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Ex-drunk driver heads MADD chapter

Therapy plan for prisoners to help tackle alcohol abuse

Brief counseling helps pregnant women cut drinking

MP wants war on grow-ops

Vancouver shelter for aboriginal women faces closure

How about a few on the house?

If bars win tax fight, patrons say drinkers' rebate is in order

Questions de substance 2007
Conférence national du Centre canadien de lutte contre l'alcoolisme et les toxicomanies

How cannabis use causes schizophrenia

Cannabis drug may help fight obesity

Vitamin D may prevent alcohol-related bone loss

Record 700 women killed by alcohol

OHTN-CIHR Partnership Award Request for Applications

Helping people with addictions

Good Neighbours: the work of the Victoria Hope Society

Correctional Service of Canada: Record Year for Drug Seizures at Stony Mountain Institution

SMOKING MARIJUANA DURING PREGNANCY ALTERS NEWBORN BEHAVIOR

The Journal of Pediatrics has published a new study which brings to light another troubling consequence of smoking marijuana, particularly during pregnancy.

LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS

MOST RESIST TORY DRUG WAR

CANADA'S 2003 RENEWED DRUG STRATEGY - AN EVIDENCE-BASED REVIEW

About three-quarters of the resources of Canada's Drug Strategy are directed towards enforcement-related efforts, despite a lack of scientific evidence to support this approach and little, if any,
evaluation of the impacts of this in

THE POLITICAL ADDICTION TO TOUGH TALKING ON DRUGS HAS FAILED U.S. ALL

NARCOTICS PERVADE ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY

DRUGS SMUGGLED INTO PRISONS IN DEAD BIRDS

ECUADOR'S DIVIDED LOYALTIES

Both Fighter and Front in the Drug War, It Chafes at U.S. Presence on Its Soil.

BAY AREA SOARS ABOVE REST OF NATION IN RECREATIONAL DRUG USE

PATIENTS ARGUE FOR EXPANSION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW

BILL WOULD OK MEDICAL MARIJUANA

LAWMAKERS AIMING TO LEGALIZE POT

EARLY-MORNING POLICE VISIT PUTS WOMAN OUT OF HER HOME

PINELLAS PAYS OUT $100,000, SUSPENDS 2 FOR BOTCHED BUST

PRISONERS FACE HIGH DEATH RATE AFTER RELEASE

AG URGES PATIENCE IN MEXICO DRUG WAR

SCHOOLS LAW UPS DRUG PENALTY

IS BASEBALL DRUGS RULING A FOURTH-AMENDMENT FOUL?

DRUG TRUCE

A CONTROVERSIAL WEAPON IN THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS

STATE'S POOR END UP ON EXPRESS LANE TO PRISON

WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN

DRUG CULTURE FOLLOWS MANY BOOMERS INTO OLD AGE

They are perhaps best known for their youthful indulgence in an exotic menu of illicit substances such as Acapulco Gold, windowpane acid, mescaline and Quaaludes. Now, experts warn, the 78 million-strong baby-boomer generation is bringing its propensi

CAMERON OPEN TO LEGALISATION OF MARIJUANA - FOR MEDICINAL USE
ONLY

MAYOR PROPOSES 'REVOLUTIONARY' PLAN FOR ADDICTS

Sullivan Wants City Exempted From Federal Narcotics Laws

CANADIANS OPPOSED TO POPPY SPRAYING

Afghan Farmers Often Have Little Alternative

DOCTORS PROPOSE USING AFGHAN OPIUM AS NHS PAIN-KILLER

CORONER CALLS FOR FREE SYRINGES IN JAILS

CANNABIS OFFENDERS FACE 'THREE STRIKES' RULE

Repeat Warnings 'Exploit Loophole'
Many Think Drug Has Been Legalised

HERBKERSMAN WANTS TO STUDY LEGALIZING HEMP

PANEL APPROVES EXPANSION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM

AGENTS RAID MEDICAL MARIJUANA ADVOCACY OFFICE

Plants, Computers and Cash Seized in Everett

DO UTAH DRUG COURTS TAME METH MONKEY?

$4.5 Million Treatment Push

For Single Moms, Failure And Relapse Rates Are High; For The State, Kids Are Safe And It's Cheaper Than Jail

DISABLED MAN APPEALS DRUG TRAFFICKING CONVICTION TO SUPREME COURT

ISRAELI MOB SUSPECT PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUG CHARGES, WILL FACE PRISON AT HOME

POLICE OFFICERS CRITICIZE MUMPOWER FOR DISTRACTING THEM

HALLUCINOGENS DECREASE OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER SYMPTOMS

S. IDAHO LAWMAKER PLANS TO PUSH METH-MOMS BILL

SPRING VOTE SOUGHT ON JAILING FIRST-TIME DRUG LAW OFFENDERS

NAACP WANTS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA OUT OF SHOPS

BURDENED U.S. MILITARY CUTS ROLE IN DRUG WAR

AFGHAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WON'T SPRAY POPPIES

THREE WALK FREE IN CANNABIS CHOCOLATE CASE

IN CLUE TO ADDICTION, A BRAIN INJURY HALTS SMOKING

BERKELEY STUDENTS COUNTER DRUG RULE

Student Government Will Let Those With a Conviction Apply for a
Stipend, Something the U.S. Won't Let Them Have.

Excessive Drinking, Not Alcoholism, May Lead To Most Alcohol-related Problems

Alcohol consumption putting babies at risk

Developing a nationally consistent data set for needle and syringe programs

Molson Partners with UNBF and RCMP to Promote Responsible Drinking

Cops urge keg registry

Police shut down 39 pot grow-ops

Needle pickup costs concern city councillor

NOVX adds top substance abuse experts to clinical and scientific advisory board

Addiction medicine is first sector to benefit from NOVX healthcare productivity solutions

The New Market High

OPED: Why Tolerance For 'Zero Tolerance' Is Running Out

Cops Against Prohibition

Heroin on Prescription a Remedy for Crimewaves

Ecuador: Ecuador's Divided Loyalties

The Other Losing War

Congress Is Expected to Revisit Sentencing Laws

Prison tattoo program too short to prove worth: Public Health Agency

Crash risk higher for cannabis-smoking drivers: study

Prenatal Cocaine's Lasting Cellular Effects

Catalyst focuses on drug to treat addicts

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals in Coral Gables is developing a drug that could be a major help to addicts who want to quit.

