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THC vs Alzheimer’s

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found that the active ingredient in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, inhibits the formation of amyloid plaque, the primary pathological marker for Alzheimer’s disease. In fact, the study said, THC is "a considerably superior inhibitor of [amyloid plaque] aggregation" to several currently approved drugs for treating the disease.

published 27 December 2007 15:49, by Martin Veltjen. update 6 January 09:46

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HOW TO END PROHIBITION

If any nation wishes to consider a major liberalization of domestic drug policy, it has to also consider the international context. The reason for this is quite straightforward. Most nations have signed three UN drug control Conventions, including the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs which is the bedrock of the current international drug control system. David Bewley Taylor

published 23 December 2007 16:06, by encod. update 6 January 09:47

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HAS PROHIBITION EXPIRED?

In March 2008, four months from now, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs will meet in Vienna to review the results of the drug policies over the past 10 years. It will be the first time that so-called prohibition drug policies that stipulated the eradication of the coca leaf, cannabis plant and the opium poppy will not be given a blank check treatment, but instead, be scrutinized for efficiency.

published 20 December 2007 13:24, by encod. update 6 January 09:47

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BIG EASY OFFERS ONLY TOUGH CHOICES FOR AMERICA’S DRUG WAR

Drug policy chiefs have had few concrete successes in convincing the public or policymakers to retrench in the decades-long drug war. But when the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) held its 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference in New Orleans recently there was the sense that its time - and place - were finally right.

published 19 December 2007 17:48, by encod. update 6 January 09:47

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NL: USER ROOM CLOSED DUE TO GREAT SUCCES

Yesterday this user room was closed. ‘Due to great succes’, says alderman for welfare, Van Eijk. As there were about 250 access cards issued for 3 user rooms in 2002, only 80 access cards are actively used today. These remaining 80 users can turn to the last big user room that’s left in Utrecht. Most addicts in Utrecht are adequately housed in the meantime.

published 19 December 2007 00:06, by Martin Veltjen. update 6 January 09:49

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