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Graphic: Why the UK’s Sweeping “Psychoactive Substances” Ban Is Wrongheaded
The UK has enacted sweeping legislation to ban so-called “legal highs” like Spice or “Black Mamba.” Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are often intended to mimic “traditional” drugs like marijuana and cocaine while circumventing laws, but their effects are sometimes riskier. […]
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FDA approves implant to treat opioid addiction
Any additional tools that we can have in dealing with what’s a devastating and potentially deadly disease are necessary. […]
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Drug-War Persecution of Colombian Coca Farmers Is Much Closer to Home Than You Think
As the US considers reforms such as the legalization of marijuana, understanding the impact of US drug policy on South American farmers is more important than ever if we’re serious about undoing the damage. […]
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‘Undetectable’ drugs sweeping Gold Coast and Australia
“We are certainly not wanting to encourage drug use, quite the opposite, but understanding how it works and why it works is vital.Drug testing at festivals overseas has been extremely successful and getting knowledge through this is our best shot at tackling this massive problem.” […]
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Beyond Parody? Five Times “the Onion” Brilliantly Skewered the War on Drugs
America’s favorite snarky “news” source, the Onion, has never been short of ammunition when it comes to the War on Drugs. The only trouble is, in this field it can be hard to know when parody stops and reality begins… […]
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The dogs don’t work’: NSW Greens say $66m ‘wasted’ on drug sniffer dog unit
David Shoebridge says waste ‘extraordinary’ after figures show NSW police spent an average of more than $9m per year since 2010 on drug detection unit. […]
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UK: Why the Psychoactive Substances Act is much better than anyone will admit
Under the Psychoactive Substances Act it will not be a criminal offence for someone to possess for their own consumption recreational drugs too dangerous to be legally sold to the public. […]
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Students in Wellington Just Want to Be Able to Legally Test Their Drugs
A group of students from Victoria University are joining the push for drug testing to protect them and their friends from taking potentially fatal chemicals in lieu of actual drugs. The Wellington arm of Students for Sensible Drug Policy wants the New Zealand Government to allow drug testing at festivals.…
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It’s time for pharmacists to speak up about the benefits of harm minimisation
Many issues were discussed at the 2 March 2016 Drug Summit organised by the Greens leader Richard Di Natale at Parliament House.To me the two main topics included the decriminalisation of drugs, similar to the Portuguese model.The other key topic for me was giving consideration to introducing more supervised injecting…
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Three little known causes of billionaire Richard Branson
Branson is a long-time believer that the war on drugs approach should be rejected and instead decriminalisation of drug possession and use should be introduced in its place. […]