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Paper on cannabis and psychosis published 30th September
Teenage cannabis addiction on the rise
The number of Dutch under-18s addicted to cannabis is on the increase. Many of them begin smoking pot regularly at age thirteen, and get into such difficulties that they have to be admitted to a rehab clinic.
Why Doctors Are Giving Heroin to Heroin Addicts
Treating heroin addicts by giving them heroin might seem counterintuitive. But for some of the most hardened addicts, administering heroin in supervised clinics may just do the trick where detox and methadone have failed.
Should heroin be available on the NHS?
Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, believes that prescribing the drug to addicts would help to cut crime
Martin Barnes of Drugscope (The Drug Charity advising the Government) argues for prescription heroin while Professor Neil McKeganey of the Department of Drug Misuse at Glasgown University argues against.
The Chronic Toxicology of Cannabis, July 2009, by Dr Albert Stuart Reece of Queensland University Australia.
A summary of its adverse effects on health.
'Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis':
Cannabis Use and Driving - published by The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse in August 2009
Government campaign to warn students about "legal highs"
Antonio Maria Costa, UN Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna .
Project Blueprint: ‘Not sufficiently robust’
Why, one might ask, did they not want to trumpet the conclusion of a major research project which took six years of work and close to £6m of our money? [Mark Easton, BBC, UK]
The Guardian - articles relating to the argument relating to the legalisation of drugs.
The first one is an article by Simon Jenkins (4/09/09) in favour of legalisation of drugs
and the second is a response (17/09/09) from Professor Neil McKegany, Professor of Drug Misuse at Glasgow University.
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