'Reefer madness' no reason to seize more children

Federal drug strategy flawed: study

Storm brews over drug strategy

Ottawa putting too much emphasis on law enforcement, medical experts' report says

Canada needs new policy on drug abuse

Drug abuse 'a medical issue,' poll shows

Two-thirds of Canadians favour prevention, treatment programs over tougher law enforcement, national poll shows

Read the open letter from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network to the Mayor-Elect of Vancouver

North America's first and only sanctioned supervised injection site operation is being undermined with a misinformation campaign and direct harassment by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD)

POLICE STATION PRISONERS TO BE HANDED FREE NEEDLES

CONSTANT DEMAND FOR DETOX TREATMENTS

OMBUDSMAN SAYS DRUG PREVENTS CRIME

MY MESSY BEDROOM

NEW RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON THE LINKS BETWEEN SOCIAL EXCLUSION, CRIME AND CANNABIS USE

KING COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION (SEATTLE) CALLS FOR LEGAL, REGULATED DRUG MARKETS

MASS ARRESTS OF DRUG USERS IN IRAN

GERMAN SUPREME COURT REJECTS "ZERO TOLERANCE" DRUGGED DRIVING LAW IN CANNABIS CASE

UNFORTUNATE BEDFELLOWS

DOCTORS LINK MARIJUANA TO MENTAL ILLNESS

STUDY WILL GIVE FREE HEROIN TO SOME B.C. ADDICTS

'HILLBILLY-HEROIN' DEATHS ON RISE, DRUG FIGURES SHOW

CONTROVERSIAL DRUG SHOWN TO ACT ON BRAIN PROTEIN TO CUT ALCOHOL USE

STUDY RELATES MARIJUANA AND TOBACCO USE

DEA FINDS SIGNIFICANT NATIONWIDE IMPACT AS A RESULT OF INTERNATIONAL ECSTASY INVESTIGATION

MEDICAL POT ACTIVIST FOUND GUILTY OF TRAFFICKING SAYS HE HELPS THE SICK

THE POOR PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE IN BUSH'S WAR ON DRUGS

MEDICAL-MARIJUANA ACTIVIST CONVICTED OF TRAFFICKING

DETOX CENTRE IN HOTEL?

PRIVACY RIGHTS TAKE A BACK SEAT TO WAR ON NARCOTICS

OXYCODONE NEW DRUG ON BLOCK

UK: WD-40: THE SCOURGE OF SNAKES, BEAVERS AND COCAINE-TAKING CLUBBERS

STUDENT POT USE ON THE RISE

TOKING AND DRIVING BIG AMONG STUDENTS

COFFEE POT CLOSED

TRIALS OF CANNABIS PAIN RELIEF RAISE HOPE FOR TERMINALLY ILL

ACTIVISTS CALL FOR 'SENSITIVE' COPS

TEST POLICE FOR DRUGS

CORPORATE CANNABIS

1960S DRUG 'ALCOHOLISM CURE HOPE'

A NEVER-ENDING, LOSING BATTLE

AFGHAN POPPIES BLOOM

PROPOSED LAW ALLOWS PARENTS TO SEND DRUG-ADDICTED KIDS INTO TREATMENT

POT CULTIVATORS FREE TO GROW

'HILLBILLY HEROIN' TAKES ITS TOLL

CONSTANT DEMAND FOR DETOX TREATMENTS

FATALITY NUMBERS INCREASE IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

DESIGNER CANNABIS 'HARMING YOUNG'

NEW RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON THE LINKS BETWEEN SOCIAL EXCLUSION, CRIME AND CANNABIS USE

CRYSTAL METH LABS APPEARING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

GAYS' RISING METH USE TIED TO NEW HIV CASES

DRUGS - CAN WE REDUCE THE HARM?

STUDY WILL GIVE FREE HEROIN TO SOME B.C. ADDICTS

THAILAND TO SHOW EXECUTIONS ON INTERNET

POT PROHIBITION A POLICY FLOP

CANNABIS CRUSADE - A HOUSE DIVIDED

SUPREME COURT REVIEWS LOCAL LAW

THE WHITE STUFF

COCAINE NOW CHEAPER THAN A CAPPUCCINO

DRUG ADDICTED US TROOPS SENT TO SCOTLAND FOR HELP

ACTIVISTS, POLITICIANS VOW RENEWED EFFORT TO FURTHER AMEND HARSH DRUG LAW

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON RECORD ADMITTING DRUG WAR A FAILURE

NATIONAL CENTRE ISSUES WARNING ON ECSTASY

DRUG PROHIBITION IS A TERRORIST'S BEST FRIEND

HARD DANCE

DESIGNER DRUG USE 'A GREAT WORRY': USE OF DRUGS SUCH AS ECSTASY ON RISE AMONG NEW BRUNSWICK'S YOUTH

THAT'S THE WAY THE B.C. COOKIE CASE CRUMBLES

ONE PILL MAKES YOU BETTER

BUSH'S DRUG VIDEOS BROKE LAW, ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE DECIDES

TRANSIENT TALKS OF DRUG USE, ANGER

DANGERS OF QUESTIONING GOVERNMENT ACTIONS

B.C.'S 'TREMENDOUS ABUSE PROBLEM' IS COMING NORTH

FINLAND: COCAINE STILL MINOR PROBLEM IN FINLAND

MAYOR EYES SAFE-DRUG SITE FOR CITY

PROOF THAT SMOKING CANNABIS CAN MAKE YOU PSYCHOTIC

INSTANT DETOX

U.S. USER OF MEDICINAL MARIJUANA TO BE ALLOWED TO APPEAL REFUGEE RULING

FDA OKAYS SECOND ECSTASY STUDY -- EFFECT ON TERMINAL CANCER PATIENTS TO BE TESTED

BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S AFGHAN DILEMMA COMING TO A HEAD: PROMOTE STABILITY AND FIGHT TERROR -- OR FIGHT DRUGS?

STOP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

AUSTRALIA: NOSE SPRAY USED TO TREAT OVERDOSES

POLICE GET NOD FOR SILLY RAID, TRANSLINK RANKS AS DUMBEST

CRACK DRUG OF CHOICE IN THE PAS

IDEOLOGY AND A I D S

POT INC.: BIG BUSINESSES HAVE SPRUNG UP AROUND FUZZY LEGAL BOUNDARIES (PART TWO)

ALL METH-AMPED UP: AND NOWHERE TO GO BUT DOWN

MACK TOUGH ON METH: WANTS DRUG PUNISHMENTS ON PAR

JUSTICE MINISTERS PLANNING ATTACK ON CRYSTAL METH

FEW MDS WILLING TO STEP UP FOR METHADONE PROGRAM

THE DANGERS OF SURVEILLANCE

CANADA: DRUG INJECTION SITE PRICKS U.S., U.N. AGENCIES

POPPY CRACKDOWN COULD ALIENATE WARLORDS AND IMPERIL AFGHAN POLL, SAY US GENERALS

IS MARIJUANA REALLY HARMLESS?

