Europe: Britain to Ban Mephedrone in Two Weeks, Imports Already Blocked
British Home Minister Alan Johnson told parliament on Tuesday that the government will seek to ban the synthetic stimulant mephedrone by April 16. The announcement comes after the Advisory Council on...
View ArticleDutch to Ban Khat
In keeping with the regressive turn Dutch drug policy has taken under its conservative coalition government, the Dutch government said Tuesday it will ban khat, a plant used by people from the Horn of...
View ArticleLooming Dutch Khat Ban Draws Criticism, Complaints
The Dutch conservative coalition government has signaled since January that it intended to prohibit khat, the mild stimulant plant from the Horn of Africa, and now, indications are that the ban will...
View ArticleIgnoring Drug Advisors, Britain Bans Khat
In a written ministerial statement to Parliament last week. British Home Secretary Theresa May announced that her government was banning khat, a mild stimulant plant from the Horn of Africa widely used...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- June 19, 2014
We can watch the marijuana policy landscape shift before our eyes, with legalization initiatives and decrim measures popping up around the country and even Oklahoma Republicans arguing over...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- June 26, 2014
It's UN anti-drug day, and protests to mark it are going on in at least 80 cities around the world, House Republicans move to block DC decrim, the Oregon legalization initiative looks set to make the...
View ArticleHouse Spending Bills Include MedMJ Protections, DC Psychedelic Initiative...
Mexico once again looks set to move forward with medical marijuana, House funding bills include protections for medical marijuana -- but not recreational marijuana -- and more.[image:1 align:right...
View ArticleAZ Poll Has MJ Init With Bare Majority, White House Releases Annual Drug...
A new poll has the Arizona marijuana legalization initiative at 51%, the natural psychedelic decriminalization movement comes to Ann Arbor, and more.[image:1 align:right caption:true]Marijuana...
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