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.
NO INCREASE IN COCA CULTIVATION IN BOLIVIA IN 2006
ONDCP REPORTS NO INCREASE IN COCA CULTIVATION IN BOLIVIA IN 2006
By Kathryn Ledebur (AIN) and Coletta A. Youngers (WOLA)
US DRUG WAR FAILED IN COLOMBIA
A Politician Says That If the U.S. Doesn’t Pass a Free-Trade Agreement, His Country Could Be Forced to Withdraw.
DRUG DEBATE STARTS IN SWEDEN
Slowly but surely things are happening in the Swedish drug debate.
From Jonas (Svenska NORMAL), 19 MAY 2007
FREEDOM TO DANCE
The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies herewith condemns the police razzia against the Czech tek event (a free techno party) held in the Tachov region, Czech Republic on 30 July and calls upon all European citizens to raise their voice against the criminalisation of dance events in general.
INVOLVING CIVIL SOCIETY IN DRUG POLICY AND PRACTICE
“The involvement of civil society on local level in every day practice”
Presentation to the 54th meeting of Permanent Correspondents of the Pompidou group
November 2004
CONFERENCE ON HEALTH IN PRISONS
The 2nd International Prisoner Health Conference will take place on the 24th and 25th September 2007 in Varna on the Black Sea Coast in Bulgaria.