HAVEN OF POPPY-PRODUCTION DEVASTATED

HOW AFGHAN HEROIN LEAVES A TRAIL OF RUINED LIVES ON ITS LONG JOURNEY TO THE WEST

KARZAI VICTORY PLANTS SEEDS OF HOPE IN FIGHT TO KICK AFGHAN OPIUM HABIT

COPS CRACKED DOWN ON CITY'S MEAN STREETS

NEW AFGHAN POPPY CROP WILL ENRICH WARLORDS BY $7 BILLION

Cops Cracked Down on City's Mean Streets

New Afghan Poppy Crop Will Enrich Warlords by $7 Billion

A SAFER PLACE TO TAKE DRUGS

DRUG USE: A NEW APPROACH 10%

Vancouver to press Ottawa to legalize and tax marijuana
Mayor Larry Campbell backs controversial proposal as part of strategy to fight drug abuse

How to cheat on a urine test

Western ministers to restrict sale of cold pills that make crystal meth

Ecstasy to Be Tested on Terminal Patients - FDA Ruling Might Lead to Use of Other Psychedelic Drugs

STUDY IDENTIFIES ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

TREATMENT SUCCESSFUL, SAFE IN SECOND SMALL TRIAL

DEPRESSION MORE COMMON AMONG SUBSTANCE ABUSERS: REPORT

COLD TURKEY WORKS BEST FOR ADDICTS

PROPOSED ADDICTION TREATMENT SUCCESSFUL, SAFE IN SECOND SMALL TRIAL

RUNNIN' WITH THE DEVIL

EPILEPSY DRUG SAFELY TREATS DRUG ADDICTION

SWINGING AT THE SHADOWS

THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR:

OXYCONTIN QUICKLY BECOMING A PROBLEM IN NORTH AMERICA

CRYSTAL PALACE

ACUPUNCTURE A METHOD TO TREAT DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE

PETROL SNIFFERS � CAN RECOVER � FROM BRAIN DAMAGE

MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUG ABUSE SOAR

COCAINE USERS� BRAINS � DIFFERENT �

NEW DRUG COULD HELP FIGHT ADDICTION

STUCK ON PREVENTION

THE MYSTERY OF THE COCA PLANT THAT WOULDN'T DIE

GIVE ADDICTS A PRESCRIPTION AND END THE CRIME WAVE DESTROYING OUR CITIES

DRUGS ' TO BE LEGAL IN 20 YEARS '

ABSTINENCE CALL IN DRUGS STUDY

VACCINE TO COMBAT ADDICTIONS SHOWS PROMISE

CRACK BABIES TALK BACK

D E A, ACADEMIC PAIN SPECIALISTS ISSUE NEW GUIDELINES ON PRESCRIBING PAIN RELIEVERS

MEDICINE HOPE FOR PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS

SCIENTISTS MAY USE DRUGS TO STOP ADDICTION

HERBAL CRAZE PUTS DRUG USERS ON A LEGAL HIGH

DRUG WAR'S MANDATED INJUSTICE

TAKE THE VIOLENCE OUT OF THE DRUG TRADE

NEW WAYS TO LOOSEN ADDICTION'S GRIP

TOO MANY QUESTIONS

THE CRACK BABY MYTH CAN ITSELF BE DAMAGING

DUTCH DRUG CAFE BAN PUTS BRITISH NOSES OUT OF JOINT

RUSH GETTING TREATED TO SORT OF TOLERANCE HE RIDICULES

OTTAWA OUTLINES PROPOSALS ON DRUG TESTS FOR DRIVERS

ADDICTS TO GET FREE HEROIN

SUBSTANCE ABUSERS TO GET FEDERAL HOUSING

METHADONE CLINIC�S SUCCESS RATE HIGH

GLOBAL SCOURGE: SYNTHETIC DRUGS
Illegal and Easily Made Narcotics Such as Ecstasy and Meth Spread Rapidly, Break Traditional Trafficking Patterns

NEEDIEST LACK ACCESS TO DRUGS FOR A I D S

USER FRIENDLY: GIVING ADDICTS CLEAN NEEDLES IS NOT THE IDEAL WAY TO CURB H I V, DAN BIGG SAYS; JUST THE BEST ONE AVAILABLE

B C SAFE-INJECTION SITE WINS POLICE IMMUNITY

THE U S IS ADDICTED TO WAR ON DRUGS

THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT HEROIN AND ADDICTION

THE BIOLOGY OF ADDICTION � THE END OF CRAVING: A Controversial New Drug Seems To Stop Addiction Cold

WHY TREATING ADDICTS IS TOUGH PLAY FOR DRUG FIRMS

UN REAFFIRMS PROHIBITIONIST PATH, CRACKS APPEAR IN THE CONSENSUS AS CLAMOR FOR CHANGE GROWS

HEPATITIS C SURGING IN FEDERAL PRISONS: REPORT

NETHERLANDS CONCLUDES HEROIN TRIALS AND CONSIDERS PRESCRIBING IT TO USERS

EU PRESIDENCY JOINS NGOS IN CALLING FOR HARM REDUCTION, REFORM OF UN DRUG CONVENTIONS

L'ACSP LANCERA UN NOUVEAU CENTRE D'INFORMATION SUR L'HÉPATITE C

SWISS EXTEND LEGAL PRESCRIPTION OF HEROIN UNTIL 2009

THE ROAD TO VIENNA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD ANNUAL REPORT ATTACKS REFORMERS, REFORMERS SCRATCH BACK

INJECTION SITES URGED FOR CITY'S DRUG ADDICTS

HAVEN FOR DRUGGIES PLUGGED

GROUP MAKES POINT FOR SAFE INJECTION SITES

SAFE INJECTION SITES RECOMMENDED BY COMMONS COMMITTEE

HEALTH CANADA TO ACCEPT PROPOSALS FOR SAFE DRUG INJECTION SIES BY YEAR-END

CRACK BABIES DO NOT HAVE LOWER IQ: STUDY

CHILLING CONVICTION

A PROHIBITION-STYLE CRIME WAVE

TRUST BUSTERS: A PAIN DOCTOR'S DRUG TRAFFICKING CONVICTION SETS A CHILLING PRECEDENT

CONFLICT OVER PAIN MANAGEMENT HEATS UP AS MAINSTREAM MEDICAL GROUPS WAKE UP

DISCREDITED CONVICTIONS AND THE RULE OF LAW

MOST OLDER AMERICANS SUPPORT MEDICAL POT

REMOVAL OF F A QS ABOUT PRESCRIPTIONS ON D E A WEB SITE CAUSES TURMOIL

THE FOLLY OF OUR DRUG POLICIES

PAIN DOCTOR'S TRIAL: CONVICTED

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, " DARK ALLIANCE " AUTHOR GARY WEBB DEAD AT AGE 49

D E A BLOCKS PRIVATE MARIJUANA RESEARCH GROW, PATH TO F D A APPROVAL

DR. HURWITZ CONVICTED ON 50 COUNTS, FACES LIFE IN PRISON

HE WOULD NOT TORTURE

STATES SHOULD END THE DRUG WAR

AT ONE TIMES SQUARE

N. VA. PAIN DOCTOR GUILTY

PAIN DOCTOR CONVICTED OF DRUG CHARGES

OUTBREAK!

