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Australia

• Marijuana and violence
• Our drug policies aren’t working. The evidence is in wastewater
• Cannabis and mental health
• Financial Support by Billionaires for Research and Policy Analysis Should Be Subject to Disclosure Rules
• Australian Senate report rejects proposed laws to legalise recreational cannabis use
• Drug Free Australia – Introduction – Cutting Edge Research on Cannabis Harms
• Subject: Pill Testing – Russian Roulette as Drug Policy
• Broad Spectrum Epidemiological Contribution Of Cannabis And Other Substances To The Teratological Profile Of Northern New South Wales: Geospatial And Causal Inference Analysis
• Consequences Of Youth Marijuana Use
• AMA Position Statement: Cannabis Use And Health (2014)
• Synthetic Cannabis
• OPEN LETTER TO ALL AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS REGARDING ‘NEW’ VERSION OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS
• Summary of Address to Australia as a Christian Nation Association
• Effect Of Cannabis Use In People With Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Prescribed Opioids: Findings From A 4-Year Prospective Cohort Study
• Re-Scheduling of Cannabinoids in USA – Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol Related Arteriopathy, Genotoxicity and Teratogenesis
• Smoking Marijuana Gateway To Alcohol Addiction, Abuse Of Other Drugs
• Twenty-year outcomes in adolescents who self-harm show worrying levels of substance abuse by age 35
• ‘Schizophrenia at its Very Depths’ Drove Mother to Kill Eight Children
• Ambulance call-outs soar over drugs and alcohol incidents
• UN drugs body warns US states and Uruguay over cannabis legalisation
• Victoria’s ice crackdown: Andrews government’s $45m plan to include more rehab, needle programs
• Children admitted to hospital because of alcohol use in NSW
• One in half drivers test positive for drugs in Northern Grampians drug driving crackdown
• Some frequently asked Q’s and A’s about medicinal cannabis
• An inquiry on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
• A pilot study of an online universal school-based intervention to prevent alcohol and cannabis use in the UK.
• Will the real Drug Policy ‘emphasis’ please stand up!
• Study quantifies direct effect of alcohol misuse on 20-somethings
• Little evidence harm reduction reduces harm
• Divisions along a new road to addiction recovery
• Drug danger in Gold Coast schools
• Marijuana use falling in Australia
• Marijuana use Doubles Risk of Premature Birth
• Australians and Drug Use
• Australia ‘normalises’ drug use
• Quit drinking to cut cancer risk
• Supervised drinking at home can lead to alcohol problems as a teenager
• Shocking Impact of Booze on Babies
• Roadside Drug-testing in Victoria, Australia.
• News media turns young people off illicit drugs
• Cannabis health woes for older users
• Brain dysfunction blamed for drug fix
• Injecting room abuse
• Methadone – Last Not First
• HEROIN is set for comeback on Sydney streets
• Parents encourage youngsters to drink, finds Oz study
• Smoking, drinking and illicit drugs are costing the Australian economy $56 billion a year.
• Worrying side effects attached to mephedrone
• A wave of heroin has hit Victoria, causing the highest statewide death toll by the devastating drug in nearly a decade.
• More than 100 young Australians died after taking the recreational drug ecstasy
• Cannabis takes toll on Aborigines
• Injecting Room Fails
• Tests Driving Drug-Affected Motorists Off the Road
• Call for Brumby to act on big booze stores
• Perpetuating Drug Use – Australia
• Australians’ Support For Regular Use of Cannabis Dropped
• Cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities in Australia: endemic yet neglected
• Drug Crime Costs, Australia
• Pushers turn to mail system to traffick their drugs
• Alarming Increase In Drug-affected Newborns
• Teens in grip of the grog
• Saving Dope Addled Minds.
• Hospitals feel strain of drunks who fight
• Cracking down on Cannabis
• Evidence grows for change in cannabis laws
• The Australian Rising Public Concern on Cannabis
• Letter to The Editor
• Cannabis not harmless as supposed
• Australia first cannabis clinic
• Roadside Drug-testing in Victoria, Australia.
• Almost a quarter of West Australians have used drugs
• Smokers taking 70 minutes a day off work for smokes
• Child resistant lighters sought
• Australia
• International Trends in Drug Abuse
• Top psych lashes cannabis strategy

Canada

• Opinion: Make drug awareness a requirement to graduate from high school
• How Programs for Youth Could Stem the Tide of Toxic Drug Deaths
• How decriminalisation made Vancouver the fentanyl capital of the world
• Teens who use cannabis are 11 times more likely to develop a psychotic disorder
• Canadian Government Launches Planet Youth Initiative to Combat Youth Substance Use
• City of Edmonton stops funding drug overdose prevention pilot downtown
• There’s no hope of fixing drug crisis through harm reduction
• Legalized Weed Is Landing More Seniors in the E.R.
• New Drug On Montreal’s Streets Even More Potent Than Fentanyl
• Quebec Pot Arrests Behind The Wheel Up 54% Since Legalization
• How Canada Failed To Smash The Cannabis Black Market
• Ontario’s New Retail Pot Plan ‘Puts Profit Over Public Health’ Says Former Obama Drug Adviser
• Licensed Cannabis Growers Have Ties To Organized Crime, Enquête Investigation Finds
• What About The Children?
• Women who use marijuana during pregnancy are nearly TWICE as likely to give birth to a child with autism, study suggests
• Quebec Pot Arrests Behind The Wheel Up 54% Since Legalization
• Cannabis Legalisation and Injuries in Alberta Recommendations to Minimise the Negative Impacts
• Mom Of Haven Dubois Seeks More Information On Boy’s Death
• Big Bad Liberal Marijuana Muddle
• Editorial: A dopey idea
• Canada: marijuana will be decriminalized by July 2018
• Fact check: Will legalizing pot keep it out of the hands of kids?
• We May Not be Laughing When Recreational Pot is Legalized
• Estimating the harms and costs of cannabis-attributable collisions in the Canadian provinces
• British Columbia Deaths Hit Record High
• Disgraced – The true story of a Canadian doctor
• Jeremy Devine: Harm reduction programs like safe injection sites don’t beat addiction. They just sustain it
• Illicit drug deaths reaches record high 914 in B.C. in 2016
• Opinion: Need to weed out facts about marijuana’s dangers
• Editorial: Don’t pretend pot is harmless
• BUD BUSTERS: Surrey teens take on the tokers at ‘420’ rally in Vancouver
• Vancouver police make arrests at Weeds marijuana store amid regulation debate
• 93+ illegal marijuana dispensaries operating in the City of Vancouver
• Marijuana Grow Houses are Coming to Your Neighbourhood
• Is InSite Really All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
• Substance abuse linked to bipolar suicide risk
• Little evidence harm reduction reduces harm
• Pot Stays Illegal in Canada After Appeal Court Upholds Medical Marijuana Laws
• Effect of a centralized prescription network on inappropriate prescriptions for opioid analgesics and benzodiazepines
• HIV rates much higher among daily needle exchange users
• Cannabis and Road Safety in Canada: Evidence on the Prevalence of
• Ottawa to step up fight against smoking, drugs
• Canadian kids smoke more pot than cigarettes: report
• OTTAWA – PM Stephen Harper set to announce a $64-million anti-drug strategy
• Needle exchange an unmitigated disaster
• Vancouver – City to clean up streets within four months
• Canada to look at drug policies
• Federal anti-drug campaign will educate youth on ‘harms of illicit drug use’
• Plea deal for Canada’s “Prince of Pot” falls apart
• Opposition is not just ‘ideology’
• The Personal and Financial costs of INSITE in Vancouver, Canada
• Time To Get Tough With Skid Road Misfits
• Diacetylmorphine versus Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction
• Police chief gets credit for treatment centre
• New law puts alcohol and drugs on an equal footing
• Drivers on drugs to face body-fluid tests
• New drug prevention program launched by AADAC and RCMP
• Feds donate $1 million towards drug use prevention program
• Canadian Roadside Survey on Alcohol and Drug Use
• Vancouver Poised to Launch Free Heroin Trial
• Harm Reduction Strategies Equal Dantes Inferno
• Marijuana Becomes Top Crop in Canada
• Health Canada Study Worries Quebec Officials Over Increasing Teen Marijuana Use
• 5 Million Deaths a Year Worldwide from Smoking Tobacco smoke is the world’s most lethal weapon of mass destruction.
