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Overdose Epidemic in Hungary. It shocked the public that the police reported 9 lethal heroin overdose cases within a single week in mid August. [Read More] 20/08/08

Observing border control in Tajikistan. Drug trafficking and its negative effects of drug abuse and associated HIV among injecting drug users occupy most of the time and resources of the Regional Office in Central Asia [UNODC] [Read More] 18/08/08

Futile Drug War cant defeat human nature. A growing number of ex-cops, prosecutors and judges are convinced none of those frustrations would even rear their heads if the most obvious solution to the drug-driven gang malevolence was adopted. [Read More] 16/08/08

Statistics on drug misuse: England, 2008 This annual statistical report presents information on drug misuse among both adults and children. [Read More] 15/08/08

The Liberal Party has pledged to repeal Labor's "soft on drugs" cannabis laws if they win the WA election next month [Read More] 14/08/08

Olympics Officials Admit Endless Battle with Drug Cheating Amid a wealth of new designer drugs and ways to elude testing, International Olympic Committee officials acknowledge that they may never be able to guarantee an Olympics free of doping scandals. [Read More] 13/08/08

Mandatory work tests for beneficiaries. They would face a "comprehensive work assessment" and would be made to take steps to secure work. [Read More] 11/08/08

Fifteen million pills with a street value of £200m were taken, police said, resulting in arrests around the world in pre-dawn raids against an international drugs syndicate with links to the mafia. [Read More] 8/08/08

The World Health Organization has strongly endorsed safe injection sites like Vancouver's Insite as one of the “priority interventions” that countries should implement [Read More] 7/08/08

Tackling Drug Markets and Distribution Networks in the UK. A review of the recent literature. Summary - Full report 90-page PDF [Read More] 30/07/08