FEAR AND LOATHING AT SUPREME COURT

HURWITZ FATE IN HANDS OF JURY

FEDS VS. MEDS

THE SUPREME COURT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENT ON A POSSIBLE CALIFORNIA " MEDICAL MARIJUANA " EXCEPTION TO THE FEDERAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT

ANALYSIS: STUDY SHOWS U.S. LOSING DRUG WAR

IT'S STATE LAW VS. FEDERAL LAW IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA CASE

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GETS REAL ABOUT SEX BEHIND BARS

NEW D E A STATEMENT HAS PAIN DOCTORS MORE FEARFUL

CULTURE CLASH: STATES, DRUGS, AND THE SUPREME COURT

POT AND FEDERAL POWER

REPORT SUGGESTS U. S. LOSING DRUG WAR

AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE

STUCK ON PREVENTION

DRUG SCREENING�S KINKS PERSIST

U. S. CALLS DOCTOR DEALER, NOT HEALER

WOMEN JAM U S PRISONS:

PRESSED TO DO WELL ON ADMISSIONS TESTS, STUDENTS TAKE DRUGS

HOW NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FIGHT THE AIDS EPIDEMIC

AFRICAN - AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL GROUPS FORM COALITION TO CHANGE DRUG POLICIES

BLACK COALITION TO TARGET EFFECTS OF DRUG POLICY

DEA SPARKS UPROAR IN BATTLE OVER REGULATION OF PAINKILLERS

D E A WITHDRAWS ITS SUPPORT OF GUIDELINES ON PAINKILLERS

DOCTORS BEHIND BARS

FORMER COP CHANGES SIDES IN NATION'S WAR ON DRUGS:
Money Better Spent on Education, He Says

D E A BRINGS TRAVELING "DRUGS = TERROR" EXHIBIT TO N Y C AS CITY COMMEMORATES 9/11 ANNIVERSARY

BUSH WARNS OF CANADA DRUG THREAT, WHISTLES PAST AFGHAN OPIUM FIELDS

DRUG WAR IDEOLOGY AND ITS POWERFUL EXCEPTIONS

NO MAN IS A CRYSTAL METH USER UNTO HIMSELF

POLICE TRAIN TO SAVE O D VICTIMS

US ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN ' FAILING '

LINKS BETWEEN PRISON AND AIDS AFFECTING BLACKS INSIDE AND OUT

THIS IS KERRY ON DRUGS: STARVE A PEASANT, FEED A TERRORIST

SCHOOLS PUT DRUG PROGRAM ON NOTICE: S.F. TELLS LECTURERS LINKED TO SCIENTOLOGY TO FIX INACCURACIES

THE DELICATE BALANCE OF PAIN AND ADDICTION

ANTI-OVERDOSE DRUG GIVEN TO S. F. ADDICTS

NEUROSCIENTISTS ON DRUGS
Participants Say New Understanding of Addiction Has Had Little Effect on Gov�t Policy

LEGALIZE IT?

THASKIN LASHES OUT AT CRITICS

WAR ON DRUGS - PHASE 2 MORE SUCCESSFUL - P M

IN NEW TWIST IN THAI DRUG WAR, POLICE DETAIN AND DRUG TEST CLUB GOERS

THAILAND: ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN REACHES NEW LOW

PROTESTS RISE OVER AWARD AS THAI PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR NEW ROUND OF DRUG WAR

LAMPANG VILLAGERS ENLISTED IN SECOND " WAR ON DRUGS "

ANTI - DRUG CAMPAIGN REACHES NEW LOW

KEEP THE KILLING TO A MINIMUM

THAKSIN DECLARES NEW DRUGS WAR

KLONG TOEY TARGET OF NEW WAR ON DRUGS

CALL TO STRIP PM OF DRUG AWARD

THAKSIN ISSUES WARNING TO POLICE

U. S. GRANTS U S $4.5 MILLION ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND: For Anti-Narcotics, Law Enforcement, Regional Activities

THAI P M LAUNCHES YET ANOTHER WAR, HIS 2ND ON DRUGS

P M'S WARNING TO DRUG DEALERS

THAILAND'S DRUG WAR COULD MIRROR IRAN'S FAILURE

U N RIGHTS EXPERT HAILS THAI INITIATIVES ON H I V / A I D S EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER APPLICATION OF POLICY TO CURB DRUG USE

METH STILL POURING IN TO THAILAND

AMERICANS TRAIN THAI TROOPS TO COMBAT DRUG TRADE

MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TURNING TO DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION

SPY ON STUDENTS TO PREVENT DRUG ABUSE ADVISED: The �Snooze and Sniffer Snoops� Are Watching

15th INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE: P M HECKLED AT OPENING: THAKSIN ACCUSED OF BEING A LIAR WHILE PLEDGING EQUAL MEDICAL ACCESS FOR ALL

INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE PUTS FOCUS ON THAI WAR ON DRUGS

15th INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE: HIV RATE AMONG DRUG USERS STILL NEAR 50%

WAR ON DRUGS INCREASES THE NUMBER OF ALCOHOLICS

GOVT RIGHTS RECORD SLAMMED

MORE DRUG USERS, DELINQUENTS AMONG THAI YOUTH, SAYS SURVEY

HUMANE POLICIES FOR DRUG USERS CALLED FOR: PARTICIPANTS SICK OF BROKEN PROMISES

THE GREAT THAI MEDIA MUZZLER: THE P M�S DISDAIN FOR ANY CRITICISM OF HIS AUTOCRATIC RULE IS BAD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DANGEROUS FOR THAILAND

THE HIDDEN CASUALTIES OF THAILAND�S WAR ON DRUGS: GET - TOUGH POLICY HAS KEPT H I V INFECTION RATES HIGH, PUSHED ADDICTS UNDERGROUND, FAR FROM HELP

THE PRIME MINISTER SHOULD MAKE AMENDS FOR HIS WAR ON DRUGS

15 INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE: DRUG WAR THWARTS H I V BATTLE

15 INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE: DRUG USERS GROUP RECEIVES HIV HONOUR

EDITORIAL: HUMAN RIGHTS TAKE THE BACK SEAT: THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO FLOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE

THAILAND: THAI AIDS PIONEERS HONORED: DRUG USERS� NETWORK FACES DOWN GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN

RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CANNOT BE DENIED

U N A I D S SPEAKS OUT OVER 2ND CRACKDOWN

A U S STATE DEPT LOOK AT THE WAR ON DRUGS

THAKSIN TO LEAD NEW WAR ON DRUGS

THAKSIN ORDERS NEW ROUND OF SUPPRESSION

HUMAN RIGHTS: U S REPORT SLAMS WAR ON DRUGS

DEATHS DURING WAR ON DRUGS

THAILAND TO RENEW ANTI-DRUG WAR DESPITE U. S. CRITICISM

POLICE LOWER DRUG - WAR DEATH TOLL TO 1,329

ACTIVISTS DEMAND DETAILS OF DRUG DEATHS

DRUG DEATHS: POLICE REVEAL NOTHING AT ALL

THAILAND TO INVESTIGATE DRUG - WAR KILLINGS

THAILAND DECLARES ITSELF � DRUG FREE � - SORT OF - AS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHDOGS CONDEMN ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN

