THE ENCOD BULLETIN ON DRUG POLICIES IN EUROPE
March 2018
Encod Bulletin 140
THE ENCOD BULLETIN ON DRUG POLICIES IN EUROPE
DECEMBER 2016
Italy seemed to have taken some moderate steps forward during the UNGASS 2016 in New York where Minister Andrea Orlando announced some form of cannabis decriminalization and to abandon demagoguery in drug policies–opting for the solutions that work.
Encod Bulletin 139
THE ENCOD BULLETIN ON DRUG POLICIES IN EUROPE
The German Health Ministry has been forced, by a verdict in the Federal Administrative Court, to allow a patient in Mannheim to cultivate up to 130 cannabis plants a year, in order to guarantee their access to therapy. This special permit is valid only while his therapy costs can’t be accounted for.
Encod Bulletin 138
In his book, Afghanistan 2001-2016. The New Opium War, Enrico Piovesana presents a graph, just before the preface, that illustrates the central thesis of the book: it shows the opium production in Afghanistan according to the data of United Nations and describes what happens. The data are surprising.