• Hemp food products
• HCV & HIV Common in Young Canadian Drug Users
• Many epilepsy and multiple sclerosis patients self-medicate with marijuana
• International Trends in Drug Abuse

Europe

• How Albanian small boat migrants took over Britain’s cannabis market
• Alcohol and its Impact on the Adolescent Brain
• Harm reduction – the current situation in Europe (European Drug Report 2024)
• European Drug Report 2024: Trends and Developments
• England’s 4 biggest killer diseases: £86billion by 2050
• High gear: the growth economy … Drugs, Gangs, and London
• EMCDDA Becomes EUDA: More Powers and Cooperation with Civil Society
• CBD products don’t ease pain and are potentially harmful – new study finds
• The Contribution Of Cannabis Use To Variation In The Incidence Of Psychotic Disorder Across Europe (EU-GEI): A Multicentre Case-Control Studyncidence of psychotic disorder across Europe (EU-GEI): a multicentre case-control study
• Thinking Is Warped On Cannabis Legalisation
• Painkiller Death Warning: Drug More Potent Than Heroin Linked To Deaths Of 60 People In UK
• Legal Highs: Regulation Won’t Work – The Only Answer Lies In Prevention
• Credit Where It Is Due. The Daily Mail Not Mrs May Nailed Drug-Loving Norman Baker
• Legalising marijuana can increase use: French study
• Alcohol, Tobacco And Drug Consumption Rise Over Last Five Years
• These college students lost access to legal pot — and started getting better grades
• Drug Abuse-Associated Mortality Across The Lifespan: A Population-Based Longitudinal Cohort And Co-Relative Analysis.
• THC And CBD In Blood Samples And Seizures In Norway: Does CBD Affect THC-Induced Impairment In Apprehended Subjects?
• A study of cannabis potency in France over
• 36% increase in high-school age drug use in Portugal
• German MPs vote to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes
• Two-thirds of mental health drug patients used cannabis
• Number of pupils taking cannabis doubles under softer drug laws in Portuguese system
• Drugs-related admissions to hospital have more than tripled in Dundee
• Legal highs that mimic LSD and heroin to be banned
• Coroner highlights methadone link to heart failure after man’s death
• Systematic analytical characterization of new psychoactive substances
• While the US Zigs on Pot, the Netherlands Zags
• Teen Marijuana Use And The Risks Of Psychosis
• More Belgian teens seeking help for cannabis use
• New Report Offers Details on Cocaine Traffic to Europe
• Cannabis and Stroke – Systematic Appraisal of Case Reports
• Methadone programme ‘is a black hole’, says drug misuse professor
• The Connections Between Psychotropic Drugs and Irrational Acts of Violence – What Journalists, Lawyers, Laypersons and Healthcare Providers Need to Know
• Students banned from cannabis coffee shops ‘more likely to pass exams,’ a Dutch study claims
• Cannabis smokers warned they risk poorer exam grades
• New UK political party wants to make cannabis an election issue
• Hungarian Scientists Prove Devastating Effect Cannabis Use Has On The Brain
• Link Between Marijuana Use and Mania
• Legal Dope for Native Americans?
• New Hampshire drug czar: Addiction dragging state’s economy down
• FROM THE CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
• Note to Nick Clegg: If You Want a Treatment-Led Drug Strategy, Keep It in the Home Office
• Cambridge drugs conference accused of being ‘overwhelmingly’ biased in favour of drug legalisation
• CANNABIS IS WORTH BOTHERING WITH
• ‘I will never get my childhood back’: Four people talk about life with an alcoholic parent
• Sperm size, shape in young men affected by cannabis use
• Moderate weekly alcohol intake linked to poorer sperm quality in healthy young men
• UN drugs body warns US states and Uruguay over cannabis legalisation
• ITV documentary looks into impact of drinking while pregnant on babies and their families
• Holland’s New Marijuana Laws Are Changing Old Amsterdam
• This Is What Your Brain Looks Like After You Smoke Weed
• France plans to stub out e-joints
• Work related drug arrests reflect serious drug problem
• One in 10 cancers in men and one in 33 in women are caused by drinking
• Netherlands and Portugal: young people want to keep pot illegal
• Barcelona orders closure of a third of city’s 145 “cannabis clubs”
• Drug decriminalisation in Portugal
• Cannabis use precedes the onset of psychotic symptoms in young people, study finds
• Believers Consume Fewer Drugs Than Atheists
• Weed Ghettos For Tourists Anger Netherlands Neighbors
• Cannabis use and brain structural alterations of the cingulate cortex in early psychosis.
• Dutch crackdown on high potency marijuana
• Substance abuse linked to bipolar suicide risk
• Portugal -The use of heroin has tripled
• Component analysis of a school-based substance use prevention program in Spain: contributions of problem solving and social skills training content.
• Letter written by a Portuguese doctor to a Journalist from Der Spiegel
• Irish among biggest cocaine users in Europe
• Eastern Europeans ‘prominent’ in drugs scene
• Dutch to classify super strong marijuana alongside heroin
• Portugal – Drug Experiment Not a success at all.
• Can lessons be learned from Portugal’s drug laws?
• A rebuttal of information by John Stossel of Fox News
• Mephedrone users told they are playing Russian roulette
• The Factual Picture of Portuguese Drug Policy
• Dutch marijuana advocates face off with Cabinet
• Drug developed to make people drink less alcohol
• Failure of Portugal’s drug legalisation experiment
• Joint Statement in Opposition to the Vienna Declaration Released July 20, 2010
• Letter – Portugal is hardly a resounding success
• Marijuana Under the Guise of Medicine Contributes to the Rise in Marijuana Use
• Increase in HIV infections in Greece
• Glutamate dehydrogenase as a marker of alcohol dependence.
• Hungary Needs A New Drug Strategy
• Doctors Warn of Rise in Substance Abuse
• 33% of Ex-prisoners’ Drug Deaths Occur Within Week of Release
• Dutch law could unleash cocaine flood in Britain
• Amsterdam bans smoking of marijuana in some public places
• Study: Steroid Use May Fuel Crime
• Alcoholics facing long-term brain damage
• Translating effective web-based self-help for problem drinking into the real world.
• Brief skills training is effective to curb college drinking
• Netherlands from 12th to 5th Place in Europe on Cannabis Usage
• Dutch plan crackdown on cannabis cultivation
• THC Content of Cannabis in Netherlands.
• No to Dail coke tests: minister
• Dutch to ban magic mushrooms
• Methadone link as drug deaths soar
• Let’s not go soft on hard drugs
• Czech pot smokers exhale with relief over new drug law
• Kids who drink with parents ‘develop alcohol problems’
• Teens Who Drink With Parents May Still Develop Alcohol Problems
• Cocaine in half of all schools in Rotterdam
• Scotsman exclusive: Growth industry Scots don’t need
• Dutch plan to shift coffeeshops worries neighbors
• Decriminalization of drugs in Portugal – The real facts!
• A SICKNESS AT THE HEART OF EUROPE
• Highest in Europe – one in ten Scots used cannabis last year
• Alcohol-related deaths
• Ban on magic mushrooms confirmed
• Drink and drug abuse costs Scotland £5billion every year
• Isles drink abuse too widespread to target one group
• French curb on alcohol sales as teenagers discover le binge drinking
• Marijuana exports generate €2bn
• Germany Bans Drug “Spice”
• France to crack down on under-age binge drinking
• Dose of reality fuels new initiatives to help addicts
• Teenagers’ higher cannabis use linked to more nights out
• No relaxation on cannabis laws in New Zealand
• Double price of alcohol, say experts
• Concerns over methadone use.
• Recovery Cafe Culture
• More drug users’ babies in care
• The children who live with drugs
• Ireland: Alcohol recognised as ‘gateway drug’
• DRUG POLICY: Sweden’s success in combating drug use
• Schoolchildren critical of drugs education, says report
• Poor results for addicts from €140m drugs scheme
• Dutch cannabis cafes open to members only
• The Netherlands reviews its tolerant approach to drug policy
• Milan, Italy Enacting Ordinance to Curb Underage Drinking
• Germany Battles Youth Drinking Scourge
• UK declared the cocaine capital of Europe
• Drink and drug abuse costs Scotland £5billion every year
• Scotland’s methadone bill hits £17million
• Scotland’s methadone programme causes concern
• The Scottish Government’s definition
• International Narcotics Control Board Report
• Raid strips party island of ecstasy
• Dutch Politicians Seek Marijuana Rules
• Aboard the Mississippi Boat
• Cocaine and ecstasy use rife in EU
• Cannabis lobby rises from the ashes
• Press release on Swiss drug policy
• European Union Group Urges Censorship of Pro-Cannabis Web Sites
• Chief of Police in Arnhem,Holland
• Swiss kids satisfy taste for booze and drugs
• Sweden Will Maintain, Develop And Enforce Its Restrictive Drug Policy
• French Teenagers Smoke Joints As Often As They Drink
• The European “Schools Health Education Unit”
• SNIPPETS July 2005
• Dutch Teenagers Get Hooked On Drugs At An Ever Younger Age
• Cannabis link to psychosis
• Amsterdam’s Alcohol-Selling Coffee Shops To Lose Cannabis Privileges.