THAILAND�S DRUGS WAR TO CONTINUE

THAKSIN DECLARES VICTORY IN WAR ON DRUG TRADE

THAI POLICE LAUNCH � FINAL � BLITZ ON DRUGS

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CRITICIZES THAI�S DRUG WAR

FINAL ASSAULT IN WAR ON DRUGS

U S OFFICIAL DECLARES WAR ON DRUGS A SUCCESS

AMNESTY SLAMS THAILAND FOR DRUG WAR KILLINGS

WAR ON DRUGS, THE SECOND WAVE PART TWO

THAILAND SHOULD RECONSIDER THE METHODS IT USES TO TACKLE THE ILLEGAL-DRUG PROBLEM

DRUG WAR I I HAS STARTED

AMERICAN EMBASSY CONFIRMS NO APOLOGY ISSUED

America REGRETS WRONGLY ASSESSED FINDINGS

THAI DRUG USER NETWORK AWARDED 1 MILLION DOLLARS GRANT BY THE GLOBAL AIDS FUND

THAI SOLIDARITY: DRUG USER ACTIVISTS TACKLE THE THAI TERROR

PRISON OR TEMPLE SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY CHOICES - THAI SENATORS IN A DIALOGUE WITH THE THAI DRUG USER NETWORK � International Day of Action for Thai Drug Users - 12 June 2003

DEMONSTRATIONS MARK THAILAND DRUG WAR KILLINGS

THAIS GET DRUG WAR HELP FROM U S

SLAUGHTER IN THE NAME OF A DRUG WAR

HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN THAILAND: SUPPORT THAI DRUG USERS' NETWORK

THAILAND'S FAILED DRUG CRACKDOWN REVEALS EXTENT OF OFFICIAL CORRUPTION

PROTECTING THE RIGHTS � AND LIVES � OF THAI DRUG USERS

THAILAND ENFORCES A POLICY OF TAKE-NO-PRISONERS IN ITS WAR ON DRUGS

THAI MILITARY OFFICERS IMPLICATED IN DRUG CRIMES

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS REPORT CRITICAL OF CONTINUED DRUG WAR

25-YEAR ' WAR ON DRUGS ' GETS A FAILING GRADE

CRACK DOWN

DUTCH OPEN FIRST RETIREMENT HOME FOR JUNKIES

HEROIN GRIPS A POOR CORNER OF CHINA

HOME WHERE THE OLD FOLK SNORT HEROIN

KOREA MAY LOSE ' DRUG-FREE ' STATUS

AFGHANISTAN'S WHITE POPPY BLOOMS MORE THAN EVER

TRIP OVER?

LET THE AFGHAN POPPIES BLOOM

CHINA'S DEADLY FIX FOR MODERN PRESSURES

Karzai Plans to Destroy Poppy Fields in 2 Years

DRUG ERADICATION: AFGHANS' GAINS FACE BIG THREAT IN DRUG TRAFFIC

DRUG WAR FAILS TO HALT COLOMBIA COCAINE TRAIL

PERUVIAN COCA GROWERS MOBILIZING AGAIN

GOVT OWNS MARIJUANA PLANTATIONS

MISTRUST HAMPERS AFGHAN OPIUM BATTLE

WHERE DEMOCRACY'S GREATEST ENEMY IS A FLOWER

DRUG BARONS ' MAKE G M COCAINE '

SURGE IN EXTRADITION OF COLOMBIA DRUG SUSPECTS TO U.S.

NORWAY'S HEROIN LOWS

AFGHAN POPPY FARMERS SAY MYSTERY SPRAYING KILLED CROPS

WHO RULES AFGHANISTAN

AFGHAN OPIUM FARMERS CLAIM THEY ARE BEING SPRAYED WITH PESTICIDES

BRITAIN'S BRAVE NEW WORLD OF DRUG TESTING GETS UNDERWAY

CHEAPER, EASIER TO GET, HARDER TO POLICE: BRITAIN'S DRUG PROBLEM

BLAIR PLEDGES NEW DRUGS CRACKDOWN

SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEMS

SEEKING POLITICAL TRACTION, BRITAIN�S BLAIR MARCHES BOLDLY BACKWARDS ON DRUG POLICY

SEVEN-YEAR DROUGHT PUTS AFGHANISTAN ON THE BRINK

U. N.: POPPIES MAIN EXPORT OF AFGHANISTAN

PARAMILITARIES ALLY WITH REBELS FOR DRUG TRADE

AFGHANS� DRUG WAR

THE PRICE OF POWDER

MORE U K CHILDREN HAVE TRIED CANNABIS

COLOMBIA DRUG KINGPINS TO FACE TRIAL IN MIAMI

IN COLOMBIA, BUSH PROMISES MORE AID TO HELP FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND GUERRILLAS

DRUG USERS TAKE TREATMENT IN-HOUSE

FOLLOWING THE AFGHAN DRUGS TRAIL

BRAZIL�S LULA TO SIGN DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION DECREE ON NOV. 24

AFGHAN POPPY GROWING REACHES RECORD LEVEL, U. N. SAYS

BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO GO AFTER AFGHAN OPIUM TRADE

EDITORIAL: GOING THE WRONG WAY IN AFGHANISTAN

U N - AFGHANISTAN BECOMING � NARCO-STATE �

U S TO TACKLE AFGHAN DRUGS TRADE

THE SOLUTION TO AFGHANISTAN�S OPIUM?

THE AGONY OF THE ECSTASY

CHEAP AFGHAN DRUGS WORRY MILITARY COPS

THE WAR ON DRUGS IS � LOST '

NEW CLINICS HELP ADDICTS QUIT DRUGS

H I V RATE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED IN LONDON DRUG USERS

HOMELESS ADDICTS ' DRUGS BUS ' PLAN

VICTORIA FIRST TO SCREEN DRIVERS

IN THE WAR ON DRUGS, EUROPE MUST MAKE A SEPARATE PEACE

DRUGS COMPLICATE COLOMBIA'S PEACE PLAN

HASH SMOKERS' HEAVEN GETS GROUNDED

FORMER INTERPOL CHIEF CALLS PROHIBITION " OBSOLETE AND DANGEROUS "

