Rehab for Synthetic Drug Abusers, not Jail
23-June-2004, Singapore, The Straits Times
Synthetic drug abusers will be sent for rehabilitation, instead of prison, from December this year - a shift in the law that has been hailed by halfway houses.
They say the new approach finally corrects an anomaly in Singapore's anti-narcotics ...
Swiss Parliament Rejects Marijuana Legalization
18-June-2004, Switzerland, Drug Reform Coordination Network
The Swiss House of Representatives Tuesday rejected a bill that would have amended the country's drug laws to allow for the legal personal use and production of marijuana and some domestic sales of the weed. By a vote of 102-92, the House for the ...
NY: Talks on Drug Laws Stall as State Deadline ...
08-June-2004, United States, New York Times
ALBANY, June 7 - New York's top officials have agreed for several years that the state's Rockefeller-era drug laws are too harsh, but their efforts to overhaul them appeared to founder yet again Monday when talks broke down without an ...
Brazil Told to Modify Anti-Drug Program
29-May-2004, Brazil, Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The United States warned Brazil it might lose U.S. anti-drug aid if it presses a program to shoot down flights believed to carry narcotics without attempting to prevent destruction of innocent aircraft, the State Department said ...
California Senate Votes to Bar Random Drug Tests ...
28-May-2004, United States, Drug Reform Coordination Network
In a ground-breaking move, the California Senate voted Tuesday to ban the random drug testing of students in the state's public schools. If the bill is passed in the Assembly and signed into law by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California ...
Couple Ordered to Stop Having Children
15-May-2004, United States, Associated Press
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- When a drug-addicted homeless woman had her newborn taken away last spring, she agreed the baby should be placed in foster care with her three other children. A year later, a judge delivered a startling postscript: She ordered the ...
Russia Enacts Sweeping Reforms in Drug Laws: No ...
14-May-2004, Russia, Drug Reform Coordination Network
DRCNet reported in March that Russia was on the verge of making dramatic reforms to its draconian drug laws after the Duma passed legislation that would remove criminal penalties and the possibility of jail time for simple drug possession. But then ...
This Is Your Government on Drugs
14-May-2004, United States, Alternet
It sounds a bit like the answer to one of those old late night, "so whatever happened to..." questions. Tommy Chong, 65-year-old grandfather, the lesser-known half of the goofy late-70s burnout comedy duo Cheech and Chong, was convicted of the ...
EU Think Tank Slams Global Drug Fight
26-March-2004, Austria, NORML News
Vienna -- Representatives from the Network of European Foundations (NEF) Comite de Sages and The Senlis Council criticized UN-sponsored drug prohibition policies at a symposium last week coinciding with the United Nations 47th Session of the ...
Like a Rock: New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws ...
25-February-2004, United States, Drug Reform Coordination Network
Despite protestations from all of New York's key political actors that they are determined to reform the state's draconian Rockefeller drug laws, another legislative session ended this week with the laws unchanged. Last minute negotiations over ...
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