• 46% of English arrestees tested positive for pot
• Weed is hard drug
• 5 Million Deaths a Year Worldwide from Smoking Tobacco smoke is the world’s most lethal weapon of mass destruction.
• Addicts assisting addicts
• Cannabis doubles the risk of schizophrenia and other psyciatric conditions
• Cannabis more toxic than cigarettes: study
• Drugs Spark Gang Violence in Vancouver
• Drugs: A Hard or Soft Approach?
• A New Drug Threat: Salvia – by Mike Bush
• What influences young people to take drugs?
• Sweden – Swedish Drug Policy in General
• Italy
• Spain
• Italy approves new marijuana law
• Methadone to be dumped in Scotland as treatment for heroin addiction

New Zealand

• The New Face of Big Tobacco
• All the ways marijuana can hurt your health
• Synthetic cannabis linked to eighth New Zealand death
• Drinking alcohol while pregnant harms kids for generations – study
• Cannabis Use 2012/13: New Zealand Health Survey
• Ecstasy is a dangerous drug and should remain illegal
• U-Turn as New Zealand passes law to remove all Psychoactive drugs from market
• Legal blood alcohol limit to drop in New Zealand
• Free-for-all of the backyard chemists is over
• Synthetic cannabis ‘ruined my life’
• Marijuana Use Tied to Cancer Rates Among Maoris
• Cannabis linked to lung cancer risk
• New Zealand: Smoking Cannabis Is Bad For Your Gums, Says Study
• Drugs drive crime: New Zealand
• Research
• Prevalence and correlates of cannabis use and dependence in young New Zealanders
• Child resistant lighters sought

Others

• Unlocking the science of adolescence to promote effective policy and practice
• Health risk behaviour prevention/intervention programmes targeted at youth/adolescents engaging in risky behaviour—a scoping review
• Help to end unintended drug abuse among senior citizens
• Unite for A Drug-Free Pakistan!
• Experts turn to school leaders in fight against drug abuse – Uganda
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Officials Warn Parents of Disguised Drug Containers
• Supporting social reintegration through sport in prisons
• Finally recognizing the Israeli opioid disaster
• Pioneering drug abuse prevention and support
• Rethinking our approach to Drug Abuse Prevention:  An Islamic Perspective
• Islamic Perspective to Drug Abuse Prevention
• Rethinking drug policy: Punishment to public health
• Focus on preventing drug abuse
• Commentary: Biden’s marijuana move is a step backwards in the global fight against drugs
• UNODC World Drug Report 2024: Harms of world drug problem continue to mount amid expansions in drug use and markets
• ‘invest in prevention’
• UNODC World Drug Day 2024 – report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking
• The Secretary-General, UNODC — Message On The Occasion Of The 2024 International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking
• Finally recognizing the Israeli opioid disaster
• Good parenting as catalyst for drug free society
• China & the fentanyl crisis – The CCP’s role
• UNODC Executive Director: anti-corruption, fight against organized crime, and drug prevention 
• Vilnius, Lithuania – Pilot model for the prevention of drug use and distribution by minors in schools
• Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge
• Washington tribes look to Iceland for help getting teens off drugs
• UNODC celebrates the power of sports in preventing violence, crime, and drug use
• Twenty-three new substances/precursors placed under international control; four resolutions passed at 67th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
• How Iceland’s Planet Youth Program Curbed Teen Drinking, Drug Use
• China announces scheduling controls on two fentanyl precursor chemicals
• Target The ‘Ganja Babies’ – Urgent Focus Needed On Children Using The Weed As They Face Increased Mental Health Risks
• The Bad Science Of Medical Cannabis
• Smoking super-strength cannabis or ‘spice’ may trigger deadly seizures, claims new research
• “Trial of the Plant”
• Who is watching the children?
• Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening
• Under the Influence: Jamaicans Driving High
• Ayurvedic chemist selling ‘afeem’ meds raided in Pb
• In a first for Latin America, Uruguay rolls out program legalizing marijuana
• Impact of Cannabis on the Neurocognitive Performance of Jamaican Adolescents
• U.S. and Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet on Synthetic Opioid Efforts
• Marijuana Use Around the World
• Drug abuse escalates ‘alarmingly’ in Tanzania
• Colorado’s Legalization of Marijuana and the Impact on Public Policy: A Practical Guide for Law Enforcement
• Study finds 2 million students need rehab
• Obama’s Jamaican Fantasy
• Spice – the synthetic drug gaining a grip on Russia
• Russia’s Anti-Drugs Body Set for Chop Amid Narcotics Epidemic
• North Korea: China’s Largest Drug Dealer?
• Prescription Drugs ‘Orphan’ Children In Eastern Kentucky
• Paraguay replaces drugs with recreation
• Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone
• Israeli pharmacists: Cannabis can cause side-effects, even death
• China leading the way on global drug fight
• The Pitfalls of Legalization?
• China Becoming Significant Source of Synthetic Drug Production
• Study of the global dependence upon illicit drugs
• Uruguay and Marijuana legalization: a new Tupamaros strategy ?
• Drug dealers shift focus on meth, heroin
• Putin signs law on drug tests for students
• Drug prevention programs need more attention
• Ecuador student’s death highlights school drugs problem
• Somalis urge government to ban khat
• Thai slum under close scrutiny
• Brazil: Drug dealers say no to crack in Rio
• One drug connection that everyone ignores
• ‘We would end up with a problem of a similar scale to the one that we have with alcohol’
• UN narcotics panel emphasizes treatment for illicit drug users
• Drug Legalisation: An Evaluation of the Impacts on Global Society
• Mexican drug cartels ‘operating in the UK, France and Netherlands’
• Mexico looks to legalisation as drug war murders hit 28,000
• Harm Reduction: More than just side effects!
• The Mexican Drug War
• Illegal drug usage in older people reduces quality of life
• Clear- Cut Policy Needed To Help Rehabilitated Drug Addicts, Says Lam Thye
• Hawaii kills medical marijuana dispensary measure
• Vietnam aims to minimize drug addiction
• More drug de-addiction centres mooted across India
• Self-Esteem and Trait Anxiety in Relation to Drug Misuse in Kuwait
• New drug users less likely to share needles, have HIV, in Russian study
• Drug Possession Decriminalized in Mexico
• Extreme Violence Continues in Mexico
• Mexico decriminalizes small-scale drug possession
• GHS Blows the Whistle Over High Tobacco-Related Deaths
• The Jornal da Tarde exposes new formulas for the drug traffickers
• Counselling centres against drug abuse to come up in Delhi
• Daily Guide Ghana – Kwaadee Smokes Wee ….Says Mother
• Bolivia halts US anti-drugs work
• How to Lie with Statistics
• Top Mexico cops charged with favoring drug cartel
• Stopping random drug testing is a human rights violation – Sotto
• Zero tolerance against drugs
• Internet a growing tool for drug trafficking
• Declaration of the World Mayor’s Conference on Drugs
• NCB Sweeps 10 Perpetrators Off The Streets
• Danger zone – Young people and addiction in India
• Wallabies damaging crops in Tasmania poppy fields after getting high
• HIV in US–Mexico Border May Change the HIV Epidemic in Mexico
• Drinkers, Smokers Less Likely to Survive Cancer
• Russia Tough On ‘Weed’ Ware
• 96% Of Sweden Population Supports Restrictive Drug Policy
• Ministry of Health Warns of Strychnine Found in Dutch Ecstasy
• Italy toughens drug laws
• Afghanistan’s Poppy Cultivation Filling the Coffers of Terrorists
• Body Shop’s hemp line
• 5 Million Deaths a Year Worldwide from Smoking Tobacco smoke is the world’s most lethal weapon of mass destruction.