IRAN'S WAR WITH SOARING DRUG ADDICTION

THREE DEAD IN PERU COCA CONFRONTATION -- COCALEROS OCCUPY BUILDINGS IN PROVINCIAL CITY

END OF OPIUM CULTIVATION SPELLS LOOMING DISASTER FOR BURMESE PEASANTS

ENGLISH DRUG REFORMERS MAP ROUTE TO POST-PROHIBITION DRUG POLICY

AMNESTY CHALLENGES SINGAPORE ON EXECUTIONS

U. S. CHIEF IN AFGHANISTAN: TROOPS NEEDED TO FIGHT DRUG TRADE

CYPRUS TOPS IN EUROPE DRUG OVERDOSES PER CAPITA

ADDICTED INMATES MAY GET NEEDLES

HEROIN KITS ON DEMAND FOR SCOTS PRISONERS

EUROPEAN DRUG THINK TANK RIPS US ON AFGHAN OPIUM POLICY

RECOVERY IN RUSSIA

AFGHANISTAN: POPPY GROWER TO THE WORLD

POPPY CROP DROPS SHARPLY IN BURMA

DUTCH HEALTH MINISTRY'S POT PROGRAM CALLED ' A BUST '

MORPHINE-FREE POPPY HOLDS KEY TO NEW PAIN KILLERS

COCA PRODUCTION, ONCE LARGELY CURBED IN BOLIVIA, IS RISING AGAIN

ADDICTION BEHIND THE BURKA: HOW AFGHAN WOMEN USE DRUGS TO COPE WITH LEGACY OF WAR

GERMAN DRUG DEATHS DOWN, GOVERNMENT CITES HARM REDUCTION POLICIES

NEW SUPER STRAIN OF COCA PLANT STUNS ANTI-DRUG OFFICIALS

IRAQ REINSTATES DEATH PENALTY, INCLUDES DRUG TRAFFICKING

D E A TRAINING NARCS IN INDIA

UP AGAINST AFGHANISTAN'S CORROSIVE OPIUM TRADE

UPHILL BATTLE: RAVAGED COLOMBIA SEES GLINT OF HOPE AS KILLINGS FALL OFF

REMEMBER THE WAR ON DRUGS?

ISRAELI SOLDIERS TO GET CANNABIS THERAPY FOR STRESS?

BOLIVIAN COCA GROWERS CALL FOR REFERENDUM ON LEGAL COCA

WEST AUSTRALIA QUIETLY SHIFTS FROM DRUG ARRESTS TO DIVERSION

NO MORE JAIL TERMS FOR DRUG POSSESSION

HEROIN TRADE BOOMS IN AFGHANISTAN: New Wealth Helps Terrorists Rebuild, Threatens Neighbors

U N: COLOMBIA IS HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE

15 INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE: CHINESE PM MAKES NATIONAL APPEAL TO HEAD OFF PANDEMIC: CALL TO ACTION AS U N WARNS 10 M COULD BE INFECTED IN COUNTRY BY 2010

CHINA SENTENCES DOZENS OF DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH

INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUGS DAY MARKED BY EXECUTIONS IN CHINA, �REVOLUTIONARY JUSTICE� IN INDIA, SILLY STUFF ELSEWHERE

VIRUS TO CURB COCAINE CRAVINGS

PORTUGAL USES REEFER TO CALM SOCCER HOOLIGANS

SWISS PARLIAMENT REJECTS DECRIMINALISATION OF CANNABIS

RUSSIA SEEKS BALANCE IN DRUG-USE SENTENCING

AUSTRALIA: SECRET SOFT TURN ON HARD DRUGS

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON METH: A � FOREST FIRE � OF DAMAGE

CRACK CRISIS

OFFICIALS ENCOURAGED BY NEEDLE EXCHANGE IN CHINA AND VIETNAM: TRYING TO ARREST HIV�S SPREAD

QUIET REVOLUTION AS IRAN WIDENS ARSENAL IN WAR ON DRUGS

DOPE AND DIPLOMACY IN DUBLIN: European Union Conference Tries to Lay Groundwork for Continental Drug Strategy

IT�S OK TO SMOKE DOPE, ENGLAND FANS TOLD

PIEDAD CÓRDOBA: PLAN COLOMBIA HAS BEEN A TOTAL FAILURE: A Colombian Senator Criticizes U S Policies Imposed in Latin America

SWISS DOCTORS WANT PRESCRIPTION COCAINE, But Government Wary With Cannabis: Decriminalization Vote Looming

HEAD OPERATION HELPS ADDICT KICK HEROIN HABIT

U N DRUG POLICIES ALLOW MONEY TO FLOW TO TERRORISTS: THINK TANK

NEW REPORT FINDS U N POLICIES ON ILLICIT DRUGS FUEL GLOBAL H I V INFECTIONS

COCA DECRIMINALIZATION IN DEBATE

LEGAL DRUGS POSE GREATEST HEALTH THREAT World Health Organization

OUT OF STEP I N C B REPORT STILL IGNORES MAJOR THREATS TO WORLD HEALTH

DRUG DEATHS QUADRUPLE

HOW PORTUGAL DEALT WITH DRUG REFORM

PORTUGAL-PRISONS-HEALTH-DRUGS

BATTLE OF CHRISTIANIA FLARES AS HASH-SELLER BURN OWN STANDS

UNCERTAINTY OVER PANG SANG

MOUNTAINS OF DRUGS

GLOBAL SCOURGE: SYNTHETIC DRUGS

AMERICA ANNOUNCES GAINS IN ERADICATING ANDEAN COCA

AMERICA ACCUSES BRITAIN OF FAILING IN WAR ON DRUGS

SINGAPORE ATTACKS DRUG PROBLEM WITH NEW SOCIAL WEAPON: SHAME

PEASANTS PAY THE COST OF WAR ON DRUGS

AFGHAN ROUTE TO PROSPERITY - GROW POPPIES

AMERICAN LAWMAKERS BACK INCREASE IN MILITARY PRESENCE IN COLOMBIA

AMERICAN COCAINE USERS TO FEEL COLOMBIA PINCH IN YEAR

PERUVIAN COCA GROWERS THREATEN NATIONAL STRIKE AS DEADLINE LOOMS

PUBLIC LIVES: From Punk Rock and Drugs to the War on H. I. V.

