’s compliance with its human rights obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural […]
RAT TRAP source: http://www.walrusmagazine.com, 15 november 2007 Why Canada’s Drug Policy Won’t Check Addiction. “Canada’s anti-drug strategy a failure, study suggests,” read the headline of a brief cbc story that circulated through a handful of news outlets before dying out early this year. The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in hiv/aids had just published a […]
Source: Earth Times Date: November 7 2007
Barry Hess, a former Ansett executive and general manager of Bali’s collapsed airline Air Paradise, was arrested last month after police allegedly found 14.4 grams of hashish and 2.7 grams of marijuana in his Kuta home
ENCOD will participate among 500 representatives of European civil society in the AGORA ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE, to be held in the European Parliament on 8 and 9 November 2007, and present the following statement:
WEST AFRICA: More funds needed to tackle drug use, NGOs say Source: [IRIN – humanitarian news and analysis UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs->http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=75164] 5 November 2007
