But meanwhile, the European Commission changes the lock
Source: PRESS CENTRE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
23-04-2008
By: Boris Roessler
THAI GOVERNMENT GIVES POLICE LICENSE TO KILL IN WAR ON DRUGS
From: [Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group
> http://www.ttag.info/]
Paisan Suwannawong (Thai and English) +66-81-824-5434 (in Thailand, 081-824-5434
Jennifer Flynn, Health GAP (English) +1.917.517.5202
Anan Muanmoonchai (Thai only) 081-025-6570
The Life of a Human Rights Resolution at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Source: [International Harm Reduction Association
>http://www.ihrablog.net/2008/04/life-of-human-rights-resolution-at-un.html]
22 April 2008
By HR2
USA: LAW PROPOSAL TO DEPENALISE CANNABIS
CONGRESSMAN BARNEY FRANK INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO REMOVE FEDERAL PENALTIES ON PERSONAL MARIJUANA USE
Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW)
Friday, 18 April 2008
Kommission erkauft die Ruhe vor den Bürgern
Am 14. April 2008 lief die Frist für Bewerbungen für die Unterstützung von Projekten aus dem Budget für Drogenprävention und -information ab. Dieses Budget wurde eingerichtet, um die Rolle von zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen in der EU-Drogenpolitik zu unterstützen. Encod hat sich entschlossen, sich nicht zu bewerben. Im folgenden erklären wir warum.
EXPERTS: VANCOUVER INJECTION ROOMS ARE POSITIVE
Health Canada panel gives injection site favourable review
Source: The Vancouver Sun (Canada)
April 12, 2008
By: Frances Bula, Vancouver Sun
LEAD POISONING DUE TO ADULTERATED CANNABIS
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine
April 10, 2008
By: Busse F, Omidi L, Leichtle A, Windgassen M, Kluge E, Stumvoll M.
CANNABIS SHOULD REMAIN CLASS C
The official body which advises the government on drugs policy has decided cannabis should remain a class C drug, the BBC understands.
Source BBC News
3 April 2008