EX-ADDICT DRAWS FROM EXPERIENCE

FORMER ADDICT AND HERO OF THE YEAR SHARES STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS

GOING TO POT

AARP POLL SHOWS MOST SUPPORT LEGALIZING MEDICINAL MARIJUANA

HAVING THE POT TALK WITH THE KIDS

ZNAIMER, MIMRAN TALENTS GO TO POT

UP IN SMOKE

POT PLANS MISGUIDED, SAYS EXPERT

FIRST-EVER SAFETY STUDY OF MEDICAL CANNABIS USE IN CANADA LAUNCHED

TOP U.S. DRUG-ADDICTION RESEARCH WARNS AGAINST DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA

ANGER AS CANNABIS DRUG FAILS MS TRIAL

MARIJUANA MOUNTAIN BUILT OUT OF MOLEHILL

CANNABIS LINK TO PSYCHOSIS DEPENDS ON AGE OF FIRST USE

CANNABIS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT

CANNABIS LINKED TO MENTAL ILLNESS RISK

EDITORIAL: GROW-OPS MUST BE STOPPED

A NIGHTMARE FOR 'NAIVE' LANDLORDS

BUSTS DOUBLE IN 2004

GET CRACKING, JUDGES TOLD COURTS GO TOO EASY ON GROW-OPS: MINISTER

GROW-OP MOULD:

MONEY GOES UP IN TOKE:

A TICKING TIME BOMB

MOSES PUSHES MUCHMARIJUANA

MOST CANADIANS SUPPORT TAXING POT, POLL FINDS

KEEPING POT ILLEGAL IS REAL REEFER MADNESS

RELAXING CANNABIS LAW � WILL SAVE UK P1 MILLION �

POT USE DOUBLED IN DECADE, STUDY SAYS

MARIJUANA USE HAS DOUBLED, STUDY CLAIMS

PEOPLE OFFERING TOKIN� SUPPORT

USING POT NO CRIME, SAY 57% OF CANUCKS

MARIJUANA NATION?

POLLS FIND CANADIAN MAJORITY FAVORING MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

HUGE RISE IN CANNABIS USE

U. S. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR MARIJUANA CASE:

NUMBER OF POT USERS GETTING HIGHER: STUDY

SHADES OF REEFER MADNESS

POT - IT�S NOT JUST FOR BOHEMIANS ANY MORE

ANTI-REEFER MADNESS

ATTITUDE TOWARD � BUD � EMBARRASSINGLY PROVINCIAL

THE WORD ON WEED

U VIC ALUMNI SHARE SECRETS TO LEGAL POT OPERATION

HOLD UP ON NEW POT LAW

EDITORIAL: MARIJUANA RESEARCH

POT ACTIVIST THROWN IN JAIL

COMPASSION CLUB POT SUPPLIER JAILED

THE POT THICKENS

LET'S REMEMBER PROHIBITION - AND LEGALIZE MARIJUANA

HEMP IS THE WORD

MARIJUANA-LIKE COMPOUNDS MAY AID ARRAY OF DEBILIATIING CONDITIONS RANGING FROM PARKINSON'S DISEASE TO PAIN

MARIJUANA ARRESTS AT ALL-TIME HIGH, FAR EXCEED VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS

REPORT SUPRESSED THAT MARIJUANA COMPONENTS CAN INHIBIT CANCER GROWTH

CANCER KILLER

TEENS SPURN TOBACCO, EMBRACE POT

YOUTH SPURN SMOKES BUT TURN TO POT

THE MAPLE LEAF FOREVER

MUCH ADO ABOUT A SPLIFF

MARIJUANA POLL

MARC EMERY GETTING ARRESTED IN WINNIPEG

CANADA CANNABIS CAULDRON BUBBLING AGAIN

CANADA GONE TO POT: U S REPORT

DOPEY POT LAW
An editorial in the Ottawa Citizen

WHITE HOUSE LASHES CANADA'S POT LAWS
Annual Report Criticises What It Calls Lax Treatment of Marijuana Growers

MEDICAL TRIALS OF CANNABIS SHOW POSITIVE RESULTS: Call for Further Drug Research on Multiple Sclerosis

QUEBEC AND B C ARE CANADA'S TOP POT PRODUCERS: OFFICIALS

CANADA'S NATIONAL POST SAYS LEGALIZE IT

CANNABIS TRULY HELPS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUFFERERS

CANNABIS STUDY ENCOURAGING FOR M S

DRUG WAR IS A WAR AGAINST TRUTH

NO FUSS, NO MUSS AND NO FANFARE AT MEDICINAL MARIJUANA STORE

CANNABIS EXTRACT CUTS URGE ENURESIS IN MS PATIENTS

LUMPING POT IN WITH HARD DRUGS LUDICROUS

NEED HOMEMADE SOLUTION

DA KINE FOLLIES SYMBOLIZE OUR IMPOTENT POT POLICIES

CANADA POST TO INVESTIGATE POSTAL POT SERVICE

ACTIVISTS DECRY POT CAFE MOTIVES

DA KINE EXPOSES OUR POT FOLLIES

PROTESTS ERUPT AFTER ACTIVIST JAILED OVER JOINT

Sweeping, Obtuse Laws Can Be Instruments of Oppression: May Be Used to Stifle Legitimate Protest

POLICE SHUT DOWN QUEEN'S PARK POT RALLY

COPS SNUFF POT PROTEST

TORONTO MARIJUANA DEMONSTRATION TURNS NASTY

TIME MAGAZINE SCARE STORY ON B.C. BUD IGNORES REAL FACTS

CANADIAN MARIJUANA ACTIVIST/ENTREPRENEUR MARC EMERY JAILED FOR 90 DAYS

THIS BUD'S FOR THE U S

MENTAL MARIJUANA

NO PROOF CANNABIS USE INDUCES SCHIZOPHRENIA-STUDY

' CANNABIS ' BRAIN TUMOUR DRUG HOPE

DO NOT GO SOFT ON POT, U S DRUG CZAR WARNS US

CANNABIS HOPE FOR BRAIN CANCER

CANNABIS MAY BLOCK GROWTH OF BRAIN CANCER

UP IN SMOKE

THE FRAUD OF POT DECRIMINALIZATION

POT-POSSESSION CHARGES DOWN BY 30 PER CENT: POLICE LOOKING OTHER WAY DUE TO CONFUSION OVER CANADA'S MARIJUANA LAWS, REPORT SAYS

STRONGER POT CAUSES POLICY SHIFT: KIDS TREATED FOR MARIJUANA DEPENDENCY UP 142 PERCENT

CANADA MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION BILL DYING AS GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO CALL ELECTIONS

APPROVAL FOR CANNABIS SPRAY SOUGHT IN CANADA: The World�s First Proposed Cannabis-Laced Prescription Drug To Relieve Pain May Get Its Start in Canada

MARIJUANA TAX PITCHED BY MAYOR OF VANCOUVER

GERMANY�S YOUNGSTERS GOING TO POT

YOUNG POT SMOKERS AT RISK FROM DRUG DEALERS: THE AUTHORITIES HAVE CLAMPED DOWN ON HEMP SHOPS

WHEN SPLIFF GETS IN YOUR EYES ...