• Genetic anomalies tied with marijuana—activated brain chemicals appear linked to schizophrenia, Japanese researchers report.
• Cannabis Poisoning
• JT to launch new brands
• Drugs Spark Gang Violence in Vancouver
• Cigarettes Contribute to Early Cardiac Deaths Worldwide
• A New Drug Threat: Salvia – by Mike Bush
• At the Cinema – Smoking in cinemas increasing, in contrast to real smoking rates
• The Swedish addiction epidemic in global perspective – ABSTRACT
• Japan
• International Trends in Drug Abuse
• News from abroad and the armed forces

USA

• Teen Substance Use Is Declining, But More Dangerous Drug Abuse Is Emerging
• Addressing Prescription Drug Misuse Among Adolescents
• Prevention is important
• Daily marijuana use linked to increased risk of deadly head and neck cancers, study finds
• New mystery drug ‘pink cocaine’ isn’t what you might think
• A Front-Row Change Agent of the Drug Epidemic
• NIH launches programme to advance research led by Native American communities on substance use and pain
• The importance of language when talking about substance abuse
• How To Stay Sober In College
• Youth risk behavior survey 2013-2023
• SAMHSA Releases Annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health
• Associations of cannabis use, use frequency, and cannabis use disorder with violent behavior among young adults in the United States
• Navigating substance abuse disorders in young people
• Breaking the Cycle: The Impact of Prenatal Substance Exposure on Children and the Healthcare System
• Drug Tests Alone Aren’t Enough: The Need for Supervisory Documentation
• NIH launches program to advance research led by Native American communities on substance use and pain
• New York State Department of Health Welcomes Renowned Nation-Leading Public Health Professional to Executive Leadership Team
• ‘Violent’ passenger says he ate 10 weed edibles, tries opening plane doors, feds say
• California needs to do more to prevent suicide among Native Americans, tribal leaders say
• Q&A: Examining the Key Drivers of a Healthful Lifestyle
• Benefits and challenges of geographic information systems (GIS) for data-driven outreach in black communities experiencing overdose disparities: results of a stakeholder focus group
• SAFE GC Coalition: National Survey on Drug Use Shows Vaping Concerns
• Study: Drug-involved overdose deaths increased by over 500% in 2022
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Officials Warn Parents of Disguised Drug Containers
• Legalization and Pet Safety: Why Policies Need to Protect Our Animals
• HUMAN REPRODUCTION & GENO/EPIGENOTOXICITY
• Gallup Finds a Majority of Americans Now Think Marijuana Has a Negative Effect on Society and Users
• Navigating Changing Marijuana Legislation: A Guide for Employers
• Cannabis and hallucinogen use among adults remained at historic highs in 2023
• Psychedelics: A new hope for substance abuse treatment
• Teen Substance Use Is Declining, But More Dangerous Drug Abuse Is Emerging
• Toxic Homes For Sale: How California’s Illegal Marijuana Industry Ruins Houses
• NIDA – Kratom information
• Mothers of Fentanyl victims campaign for awareness
• CT expert alarmed by popularity of kratom, xylazine drug use: ‘Incredibly risky’
• Policy News Roundup: July 25, 2024
• Here are five things the US federal government can do to address the overdose epidemic
• A Closer Look at 107,543 Lives Lost to Drug Overdoses
• To address the fentanyl crisis, greater access to methadone is needed
• The Tragic Toll of Cannabis-Induced Psychosis: Stories of Loss and Awareness
• Parents: talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol
• Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome: Marijuana-linked condition on the rise
• Everyone deserves addiction treatment that works — including those in jail
• Youth risk behavior survey 2013-2023
• Commentary: Biden’s marijuana move is a step backwards in the global fight against drugs
• Common Sense Institute Arizona report estimates fentanyl, opioid crisis cost Arizona $58 billion in 2023
• People Over Profits: Drug Liberalization Receives Pushback Around the Globe
• Local drug education and prevention programs are here to help
• How to Safely and Effectively Taper-off use of Benzodiazepines
• Questions Related to the Potential Rescheduling of Marijuana
• Marijuana Rescheduling – NPRM 508 – Comment
• Public comment on proposal in US to reschedule marijuana – by John Coleman (ex DEA)
• Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have reported losing someone to a drug overdose: Study
• Two-Drug Treatment Could Curb Meth Addiction
• NIH-funded intervention did not impact opioid-related overdose death rates over evaluation period
• Black Pennsylvanians are 50% less likely to receive naloxone, despite soaring overdose deaths, new study finds
• Physician Reluctance to Intervene in Addiction – A Systematic Review
• Fentanyl Education, Prevention Key to Ending Crisis in US
• Fentanyl awareness campaigns kick off in Oregon amid an overdose epidemic 
• More than 321,000 U.S. children lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021
• DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment
• What You Aren’t Hearing About Marijuana’s Health Effects 
• Imagine the possibilities – taking a more comprehensive approach to drug policy.
• Teens Using Cannabis Are At Higher Risk Of Psychosis, Study Suggests
• Oregon performs better in health equity, but disparities remain
• Support local drug education and prevention programs
• New study shows the rising prevalence of fentanyl pills
• Washington tribes look to Iceland for help getting teens off drugs
• ‘Dead people don’t recover’: MSU panel discusses drug epidemic, solutions in America
• More teens than ever are overdosing. Psychologists are leading new approaches to combat youth substance misuse
• Every father should speak to their kids about drugs and alcohol
• Teens Using Cannabis Are At Higher Risk Of Psychosis, Study Suggests
• Imagine the possibilities – Support to break the overdose cycle
• Colorado fentanyl deaths continue to rise. DEA’s new approach to combat the problem.
• Daily cannabis use surpasses daily alcohol use for first time, study finds
• DEA Brings Its “One Pill Can Kill Game Over” Tournament to New England for a First-of-Its-Kind Event
• A Dose Of Reality: Underscoring The Fatal Consequences Of The Opioid Epidemic
• USA: Findings from the 2024 Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™
• Is CBD a controlled substance? DEA: Yes- FDA: No
• Is it right to force someone into rehab? The man whose life inspired a landmark law
• Counting the cost of decriminalising drugs in Oregon
• Investigation: Most Oregon drug use prevention programs for kids not science-backed
• Other states drive youth prevention in ways Oregon does not
• DEA 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment
• Stress Main Factor Driving Teens to Abuse Drugs, Alcohol
• Smoking Now Fuels More Drug Overdoses than Injecting Does
• 2021-2022 NSDUH: Model-Based Estimated Prevalence For States
• Unlocking the Truth: The Hidden Risks of Melatonin Gummies for Children
• Teens use cannabis for coping, enjoyment
• Is cannabis bad for teens? Here’s what the data say
• Navigating The Adolescent Overdose Crisis: Insights And Prevention Strategies
• Victoria’s Voice Foundation Marks Milestone of One Million Children and Parents Impacted Through its Education Programs with School Assembly in Nashville on the Dangers of Drug Use and Vaping
• Survey Finds Illicit Drug Use Among Youth Declining While Overdose Deaths Rise
• Opioid epidemic is in a ‘fourth wave,’ with multiple substances being used at the same time, and fentanyl is the most common
• America’s addiction crisis: It’s not just fentanyl. These drugs play a growing role.
