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The city of Oslo is a member of ECAD - The European Cities Against Drugs. Never the less Oslo has an increasing problem with injecting heroin use, and the tendency among many professionals in the field has been to be in favour of harm reduction measures. Since long Oslo has had an extensive needle exchange program, and during this autumn a majority in the City Parliament has be...

This UN report takes a statistical approach to assessing the status of the world supply of and demand for illicit drugs. Based on data and estimates collected or prepared by governments, UNDCP (United Nations International Drug Control Programme) and other international

The explicit or tacit approval of so called drug injection rooms -- or "shooting galleries" -- are seen as a step in the direction of drug legalization, according to the views of the Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), in a press release. Neither is it in accordance with the UN conventions.

The INCB annual report, released on February 23rd- 2000, pinpoints the use of government-sanctioned drug injection rooms, by addicts in some countries. Such establishments are not in accordance with the UN conventions and the Board regards them as places where breaking the law goes unpunished. The INCB is also concerned about increasing use of cannabis among young people. Growi...

The INCB annual report, released on February 23rd- 2000, pinpoints the use of government-sanctioned drug injection rooms, by addicts in some countries. Such establishments are not in accordance with the UN conventions and the Board regards them as places where breaking the law goes unpunished. The INCB is also concerned about increasing use of cannabis among young people. Growi...

I denne artikkelen i British Medical Journal (BMJ 2000;320:108-110 8 January) av John Strang, John Witton, og Wayne Hall, hevder forfatterne at cannabisdebatten ofte blir forstyrret av at media presenterer et svarthvittbilde , enten at cannabis er fullstendig harmløst i rekreasjonell bruk og derfor skulle bli tillatt, eller at rekreasjonell bruk er skadelig og at cannabis derfo...

I denne rapporten, som ble utarbeidet av Janet E. Joy, Stanley J. Watson, Jr., og John A. Benson, Jr., ved Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health , INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE i 1998 på oppdrag fra den amerikanske regjering, gjennomgår forfatterne det vitenskapelige grunnlaget for å hevde at cannabis er en medisin, eventuelt for hvilke sykdommer.

"Elation" is a feeling of great or exessive joy, a fortification of emotions, a feeling of more or less strong excitement, a more or less distinct all-including sense of wellbeing, that is to say harmony between the body, the soul, and the surroundings. People have always aimed at this attractive state of mind, which could be said to resemble the intoxication caused by drugs.

This is a report to the European Union, documenting problems associated with alkohol use in European Familys. If you rather want to read a press statement on the report, made by EU-commisioner Flynn, you can do so here.

Have you ever heard the phrase: "Women, wine and song"? Nowadays this expression will be considered more or less a cliché, describing shallow characters' high life, full of enjoyment and free from care. On the other hand, it is interesting to notice how this cliché makes reference to women, comparing them to intoxicants, a commodity, or eventually just a pleasing way to kill ti...