The drugs strategies don’t work
By Peter Wilby
Source: The New Statesman, UK, 26 July 2007
UK RESEARCH IN 2006: CANNABIS USE DOES NOT DAMAGE MENTAL HEALTH
Cannabis use ‘will impair but not damage mental health’
By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor
Source: Telegraph, UK,
20/01/2006
EUROPEAN COMMISSION SETS UP DIALOGUE PROCESS
In the end of June 2006, after many years of lobbying by ENCOD and others to establish a forum for dialogue between civil society and authorities in the European Union to discuss the impact of current drug policies, the Drugs Coordination Unit of the European Commission (DCU) produced a Green Paper on the upcoming dialogue with civil society on drug policy in Europe, asking for comments to be sent in before 30 September.
ANALYSIS OF CIVIL SOCIETY COMMENTS TO EU GREEN PAPER
Analysis of civil society comments to European Commission Green Paper on the role of civil society in drug policy in the EU
UK: BROWN WANTS FRESH REVIEW ON CANNABIS
The British Government has announced that they will be holding some sort of public consultation on the isue of the risk of cananbis use – citing claims of increased health and mental health problems amongst adolecent cannabis users.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date: July 18 2007
Authors: Haroon Siddique and Matthew Tempest
NETHERLANDS: BAN ON MAGIC MUSHROOMS UNLIKELY
Mushrooms: only for 18 years and older
Source: NRC Handelsblad, 2007.07.17
Harm van den Berg and Vincent Bongers
HARM REDUCTION – THE CANNABIS PARADOX
The health of each individual is dependant on his body working appropriately.
Source: Harm Reduction Journal
By: Robert Melamede, University of Colorado