• Washington tribes look to Iceland for help getting teens off drugs
• School substance use prevention efforts are crucial. The question is how to do it
• Roger Morgan: Trump Must Clamp Down On Marijuana Or America Is Doomed
• INTERVIEW WITH U.S. DRUG CZAR JOHN WALTERS
• ‘Fourth wave’ of opioid epidemic crashes ashore, propelled by fentanyl and meth
• SAMHSA’s 20th Prevention Day: Leading with Science, Improving Lives
• Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, breaking record, CDC says
• ‘Dead people don’t recover’: MSU panel discusses drug epidemic, solutions in America
• 2024 Addiction Statistics: Accurate Data on Substance Abuse in the US
• Why Most Americans Who Need Substance Use Disorder Treatment Don’t Get It
• ‘Safe Injection Sites’ Are No Answer To Addiction
• Dem gov recriminalizes drug possession despite voter referendum after overdose deaths, crime surge in Oregon
• What Is Kratom? Users Praise Its Pain-Relieving Ability, But Louisiana Officials Look To Ban It
• Letter from Pamela McColl
• PREVENTING MARIJUANA USE AMONG YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
• Houston Gains Key Role In Synthetic Marijuana
• FDA Approves Marijuana-Based Epilepsy Drug
• Online Sales of Marijuana: An Unrecognized Public Health Dilemma
• 76 Billion Opioid Pills: Newly Released Federal Data Unmasks The Epidemic
• America’s Killer New Drug​: A Guide To Fentanyl
• One year of legal pot sales and California doesn’t have the bustling industry it expected. Here’s why
• The impacts of marijuana dispensary density and neighborhood ecology on marijuana abuse and dependence
• Marijuana Commercialization in Colorado
• Outbreak Alert Update: Potential Life-Threatening Vitamin K
• How Modern Marijuana Changes the Brain
• Marijuana found in breast milk up to six days after use
• Pay to Play: Congressional Cannabis Caucus And Colleagues—More Tracking The Money
• Medical Marijuana In Florida Creates Smoky Policy Challenge For State’s School Districts
• Coloradan drug use trends
• Two crises in one: As drug use rises, so does syphilis
• Pennsylvania State Police Urge Gun Owners To Give Up Firearms To Get Medical Marijuana
• The Opioid Epidemic Is Crushing America’s Middle Class. We Need Action, Not Words
• The Obama/Soros Legacy
• New Report Out On Impact Of Legal Pot On Colorado
• Traffic Accidents Rising in States With Legalized Recreational Marijuana
• High Co-prescription of Opioid-SSRI/SNRIs, Despite the Risks
• More Than Half Of New Yorkers Oppose Marijuana Legalization, According To New Emerson College Poll
• Amid Opioid Crisis, Texas Subsidized Drug Distributor It’s Now Investigating
• Marijuana Industry Loses Key Protection From Federal Enforcement In Proposed Spending Bill
• Another Hurdle Cleared – Marijuana Industry Fails In The House
• The Opioid Crisis Ravaging America Is Claiming Record Numbers Of Lives
• Report by National Families in Action Rips the Veil Off the Medical Marijuana Industry
• University Of Florida Drug Policy Institute Joins Senior Researchers At Harvard, Boston Children’s Hospital, University Of Texas, And Others In Responding To Latest Claims By The International Centre For Science In Drug Policy
• Re-Scheduling of Cannabinoids in USA – Tetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabidiol Related Arteriopathy, Genotoxicity and Teratogenesis
• Cocaine Laced With Fentanyl Causing Growing Number of Deaths
• In California, Learning How Marijuana Is an Unlikely Divider
• Overdose Deaths Up 30% In Hamilton County, USA
• Hill: Buyers’ Remorse On Marijuana?
• How The Epidemic Of Drug Overdose Deaths Ripples Across America
• Drug Laws: Why Do We Have Them, And Do They Work?
• Florida’s Biggest Law Firms Tap New Gold Mine: State’s Proposed Medical-Weed Industry
• Zohydro Backlash
• Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Report 2015
• Report: Marijuana Increases The Risk Of Deadly Crashes
• Money Spent On Marijuana Legalisation Referendums
• Marijuana-Growing Spikes Denver Electric Demand, Challenges Clean-Power Plan
• Kennedy: Are We Ready For Big Tobacco-Style Marketing For Marijuana?
• National Families Of Action States Marijuana Policy
• Colorado Has Highest Marijuana Use Among Teens, Adults
• Kathy Gyngell: Crime Rates Soar Where We Fail To Enforce Laws Against Drugs
• Colorado Yields To Marijuana Industry Pressure On Pesticides
• Colorado politicians ignore major pot problems
• America’s Opioid Crisis Behind ‘Shocking’ Two-Year Drop In Life Expectancy
• Can We Please Stop Pretending Marijuana Is Harmless?
• Authorities In Erie Dealing With Spike In K2 Overdoses
• 24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana Production in America
• SAM Applauds Bi-Partisan Legislation for Legitimate Medical Marijuana Research
• Washington’s Pot Industry Isn’t As Green As You’d Think
• A Horrifying Statistic That Conveys The Sheer Scale Of The US Opioid Crisis
• Cannabis Use and Risk of Prescription Opioid Use Disorder in the United States
• Tracking the Money That’s Legalizing Marijuana and Why It Matters
• Maine’s marijuana social clubs likely to be no-smoking venues
• Top 10 Anti-Marijuana Legalization Policy Victories Of 2015
• The Opioid Crisis Should Make Libertarians Rethink the Drug Legalization Argument
• The Unintended Consequences of Colorado’s “Social Experiment”
• Risk of Selected Birth Defects with Prenatal Illicit Drug Use, Hawaii, 1986–2002
• New Opioid Tool Kit introduced to address U.S. Drug Epidemic
• The Cole Memo: 4 Years Later Status Report on State Compliance of Federal Marijuana Enforcement Policy
• Marijuana devastated Colorado, don’t legalize it nationally
• Coalitions in Action: ASAP Coalition Uses “Smash” Creativity to Engage with Youth
• An Interview with Kevin Sabet, USA’s Most Influential Critic of Marijuana Legalization
• Economy Needs Workers, but Drug Tests Take a Toll
• Legal Weed Isn’t Living Up To All Of Its Promises. We Need To Shut It Down
• Innovative Peer-to-Peer Drug Prevention Initiative Shows Promising Results with High School Students
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Publishes Major Opioid Report
• Marijuana Treats Look Like Familiar Sweets
• Marijuana: What Parents Need to Know Today
• Mass Illnesses Due to Marijuana Edibles, Brownies, Candy
• The Marijuana Policy Initiative: Don’t Commercialize Marijuana.
• 11 Fishers teens hospitalized after eating THC-laced gummy bears
• Cannabis Boosts Risk Of Stroke And Heart Attack, Independent Of Tobacco, New Study Finds
• Marijuana Legalization Has Led To More Use And Addiction While Illegal Market Continues To Thrive
• Variance in Cannabis Use and Gender Affect Size of Important Brain Regions
• The Conundrum of Chronic Pain, Opioid Use in America and the Consequences
• Statement by President of Smart Approaches to Marijuana on Senators Booker and Gillibrand’s Marijuana Legislation to Bypass FDA
• Grey Death compound in Jacksonville & Florida
• Open Letter to : Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Secretary of State Mark Martin
• 26 Overdoses in Just Hours: Inside a Community on the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic
• ‘Narco-deforestation’: Cocaine Trade Destroying Swathes of Central America
• It’s time for philanthropic giants to join America’s fight to end the addiction crisis.
• In opioid crisis, a new risk for police: accidental overdose
• Ohio Leads In Nation’s Fatal Drug Overdoses With 4,000 Dead In 2016: Survey
• Emergency Visits Related to Marijuana Use at Colorado Hospital Quadruple
• Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Health
• ‘It’s Just Horrific’: Caseworkers Break Their Silence to Reveal a Toll of Addiction on Children
• Overcoming Addiction -Sobering Truth About Addiction Treatment in America
• A Dangerous Mix of Opioids Called ‘Gray Death’ is causing Overdoses in Parts of the US
• The Opioid Epidemic May Be Even Deadlier Than We Think
• Smart Approaches to Marijuana Reacts to Marijuana Lobbying Group’s Admission to Soliciting Donations from Tobacco Industry
• New Study Finds More Marijuana Use, Higher Rates of Marijuana Addiction States With Medical Marijuana Lawsin
• Kicking Pot to the Curb
• Casual cannabis use: Is there a link to depression?
• Opioid Addiction Is Infiltrating A Majority Of US Workplaces
• American Carnage – The New Landscape of Opiod Addiction
• Substance Use Disorders Could Be Costing Your Business More Than You Think
• National Leaders and Elected Officials Gather in Atlanta to Coordinate Opposition to Marijuana Legalization in America
• Saving Lives Is the First Imperative in the Opioid Epidemic
• Marijuana Legalization Bills Defeated in Maryland
• Cannabis Use and Risk for Substance Use Disorders and Mood or Anxiety Disorders
• Born addicts, opioid babies in withdrawal from first breath
• Marijuana Is Not Safe to Smoke, Researchers Say
• Pregnant Women Turn to Marijuana, Perhaps Harming Infants
• Letter re ‘medipot’ in the USA
• Fungus In Medical Marijuana Eyed As Possible Cause In California Man’s Death
• Is your medical marijuana safe? UC Davis doctors say dangerous bacteria, fungi can lurk in pot
• Burgeoning Marijuana Market Prompts Concerns about Crop’s Environmental Impact
• Colorado Health Agency Issues Second Report on Health Effects of Marijuana in State
• LETTER: Obama legacy includes drug addiction epidemic
• Middle school student hospitalized after eating marijuana gummy bears.
