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Slovakia Drug Decriminalisation Derailed by Nationalist Obstruction, Despite Support from Justice Ministry

Feb 21, 2018

A proposal by Slovakia’s Ministry of Justice to decriminalise personal drug possession will no longer be considered, following opposition from…

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Интерактивная карта: что изменилось в глобальной наркополитике в 2017 году

Talking Drugs

Feb 16, 2018

В 2017 году в мировой наркополитике произошло много изменений. В США увеличилось число смертей от употребления опиатов, на Филиппинах продолжилось…

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Three Reasons Why Scientific Advice on Drugs is Ignored

Talking Drugs

Feb 12, 2018

David Nutt, along with many other leading scientists, published a study a few years ago that showed how the overall harms associated…

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Медицинский каннабис в Македонии – рост спроса и анализ законодательства

Anonymous

Feb 5, 2018

В феврале 2016 года Македония легализировала употребление марихуаны в медицинских целях, став второй после Хорватии страной на Балканах, поддержавшей доступность…

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Portugal MP Calls for Cannabis to be Legalised, Sold at Street Value, to “End Traffickers’ Business”

Avinash Tharoor

Feb 1, 2018

Two Portuguese health experts, including a prominent MP, have called for the introduction of a strictly regulated cannabis trade in…

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Норвегия взяла курс на декриминализацию всех наркотиков

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jan 25, 2018

В декабре 2017 года Парламент Норвегии принял решение давшее старт реформе наркополитики, направленной на отмену уголовной ответственности за хранение наркотиков…

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France To Consider Decriminalising All Drug Use, Following Government-Commissioned Report

Avinash Tharoor

Jan 22, 2018

A new parliamentary report has recommended several options for modernising France’s penal process, including the decriminalisation of all drug use,…

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UK Legislators Make Impassioned Call for Drug Consumption Rooms, As Deaths Soar

Avinash Tharoor

Jan 18, 2018

Members of parliament from across the political spectrum have called on the UK government to allow the introduction of drug…

Cannabis Drug Policy

The Severely Ill Man at the Centre of Malta’s Medical Cannabis Debate

Talking Drugs

Jan 17, 2018

The imprisonment of a severely ill man for self-medicating with cannabis in Malta has ignited controversy in the country, where…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Medical Cannabis in Malta: Moving Towards a Common Sense Approach

Talking Drugs

Dec 19, 2017

The Republic of Malta is gradually but steadily pushing forward medicinal cannabis laws, however it is struggling to find equilibrium…

Cannabis Drug Policy

Медицинский каннабис в ЕС: от начала реформы до кризиса поставок

Anastasia Bezverkha

Dec 18, 2017

В 2017 году многие страны ЕС значительно продвинулись на пути реформирования законодательства относительно медицинского употребления марихуаны. В ноябре 2017 года…

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UK Ketamine Treatment Access Hindered by Drug Laws

Talking Drugs

Dec 5, 2017

The benefits of clinically-administered ketamine for certain mental health issues have become increasingly prominent over the past decade, with neuroscientists…