There are no signs of any slowdown in the continuous stream of legal highs with more than 100 new psychoactive substances reported in 2015, according to a report by Europol and the EU’s drug agency.
Why the Heroin Trade Helped Defeat the US in Afghanistan
In October 2001, the U.S. launched its invasion of Afghanistan largely through proxy Afghan fighters with the help of Special Operations forces, American air power, and CIA dollars. The results were swift and stunning. The Taliban was whipped, a new government headed by Hamid Karzai soon installed in Kabul, and the country declared “liberated.”
Drug Activist Joep Oomen dies at 54
An online memorial to show support has been opened here.
ANTWERP – On Friday, March 18th, 2016 Joep Oomen has unexpectedly passed away in his home in Antwerp, Belgium. As an activist he has fought for over a quarter of a century for humane and just drug policies and an end to the war on drugs. Joep was co-founder of numerous NGO’s for drug reform, including Encod, Cannabis Social Club Trekt Uw Plant in Antwerp and the Union for the abolition of cannabis prohibiton (VOC) in the Netherlands.
UN’s chance to end the war on drugs
11 March 2016
By Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Cesar Gaviria and Ernesto Zedillo
State Department: Obama Could Call for Global Drug Decriminalization
By Tom Angell*
9 March 2016
Recovery in the bin
Recovery In The Bin 18 Key Principles, agreed and adopted by group members on 6th February 2015.