• Surgeon general commends efficiency of D.A.R.E. program
• Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
• States legalizing marijuana warned over kids mistaking drug for candy
• Pills that kill: why are thousands dying from fentanyl abuse?
• U.S. Student Drug Survey: Marijuana Use Remains Strong Despite Drops in Other Drug Use
• “Zombie” Outbreak Caused by the Synthetic
• Obama’s Drug Policy Legacy: Overdose Deaths and Youth Pot Use
• What Child Is This?
• F.D.A. Agrees to New Trials for Ecstasy as Relief for PTSD Patients
• Study finds abnormally low blood flow in the brain of marijuana users
• The Marijuana Conundrum in North America
• Experts link homeless surge to pot
• New Surgeon General’s Report Highlights Dangers of Marijuana Use
• Experts in Nearby States Warn Against Prop. 64, Which Would Legalize Marijuana in California
• Synthetic Opioid Known as “Pink” Is Legal in Most States
• What do we know about marijuana’s medical benefits? Two experts explain the evidence
• Pink: Drug Twice as Powerful as Heroin but Legally Available on Web
• When A Lie Travels: Comparing Alcohol To Marijuana
• Pew Research Poll Reflects Views on Pot Decriminalisation
• Drug Cartels Substituting Fentanyl for Heroin, U.S. Government Agencies Warn
• Yes, it’s legal (but the law’s still a drag)
• Marijuana Marketed To Kids
• A Public Health Framework for Legalized Retail Marijuana Based on the US Experience:
• Parents should be wary of marijuana legalization
• Colorado, Testimonies – I wish we had never moved here….
• Many Myths Surround Molly and Ecstasy
• Coalitions in Action: Thinking Outside the Box in Rural Indiana
• Will Legalizing Marijuana Create Modern Bootleggers?
• U.S. and Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet on Synthetic Opioid Efforts
• Unintentional Pediatric Exposures to Marijuana in Colorado, 2009-2015.
• Videos from attendees at a conference in Colorado
• Why Medical Marijuana Patients Can’t Buy Guns
• NATIONAL FAMILIES IN ACTION RELEASES WHITE PAPER ON LEGALIZED MARIJUANA
• Effect of motivational interviewing on reduction of alcohol use
• Cracking down on youth tobacco may influence drug use
• Another example from the USA of big business deliberately targeting youth with alcoholic beverages with 60% proof, or 30% alcohol by volume
• Authorities raid illegal Calif. pot grows to help Yurok tribe
• Colorado youth marijuana use IS on the rise
• Don’t ignore the fact that marijuana is an addictive, destructive drug
• Trespass grows found on USFS land
• Study: Regular marijuana use linked to problems in midlife
• Synthetic Marijuana Sends Hundreds for Emergency Care in Colorado
• Legalized pot is making America’s lower class poorer and less responsible
• DEA Report: Counterfeit Pills Fuelling U.S. Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis
• So Much for Democracy
• Rehab facility says more people are battling ‘Marijuana Use Disorder’
• 33 sick after apparent mass drug overdose in New York City
• SPICE IN THE CITY
• Report: Thousands imprisoned for life for non-violent crimes?
• Ohio to require reporting of drug-addicted babies
• Media Continue Cover-up of Marijuana-induced Mental Illness
• Other Viewpoint: The costs of drug addiction
• Being an addict’s mom: ‘It’s just a very, very sad place’
• Crime Is Up in Colorado: What That Tells Us About Pot Legalization and, Perhaps More Importantly, Lazy Reporting
• Legalizing Marijuana in Oregon
• Regular marijuana use among college students at a three-decade high, survey says
• Why Libertarians Are Wrong About Drugs
• Viewpoint: Colorado is going to pot, don’t let Florida
• Marijuana use involved in more fatal accidents since commercialization of medical marijuana
• The following links give scientific evidence from scientist and medics in the USA, and do not support the use of cannabis.
• President Obama, Marijuana and The Media
• Powdered Alcohol Approved by Government Agency
• NYPD COMMISSIONER LINKS SHOOTINGS TO MARIJUANA
• Colorado teens see marijuana as less risky, new state wide research shows
• DEA Warning to Police and Public: Fentanyl Exposure Kills
• BUD BUSTERS: Surrey teens take on the tokers at ‘420’ rally in Vancouver
• Cannabis Hemp THC in the Food–Cosmetic Supply
• The Drug Problem
• If You Think Legalization Is Just about Marijuana, Think Again
• Wouldn’t it be simpler for the USA to not legalise so-called medical marijuana and so-called recreational pot?
• Weeds 3: A Documentary Showcasing Legitimate Scientific Research or an Infomercial to Legalize Marijuana?
• The impact of so-called medical marijuana and later the legalisation of marijuana in Colorado
• 3 Guaranteed Profits: Gambling, Prostitution, and #Cannabis
• THC extracts concentrate problems
• American Epilepsy Society President Says Side Effects of Artisanal CBD Oils Can Be So Severe No Paediatric Neurologist in Colorado Will Recommend Them
• Photos showing just how the marijuana business in the USA is targeting the youth market
• Sunday–Last Day of May
• Marijuana legalization movement makes no sense
• Response to Latest Claims by the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy
• Marijuana Intoxication Blamed In More Deaths, Injuries
• Trying to Enforce Colorado’s Conflicting Marijuana Regulatory Laws
• Re: “Maine Voices: Bill to address opiate crisis in Maine is a step in the right direction” by Becky DeKeuster (Jan. 23):
• Patrick Kennedy: Say No to Marijuana Legalisation
• What Is the Deal With Synthetic Marijuana?
• Drug Traffickers Seek Safe Haven Amid Legal Marijuana
• Police Departments Across the Nation Start “Treatment, Not Jail” Programs
• Lessons from Pot Experiment
• Alcohol Prohibition – Actually, Prohibition Was a Success
• 50-Year Trends in Smoking-Related Mortality in the United States
• Marijuana dependence influenced by genes, childhood sexual abuse
• Legal drinking age of 18 tied to high school dropout rate
• Number of Marijuana-Impaired Drivers Involved in Deadly Crashes Jumps 48 Percent in One Year in Washington State
• 10-percent of all babies born in Wicomico County, over the past 12 months, were born addicted to heroin
• So called ‘medical marijuana’, Charlotte’s Web and Epileptic Seizures
• Poll: Support for Marijuana Legalisation in Colorado Falling
• Police: Meth bust shows legal pot forces cartels to change tactics
• The Man Who Fell in Love With Weed
• ACLU Calls Legislature’s Plans to Raid Pot Taxes “Dangerously Shortsighted and Unwise”
• Cannabis and Stroke – Systematic Appraisal of Case Reports
• One surprising downside of marijuana legalization: major energy use
• Shatter is a potent and highly addictive new form of marijuana
• The Connections Between Psychotropic Drugs and Irrational Acts of Violence – What Journalists, Lawyers, Laypersons and Healthcare Providers Need to Know
• Students banned from cannabis coffee shops ‘more likely to pass exams,’ a Dutch study claims
• Cannabis smokers warned they risk poorer exam grades
• Obama’s Jamaican Fantasy
• Drug Politics
• Good News from Monitoring the Future 2014
• NEUROSCIENCE OF RECOVERY: THE BRAIN IN RECOVERY
• Colorado one year on. Legalisers’ theories have gone to pot
• Club Drug ‘Molly’ Causes Hospitalizations at Wesleyan
• Soros-Owned Restaurant Sued for Wage Violations
• THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA ON THE BODY
• New UK political party wants to make cannabis an election issue
• Marijuana Edibles Blamed For Keystone Death
• Status Report on State Compliance of Federal Marijuana Enforcement Policy
• FROM TRAUMA TO TRANSFORMATIVE RECOVERY
• Flavored alcoholic drinks linked to risky teen behaviors
• Legal Dope for Native Americans?
• New data shows Indiana high school seniors are trying marijuana more often than alcohol and cigarettes.