EXTRA-HIGH CANNABIS THEORY GOES UP IN SMOKE

PUFF AND THE TRAGIC DEMONS

TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN AIDS SOCIETY GIVE NOD TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA

STRONGER POT CAUSES POLICY SHIFT: KIDS TREATED FOR MARIJUANA DEPENDENCY UP 142 PERCENT

TIGHT BORDER A LOW NOTE FOR THE HIGH TRADE

BUSH TARGETS MARIJUANA SMOKERS

EUROPEAN UNION GROUP URGES CENSORSHIP OF PRO-CANNABIS WEB SITES, ACTIVISTS PLOT COUNTERATTACK

LOTS MORE MARIJUANA GETS INTO U S FROM MEXICO THAN FROM CANADA

THE � POTENT POT � MYTH

POT BILL TO BE REVIVED: MARTIN

� NOT YOUR FATHER�S MARIJUANA � REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN

CANADA GOES TO POT

U S POT NOT SO CANADIAN

MARIJUANA USE ALMOST DOUBLES, SURVEY FINDS: AS GRITS PLAN TO DECRIMINALIZE POT, STUDY SHOWS POSSESSION CHARGES ALSO INCREASING

EPILEPSY, M S PATIENTS TRYING MARIJUANA FOR SYMPTOMS

CANNABIS DRUG CUTS ARTHRITIS PAIN

THE LUCRATIVE BUSINESS OF POT

LEGALIZE, TAX POT FOR $2 BILLION TAKE, THINK-TANK SAYS: Why Let Criminals Profit? Professor Asks

FRASER INSTITUTE MELLOW

STUDY SEES POT OF GOLD IN ILLEGAL B C CROP: Governments Advised to Tax, Regulate $7-Billion Marijuana Harvest

DRUG WAR A FAILURE, EX-COP TELLS POT RALLY

POT DOESN�T INCREASE ORAL-CANCER RISK, STUDY SAYS

NEW DRUG COULD AFFECT DEBATE ON MEDICAL POT

THERE�S GOOD NEWS, AND THERE�S BAD NEWS

YOU CALL THIS REFORM?

DREAMS GO UP IN SMOKE FOR MARIJUANA ACTIVISTS

WHO�S SMOKING NOW?

JACK LAYTON CASTIGATED BY JUSTICE MINISTER FOR IRRESPONSIBLE REMARKS ABOUT MARIJUANA

REVIEW SHOWS THAT CANNABIS USE IS A RISK FACTOR FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA

M PS VOTE TO DOWNGRADE CANNABIS
Author: Matthew Tempest, and agencies

TOXIC TOKE

LONDON COUNCIL WILL ' NOT PURSUE ' HARD DRUG USERS

DOC SAYS POT LESS HARMFUL THAN BOOZE AND TOBACCO; CALLS FOR LEGALIZATION

Cash Crop

DRUGSTORE POT SERVICE EYED FOR B.C.

FEDERAL POT GETS CLOSER TO MARKET

TAKE 2 JOINTS AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING

MEDICAL MARIJUANA COMING TO PHARMACIES

WE SHALL BE RELEASED

CANADA PLANS TO OFFER MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN BC PHARMACIES

POLICE ARREST PRINCE OF POT

THE SECRET GARDEN: Hidden in Basements in the Most Innocuous Looking Suburban Homes, Ontario�s Marijuana Grow-ops Are Low-risk, High-Profit Ventures Worth Billions

LEGALIZE POT

CHRETIEN�S SMOKE GETS UP BUSH�S NOSE

CRITICS LAMBASTE JUMP IN MARIJUANA CHARGES

SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK 'N' ROLL? BLAME CANADA

GRANDMA�S LITTLE HELPER -
As the Taboos Around Pot Smoking Disappear, Some Seniors Have Started Indulging in a Puff or Two To Help Ease the Pain of Aging

PM TABLES RELAXED MARIJUANA LAW
UNDER NEW LEGISLATION, POSSESSION OF SMALL AMOUNTS RESULTS IN FINE

MOVE TO DECRIMINALIZE POT DRAWS CRITICISM

DON'T BULLY CANADA, U.S. TOLD
Washington Wants Our Drug Law Changes Shelved Professor Says American Should Mind Own Business

CANADA MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION LEGISLATION DELAYED -- FEARS OF UNITED STATES, DISCORD IN GOVERNMENT CITED

OTTAWA BACKS OFF POT LAW PLANS

NOW, THEY DON'T LIKE OUR MARIJUANA PLAN

CANADA'S DRUG POLICY DRAWS U.S. WARNING
EASING LAWS WILL MEAN TIGHTER BORDER CONTROLS, OFFICIAL SAYS

BELGIUM TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS

JAMAICA TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA

PARTIES AGREE TO FIGHT SUBSTANCE ABUSE

YELLOWKNIFE'S CRACK SCENE " AN OPEN MARKET FOR FOOLS "

RCMP'S ANTI-DRUG PLAN ` EVOLVING QUICKLY '

RESIDENTS FEEL A THREAT TOO, HARDY SAYS

DRUG BUSTS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO MONTREAL-NUNAVIK DRUG TRADE: � This is Bigger Than You Can Imagine �

DRUG SCENE STABLE OVER LAST DECADE

DRUG MONEY LEADS TO DEALERS IN NUNAVIK: Kuujjuaraapik Man Skips Court, Forfeits $15,000

NUNAVIK ADDICTION GOES UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS

THE PATH TO ADDICTION:

PROVINCE TO FUND METHADONE TREATMENT, $1.97 MILLION IN NEW EQUIPMENT / TECHNOLOGY

ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE SURVEY DATA RELEASED

PROGRAM THROWS ADDICTS SAFETY LINE

PAIN CLINIC NOT AN ADDICTION FACILITY: DOCTOR

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND A I D S GROUP CALLS ON PROVINCE TO FUND NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAM

METHADONE NOW: A I D S - N. B.

HEALTH AUTHORITY RESCUES METHADONE PROGRAM

ANTI-DRUG PRESCRIPTION

DRUG TASK FORCE URGES ACCESS TO ADDICTS' FILES

PRISON BREAKOUT: THE RATES OF DISEASE AMONG INMATES IS ROCKETING UPWARDS

HEALTH CANADA PROBES OXYCODONE PRESCRIBING: ATLANTIC CANADA PHARMACIES HAVE UNTIL AUG. 15 TO COMPLY

OTTAWA TO TRACK OXY USE: HEALTH CANADA WANTS TO GET GRIP ON PAINKILLER ADDICTION

NEW BRUNSWICK DOCTORS LAUNCH METHADONE PROGRAM

NEW KIND OF PLAGUE: The People of Cape Breton Have Endured Many Hardships: Poverty, Mine Closings, Drug Abuse. Now, Several Deaths From Overdosing on OxyContin

N B LIBERALS SAY METHADONE PROGRAMS WORTHWHILE

GROUP SEEKS BETTER DRUG MONITORING

NEW BRUNSWICK WILL OPEN METHADONE CLINICS

STUDY URGES METHADONE, NEEDLE EXCHANGES ON P. E. I.

Inside Methadone Clinic

PRIVATE CLUB OFFERS POT IN MONTREAL

LATIN QUARTER MUNCHIES

SHOOTING UP THE RIGHT WAY

A GROWING POT PROBLEM
Marijuana Growers Secretly Taking Over Farmers' Fields in Central Quebec

' BIENVENUE À STONER CITY ':
Marijuana Growers Secretly Plant Crops on Quebec Farmers' Fields