Studies Find DNA Damage From Anti-Coca Herbicide By Stephen Leahy Source: Tierramérica Saturday 16 June 2007
A DRUG FREE WORLD, CAN WE DO IT?
We can score one for the naysayers Dan Gardner Source: [The Ottawa Citizen >http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/index.html] Friday, June 15, 2007
A CARD FOR NORMALISATION: SPAIN
Amigos de María, a Spanish association of cannabis consumers offers legal advise to its members in order to deal with fines
COPING WITH A HYPOCRIT POLICY: NETHERLANDS
On June 1st, Dutch police acted against coffeeshop Checkpoint in Terneuzen, close to the border with Belgium. In the shop itself and in a private house related to the shop, an amount of almost 100 kilos of cannabis was found that was meant to be sold through the coffeeshop. Checkpoint, an ENCOD member, is one […]
ERRADICATION OR LEGALIZATION: AFGHANISTAN
“Defeating Afghanistan’s Drug Fix- Forced eradication and legalization are attractive options that are bound to backfire.” Nick Grono and Joanna Nathan, Christian Monitor, 31 May 2007
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CANNABIS LEGALISATION IN THE EU
From a survey carried out last year by the EUROBAROMETER it turns out that 26 % of EU citizens is in favour of legalisation of cannabis.
AFGHAN GOVERNMENT INCAPABLE OF DISTRIBUTING ANTI-DRUG FUNDS
Cash fails to reach Afghan drug farmers Financial Times May 29, 2007
HARM PRODUCTION BY UK GOVERNMENT
UK Government obsession with drug crime has overshadowed the needs of the truly marginalised
BUYING OPIUM WOULD HURT TALIBAN, US GENERAL SAYS
INTERVIEW Buying Afghan drug crop would hurt Taliban: General William Hobbins of the US Army
THE US IS LOSING ITS WAR ON COCAINE
America has spent billions battling the drug industry in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. And the result? Production as high as ever, street prices at a low, and the governments of the region in open revolt.