And The Results Are Staggering On July 1st, 2001, Portugal decriminalized every imaginable drug, from marijuana, to cocaine, to heroin. Some thought Lisbon would become a drug tourist haven, others predicted usage rates among youths to surge. Eleven years later, it turns out they were both wrong. Over a decade […]
Question of the Week
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AIDS and the Drug War
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-13-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-13-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3945 Question of the Week: Does the drug war cause AIDS? A new report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy seems to think […]
DrugSense
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The Drug News “Bot” App, for Android Mobiles
For a decade, the drug news bot has continually spidered the web for the latest breaking drug-policy related news. Now, the 1,000 drug -related articles the bot analyzes each day can be at your fingertips, fast with the Bot android app. Drug Policy News Feeds The Bot app knows all […]
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DUID
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 7-4-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 7-4-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3935 Question of the Week: What is DUID? DUID stands for “driving while under the influence of drugs.” Some reports have called this “OUI” […]
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Stop The Drug War To Fight AIDS
The war on drugs is a failure and immediate, major reforms of the global drug prohibition regime are needed to halt the spread of HIV infection and other drug war harms. Today we launched a new Global Commission on Drug Policy report with a livestreamed conference from London, calling for […]
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David Nutt Reveals The Truth About Drugs
Professor David Nutt discusses his book Drugs – Without the Hot Air, and argues that society’s prohibition of psychedelic substances is preventing groundbreaking science.
Cannabis & Hemp , Drug Policy , Question of the Week
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Endocannabinoid System
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-13-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-13-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3908 Question of the Week: What is the endocannabinoid system? According to the Drug Enforcement Administration in its July 2011 entry into the Federal […]
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Drugs in Ancient History
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-5-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-5-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3903 Question of the Week: When did people start using drugs? According to a 2009 historical overview by the United Nations Office on Drugs […]
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Global Illicit Market Value
Drug Policy Question of the Week – 6-2-12 As answered by Mary Jane Borden, Editor of Drug War Facts for the Drug Truth Network on 6-2-12. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3892 Question of the Week: How much is the global illicit market worth? The last Drug Truth Network segment covered Transnational Organized Crime, a […]