Source: AlterNet (US Web)
9 Nov 2009
By: Steve Fox, director of state campaigns for the Marijuana
Policy Project and co-author of Marijuana Is Safer: So why are we
driving people to drink? (Chelsea Green, August 2009).
AFTER THE WAR ON DRUGS: BLUEPRINT FOR REGULATION
TRANSFORM DRUG POLICY FOUNDATION launches landmark book shows how to legalise drugs
12 November 2009, House of Commons, London, United Kingdom
YOUNG ROMAN MAN DIES IN ITALIAN PRISON
Source: Unità Rome
9 November 2009
We invite all of you to send the public letter to Italian and EU authorities
BLINDED BY SCIENCE
Source: The Economist
Nov 5th 2009
An outspoken scientist is dumped, leaving the government in a mess
DRUG REGULATION ON THE AGENDA
The Encod Steering Committee draws the following conclusions of its meeting with officials of the Drugs Coordination Unit of the European Commission on 3 Sep 2009.
ENCOD MEETING WITH EU ANTI-DRUGS UNIT
On 3 September 2009, ENCOD Steering Committee members Fredrick Polak, Marisa Felicissimo, Pedro Quesada and Jorge Roque had a meeting with Mr Timo Jetsu and two other Commission officials at the Drugs Coordination Unit (DCU) of the European Commission in Brussels.
The meeting was requested by ENCOD to receive explanation on the current status of the European Action on Drugs and the Civil Society Forum on Drug Policy.
Read also Encods conclusions of this meeting.
DAVID NUTT SPEAKS
David Nutt, the government’s former chief drugs adviser, on how he formulated his controversial views on drugs
Source: The Guardian
3 November 2009
