Press release of Forum Droghe
4 June 2014
Italian NGOs advocate for a law by decree that would automatically reduce illegitimate penalties.
How Antwerp turned into Europe’s go-to city for cocaine
1 June 2014
By Jamie Doward
Antwerp, Belgium’s genteel port city, is now revealed as a global drugs gateway and the cocaine capital of Europe
Cannabis & Law: Prohibition vs regulation
06.06.2014
Hotel Lev, Ljubljana
The purpose of this and all other forthcoming seminars in the Demystifying Cannabis series which will be organised in the next few months is to spread new knowledge gained in this field and to make it known to legal experts as well as other experts, policy-makers and the general public in Slovenia.
Portugal Set to Introduce Its First Drug Consumption Room
27 May 2014
Portugal’s capital city, Lisbon, has announced that it is exploring opening the country’s first ever drug consumption room (DCR), a positive, though somewhat belated development in the country’s pioneering drug law reforms.
European cities’ sewer water exposes use of cocaine, cannabis, meth and ecstasy
28 May 2014
Source: CNN
Think about you might let your city urinate in a cup and submit the pattern to a laboratory for drug testing. Wouldn’t it cross?
Researchers in Europe did one thing comparable with forty two main cities, and many of them failed.
Lab checks on sewage water to detect chemical compounds excreted after drug use turned up excessive ranges of cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, meth and different amphetamines.
MEPs who want to end the war on drugs
In the elections for the European Parliament
There was something to vote for
Several candidates promised to help us end the war on drugs
The following were elected:
Worldwide Campaign: Cannabis for Therapeutic Purposes is a Human Right
An international consortium of medical cannabis organisations are demanding that humans, regardless of state or allegiance and without qualification, be able to use cannabis therapeutically. In a joint declaration, the organisations from Europe and North America refer to Article 3 of the Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948. The declaration is the beginning of a worldwide campaign on the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
After 5 months of legalization in Colorado, revenue is up and crime is down
By Theo Stroomer
20 May 2014
If America’s first marijuana legalization experiment is any indication, the end of prohibition can start smoothly.