By Joris Polman
Source: SPITS
October 10, 2007
USA: COSTS OF PROHIBITION
Cannabis prohibition costs nearly 42.000.000.000 US Dollars per year
Source:
DrugScience.org
October 2007
BAN ON MUSHROOMS GOOD FOR NOTHING
Public health served with good information and strict rules on sale
Let’s ban those mushrooms! screams a parliament majority after the death of a French girl in Amsterdam. Wait a minute, are we going to ban alcohol as well?
By Fredrick Polak
Source: NRC Handelsblad
13 oktober 2007
BOLIVIA SEEKS MARKET FOR COCA CURES
NL: DUTCH CANNABIS LESS STRONG, BUT MORE EXPENSIVE
THE IMPACT OF THE DUTCH WAR ON CANNABIS CULTIVATION
Source: Bloomberg
Date: October 2 2007
Author: Joana Quintanilha
NEW EU AGENCY TO TACKLE COCAINE
New European agency to tackle cocaine trade
By Axel Bugge
Sunday, 30 September 2007
US: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WANTS TO END THE WAR ON DRUGS
News Sources blog posted this clip of Congressman Ron Paul
participating at the Republican debate on PBS hosted by Tavis Smiley
September 27, 2007].
AFGHAN OPIUM REPLACED BY MARIJUANA
SANTO DAIME: AN AMAZONIAN RELIGION
Santo Daime and Santa Maria- The Licit Ritual Use of Ayahuasca and the Illicit Use of Cannabis in a Brazilian Amazonian Religion