7 October 2014
Morocco, the top hash provider globally, is considering legalising production of marijuana for medical and industrial despite Islamic taboos against drugs.
Where the Telegraph and Daily Mail Get It Wrong on Cannabis
7 October 2014
By Edward Fox, Project coordinator, TalkingDrugs
The demons in drug law reform: A critical look at regulation and stigma
By Julian Buchanan
7th October 2014
Lib Dems ready to decriminalise all drugs
By Ian Dunt
8 September 2014
Clegg has pushed hard on drug reform since a visit to Colombia, where he met former guerrilla fighters and victims of the conflict in the country Clegg has pushed hard on drug reform since a visit to Colombia, where he met former guerrilla fighters and victims of the conflict in the country
Italian army moves to produce cannabis
5 september 2014
The Italian government has plans to produce medical marijuana in a military factory in Florence, national media reported on Friday. The plans could see cannabis drugs available in Italian pharmacies as early as next year.
Judge refuses to jail cancer victim who has twice been caught growing cannabis for pain relief
Aug 29, 2014
By Anthony Bond
Jonathan Yates, 65, whose throat has been badly damaged by radiation treatment for tongue cancer, says cannabis is the only effective pain killer he can find
END THE PROHIBITION OF HEROIN
A cop’s experience tells him the drug war is doing more harm than good
By Jack Cole
AUGUST 24, 2014
Coca-Cola Forced to Abandon $25 Million Project in India
August 25, 2014
The enterprise that managed to prohibit the coca leaf internationally now has to try to save its face by “withdrawing” its application after denial by agency in India
“Coca-Cola is a shameless and unethical company that has consistently placed its pursuit of profits over the well-being of communities that live around its facilities. It is absolutely reprehensible for a globally recognized company like Coca-Cola to seek further groundwater allowances from an area that has become acutely water-stressed, and that too in large part due to Coca-Cola’s mining of groundwater alone, ” said Amit Srivastava of the India Resource Center which has led the campaign to challenge the new plant.
British ex-ambassador in Afghanistan: legalise the heroin trade
By William Patey, British ambassador to Afghanistan from 2010-2012
25 June 2014
When Tony Blair deployed British troops in Afghanistan, ending the illicit production and supply of opium was cited as a key objective. In 2001 the prime minister linked heroin use in the UK with opium cultivation in Afghanistan: “The arms the Taliban buy are paid for by the lives of young British people buying their drugs. This is another part of the regime we should destroy.”