• Not the Usual College Party (This One’s Sober)
• Probability and predictors of remission from life-time nicotine, alcohol, cannabis or cocaine dependence
• Palcohol
• Team to study how alcohol hijacks brain’s reward system
• Painkiller-Addicted Babies a Growing U.S. Concern, Especially in Fla.
• Flavored alcohol may increase risk of binge drinking, related injuries
• Reducing stigma attached to addiction
• America’s Appetite for Drugs Fuelling Mexican Violence
• Research Review Prompts NIDA Warning About Marijuana Use.
• The pro-pot people always exaggerate the impact of the criminal justice system on users.
• My Turn: Scientists who know say ‘no’ to legal pot
• As Seen on TV: Advertising’s Influence on Alcohol Abuse
• Of Course Marijuana Addiction Exists. And It’s (Almost) All in Your Head.
• Attorneys general take on ‘Spice’ drug
• Animal Study Suggests Marijuana May Affect Future Offspring’s Susceptibility to Heroin
• Colorado’s ‘Pot Pregnancies’ Birthing New Generation of Crack Babies
• UN drugs body warns US states and Uruguay over cannabis legalisation
• SAM Statement on the lawsuit from Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas law enforcement officials
• Director Botticelli sits down for “FACE to FACE with SAM”
• Investigation Reveals Medical Marijuana Is Getting Into School Kids’ Hands
• Women twice as likely to see pot as risky
• Laboratories of Democracy
• What No One Is Saying About Marijuana – Why You Should Care….
• Further legalization of all drugs in USA?
• Neil McKeganey: Expert drug advisers turn a blind eye to the dire failings of the methadone programme
• That Six-Serving Bar of Marijuana Chocolate? My Son Ate It
• Why Colleges Haven’t Stopped Binge Drinking
• Drug enforcement is not racist
• Drug Users Silently Aiding Gun Thugs
• Prediction: California crime wave coming
• Big Marijuana Is Not Your Friend
• Marijuana Legalization and Young Brains: Time for Serious Study
• Story of tax dollars from sales of marijuana going to good causes is incorrect.
• Pot Legalization and Crime Rates in Denver, Colorado
• Dangerous new marijuana product looks like lip balm, packs big kick
• Cully Stimson: Obama gets pottier. Now he wants a drug legaliser as one of his law officers.
• Duck and Cover: How the Obama Administration Mishandled the 2014 National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health
• Marijuana’s Anti-Environmentalists
• RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Authorities battle booming marijuana grows
• The New Civil Rights Division Head Wants to Decriminalize Possession of All Drugs
• Does Eric Holder’s Successor Face a Momentum Shift on Dope?
• Pot studies suggest regular use is bad for teen brains
• Smoking marijuana caused car crash killing passengers
• Prescription Drugs ‘Orphan’ Children In Eastern Kentucky
• Biotech Researcher Finds Medical Pot Laced With Faeces
• Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use
• Drug czar approaches challenge from a different angle: As a recovering alcoholic
• The Disaster Of CBD-Only ‘Medical Marijuana’ Legislation
• Water-Guzzling Pot Plants Draining Drought-Wracked California
• The Devastation That’s Really Happening in Colorado
• Colorado’s troubles with pot
• Youth regularly receive pro-marijuana tweets
• Pot oil explosions a growing problem
• Survey Finds 17% of High School Students Abuse Substances During School Day
• Alcohol a leading cause of preventable death
• A letter was published by the NY Times re Alcohol, Marijuana
• Denver Crime Rate Up by almost 7%
• Corrupting citizens for fun and profit
• Legal pot blamed for some of influx of homeless in Denver this summer
• FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: Down The Rabbit Hole
• Only 7.3% of the population of the USA are current users of marijuana
• Legal Pot Is a Public Health Menace
• Officials Concerned About Potential New Powdered Alcohol Product
• DOCTORS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA 
• Alarm at the promotion of numerous marijuana strains to treat serious mental health issues without any medical protocols.
• Big Marijuana — Lessons from Big Tobacco
• Smoke and mirrors in druggy Colorado. Press reporting standards down, crime up
• Colorado lawmaker seeks marijuana tax review amid disappointing sales
• Greed merchants growing like weeds around Amendment 2
• Science and Reason re Marijuana
• Sharp rise in babies born with foetal alcohol syndrome
• The impact of marijuana on brain functions
• Colorado Deputy: School Resource Officers Will Be Busier if Medical Marijuana Passes in Florida
• Lowe’s Home Improvement store hiring policy
• Medical marijuana in Oregon: State program prone to exploitation, abuse, report says
• State med board to docs: We won’t stop you from getting into med pot business, but enter at your own risk
• Teen Seizures And Deaths Linked To Dangerous Designer Drug “N-Bomb” –
• Perceived Parent and Peer Marijuana Norms: The Moderating Effect of Parental Monitoring During College.
• Parental disapproval contributes to racial, ethnic differences in prescription drug misuse by teens
• Marijuana, tobacco, treated very differently by the government
• Reefer Madness: Only 3 Percent of Pot Stories Mention Health Risks
• Metro: Marijuana impairment rising among drivers
• Deal leads state to path forward on cannabis oil treatment
• Don’t Go to Pot
• George Soros’ real crusade: Legalizing marijuana in the U.S.
• Calvina Fay: Why we must say no to drug legalisation
• Drug Courts in Minnesota: Smart on crime, not ‘soft on crime’
• Parents given lowdown on a variety of drugs that threaten children
• A Look Inside Colorado’s Pot Industry
• South Florida business owners discuss prospects of profiting from legal pot
• 24 Mind-Blowing Facts About Marijuana
• Vaporizers: the new pot industry
• U.S. weighs crackdown on environmental damage from pot growers
• The Quarter Backs of the New Anti-Drugs Movement – Project Sam
• The Myth of Marijuana for Medical Use
• The U.S. Love Affair With Addiction
• Montana Soap Box: Marijuana causes big problems
• Keep off the Grass
• Rising levels of THC in the urine of our young patients
• The perils of legalized pot
• Presidential disconnect on pot
• Saying ‘No’ to Drugs But Dying in Violence
• Anti-Marijuana Legalization Billboards Appear in Advance of Super Bowl
• Epilepsy experts call for more research into medical marijuana
• The President Inhales
• Cannabis is much more pernicious than Obama knows
• Even Lady Gaga knows pot is not harmless
• Weed – Been there. Done That
• Graph: Young people aged 12 – 17 years of age in the USA who have used marijuana in the past month
• The folly of marijuana legalization
• Normalising pot is priming a public-health time bomb
• ‘Marijuana Bowl’ Buzz not so Super
• Drug traffickers threaten Central America’s democratic gains
• Youth pot smoking rises as attitudes shift
• Colorado’s new high not for Massachusetts
• 2014 – When Doping Duped Americans Begins
• Death rates soar among women using prescription drugs
• Brain Scan Study Suggests ‘Pothead’ Stereotype Might Be Real
• Pot problems in Colorado schools increase with legalization
• Doctor says impact of marijuana in Colorado reaches Iowa
• Cannabinoids on Steroids
• Emergency Department Visits Involving Drug Molly Jumped 128 Percent Amongst Young People
• Teens in child welfare system show higher drug abuse rate
• Hard to fight war on drugs when we are the ones fuelling it
• Article does not reflect the growing reality of marijuana as a public health and safety threat
• The Cannabis-Psychosis Link
• Electronic cigarettes more popular with teens, worrying health experts
• In Defense of the Drug War
• Police: Santa Cruz blast victims making hash oil
• Suspected Illnesses Linked to Synthetic Marijuana in Colorado Rises to 150
• ‘Bath Salts’ Drugs Led to 23,000 ER Visits in One Year: U.S. Report
• Marijuana use among Jessamine County teenagers is higher than the Kentucky average.
• Study: Kindergarten behavior can predict later drug abuse — but early intervention can help
• Hemp/Marijuana “QUOTES” (From the Legalizers)
• Colorado Fails to Regulate Marijuana
• The Legalisation of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact Vol. 1/August 2013
• Legalizing Marijuana — The Real Costs
• Little evidence harm reduction reduces harm
• The Nation’s Pulse: Initiatives Have Consequences
• Legalizing Drugs Won’t Make Organized Crime Disappear: Kerlikowske
• Legal” drugs killing us: 20 Signs That The Pharmaceutical Companies Are Running A 280 Billion Dollar Money Making Scam
• Purdue Pharma L.P. To Present Data Describing Changes in Oxycodone Abuse in Rural Kentucky Following the Introduction of Reformulated OxyContin®…
• A Win for Families: Urban Outfitters Halts Prescription Drug Paraphernalia Product Sales
• Tennessee hospital treats drug-dependent babies
• Yale Study Associates Marijuana Use With Prescription Drug Abuse
• Smoke travels to non-smoking hotel rooms, study shows
• Voters becoming wise to medical-marijuana ruse
• Pot Smoking Can Cause Recurrent Nausea and Vomiting
• 10-Year-Old Inundated With Pot Ads On His Cellphone
• Marijuana: Another Human Clinical Trial but With No Consent Form
• GOP should stand firm against drug legalization/Responding to Joe Klein on Drug Legalization
• The most effective ‘drug pushing’ measure ever – permission.
