Ecstasy approved for medical study
25-February-2004, United States, CNN
WASHINGTON -- A South Carolina psychiatrist said Wednesday he will immediately start recruiting patients after winning approval to conduct the first study testing MDMA - better known as ecstasy - as a therapeutic tool.
Dr. Michael Mithoefer ...
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 ...
Experts Condemn New Craze for 'Snorting' Alcohol
16-February-2004, United Kingdom, PA News
A new craze for inhaling alcohol was today attacked by medical experts as a potential danger that could cause brain damage.
Drinks including vodka and absinthe can be "snorted" into the nose or inhaled into the mouth through a tube using a new ...
Police chief says heroin should be legalised
05-February-2004, United Kingdom, Reuters
LONDON -- An outspoken senior police chief has called for heroin to be sold openly by the government, saying current laws do more harm than good.
A week after the government controversially introduced a softer line on cannabis, the chief ...
Lincoln is cracking down on so-called head shops
28-January-2004, United States, TheOmahaChannel
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The U.S. Attorney's Office for Nebraska's capital city handed down several federal indictments on storeowners Wednesday. Investigators confiscated more than 1,000 items they called drug paraphernalia from Super Exotica and Exotic ...
George Clinton Arrested on Drug Charge
08-December-2003, United States, Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Funk music pioneer George Clinton was arrested and charged with drug possession after allegedly telling an officer he had cocaine in his pocket.
Clinton, of Tallahassee, was arrested Saturday and bonded out of jail over the ...
Drug Decrim Bill Introduced in Argentina -- Would ...
05-December-2003, Argentina, Drug Reform Coordination Network
Deputy Eduardo Garcia of the Socialist Party has introduced a bill in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies that would decriminalize the possession and personal use of both hard and soft drugs. The bill, which was introduced November 18, would also ...
Italy Marches Bravely into 20th Century: ...
05-December-2003, Italy, Drug Reform Coordination Network
Ten years ago this April, Italians voted to decriminalize simple drug possession. Now the rightist government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wants to undo that, and then some. A proposal floated by Deputy Prime Minister Giancarlo Fini, leader ...
Research on Ecstasy Is Clouded by Errors
02-December-2003, United States, New York Times
A primate study it published in 2002, with heavy publicity, warned that
the amount of the drug Ecstasy that a typical user consumes in a single
night might cause permanent brain damage.
It turned out that the $1.3 million study, led by Dr. ...
Canadian PM Mulls Smoking Marijuana When He ...
05-October-2003, Canada, Reuters
Now Canada can understand why Prime Minister Jean Chretien seems to be in such a hurry to push through a law decriminalizing marijuana.
Chretien, 69, said in an interview published on Friday that he might give pot a try once it is no longer a ...
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