• Marijuana not a safe or effective medicine
• Study Examines New Treatment for Marijuana Dependence
• Marijuana: A Gift of the Left to America’s Youth
• Medical pot laws result in increased teen drug use
• Experts worry that medical-pot laws promote teen use
• Smoke and mirrors: Colorado teenagers and marijuana
• Marijuana Side Effects Study Debated
• The DEA’s pot defense [Blowback]
• A Response to Steven Chapman’s ‘The War On Pot: Not a Safe Bet’
• A Kennedy Shocks the Pro-Dope Liberal Media
• Marijuana cardholders selling to each other, on the streets
• HASC Report comment by Monte Stiles
• Chart of Commonly Abused Prescription Drugs
• Medical marijuana laws in 50 states
• Legalizing Pot is Not the Answer!
• So-called ‘medical marijuana’ results in increased use by youth
• U.S. Illegal Drug Use Down Substantially from 1970s
• Substance-Impaired Driving
• Toxic chemicals poisoned wildlife in cannabis gardens
• Public lands and wildlife destroyed by marijuana
• One drug connection that everyone ignores
• The case against drug legalization
• Letter from ONDCP re ‘Medical Marijuana’
• ‘For medicinal purposes’
• A Drug Policy for the 21st Century
• Deaths from Prescription Drugs – USA
• Adaptive programming improves outcomes in drug court: an experimental trial.
• Pat Robertson is wrong about marijuana
• Marijuana Legislation’s Unintended Consequences
• Marijuana Impaired Driving: A serious safety problem
• Dawn is almost here, but hope seems far away.
• California Medical Association Not So Medical Says Drug Policy Experts
• Experts Call New Strategies on AIDS Prevention Ineffective!
• Planning Commission to consider ban on medical marijuana dispensaries
• Marijuana and Youth – Experiences From a Practising Physician
• Genetic Risk Factors for both Marijuana and Alcohol Misuse Similar
• Study Finds Hospitalization Increases for Alcohol and Drug Overdoses
• Cannabis, synthetic cannabinoids, and psychosis risk: What the evidence says
• Brain Scans Show Danger of Meth Exposure During Pregnancy
• The so-called ‘Drug War’ in the USA has not been’lost’ !
• Drug Legalisation in USA?
• Success in the USA in Reducing Drugs Use
• Free Drugs or Drug Free?
• New Field Poll Shows California Voters Oppose Legalized Marijuana
• Families Protected by Healthcare Professionals Drug Prevention Outreach
• Driving under Influence of Marijuana a Growing Problem
• 14 Hawaii Religious Marijuana Advocates Indicted
• A Broken Mind
• Consequences of Illicit Drug Use In America
• CESAR Study Finds 9 Warning Signs of Early Marijuana Use Among Maryland’s Public School Students
• School-Based Prevention Cuts Drug Use, Violence, NIDA Says
• CDC issues statement and recommendations regarding prescription drug misuse
• Drug overdose: Medical marijuana facing a backlash
• More Americans Admitted for Opiate, Marijuana Treatment, SAMHSA Reports
• The Involvement of Marijuana in California Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes 1998 -2008
• Substance Abuse Prevention Dollars and Cents: A Cost-Benefit Analysis U.S.
• Monitoring the Future survey shows that while marijuana continues to be the most commonly
• Survey of High School Students Finds Significant Drop in Drug and Alcohol Use
• Business embraces drug tests
• Marijuana Smoke Listed Effective June 19, 2009 as Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer
• Marijuana legalization? A White House rebuttal, finally
• Proposed “Safe-Injection” Site in San Francisco Ignores Proven Solutions to Treating Drug Addicts
• Obama is AWOL in the Drug Wars
• Why Marijuana Legalization Would Compromise Public Health and Public Safety
• Taxing Marijuana
• More good news on teen smoking in USA: Rates at or near record lows
• L.A. Medical-Pot Shops Peddle to LAUSD Pupils
• Seeing Through the Haze: The Impact of Drug Legalization in America
• Taxing Marijuana
• Drug Use Down in USA
• Drug Overdose Deaths Skyrocketing in USA
• Small part of drug-related state spending goes to prevention
• No: California does not need any more stoners
• Texas Prevention Impact Index
• Meth Project targets youths
• What addiction really costs in the USA
• Turn On, Tune In, Light Up
• Drug Court Prevents Overdoses in South Boston
• Drug Court Prevents Overdoses in South Boston
• Congressional Subcommittee Questions the Scientific Validity of “Harm Reduction”
• Drug Use Skyrocketing In USA
• Steep rise in abuse of legal drugs
• Trends in Drug Related Emergency Dept
• Teen Drug Abuse Declines Across Wide Front
• Monitoring the Future Survey Results Released
• Drug trafficking
• Substantial Declines in Teen Drug use
• Teen Drug Use Continues To Decline
• Three Factors Behind Teen Drug Use
• HIV and Hepatitis C Have Reached ‘Near Saturation’ Among Injecting Drug Users
• Parents Seriously Underestimate Availability and Use of Drugs Among Their Children
• Education Campaign Aims to Reverse Trends in Teen ‘Meth’ and Ecstasy Use
• Early Marijuana Use Called Pathway to Addiction
• Rat Study Conducted by University of Georgia Researchers Suggests That Cannabis Interferes With Sustained Attention
• Students who smoke marijuana likely to see lower math scores
• The relationship between marijuana initiation and dropping out of high school
• Study finds smoking marijuana can cause cancer
• Study links teen use of tobacco and pot
• Maine House Gives Final Approval to Smoke free Bars House Votes 95-47 to Become 5th Smoke free State
• 5 Million Deaths a Year Worldwide from Smoking Tobacco smoke is the world’s most lethal weapon of mass destruction.
• Teen anti drugs make impact
• Marijuana Misuse Increases Depression Risk
• THC Level Skyrockets
• Evidence Accumulates That Long-Term Marijuana Users Experience Withdrawal
• Preventive education for adolescents or children
• Neighborhood revitalization
• Ozzy Says He Now Believes Pot Leads To Other Addictions
• Religious Beliefs Linked to Decreased Drug Use
• Study shows MS patients further impaired by smoking Low-THC marijuana
• What Americans need to know about Marijuana
• Snippets from SAMHSA
• Report Shows Parents Unaware of Children’s Ecstasy Use
• The Government Might Be Right About Marijuana
• Anti-drug testing bill threatens students
• Drug Use in the USA
• Drug Courts Pay Off
• Drug Abuse Trends Minneapolis – St Paul
• College Students Discount Smoking Health Risks
• Cocaine May Compromise Immune System, Increase Risk of Infection
• Cigarettes Contribute to Early Cardiac Deaths Worldwide
• HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIOLOGY: HIV rates, risk factors among different IDU types determined
• A New Drug Threat: Salvia – by Mike Bush
• Does Marijuana Withdrawal Syndrome Exist?
• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
• SMART Leaders
• Smoking Prevalence In U.S. Birth Cohorts: Influence of Gender and Education
• Smoking, pregnancy and poverty
• Prevention & Education
• Addiction – Desire to smoke may be inborn
• Tobacco companies supply film-makers products (‘Product Placement’)
• BAT knew tobacco was addictive
• Psychosocial and Pharmacological Explanations of Nicotine’s “Gateway Drug” Function
• Drugs and Crime
• Uncle Sam’s Example
• Drug Testing USA
• Back to School Teen Survey – USA
• Country Reports:
• Philadelphia Inquirer: South Jersey Man Faces A Rare Drug Charge
• Access to funds increases substance abuse and drug-related death
• Hunterdon High School 7-year student drug use data released
• Ronald Reagan To Go Down In History As The Champion of the War On Illicit Drugs

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