The EMCDDA Single Programming Document (SPD) for the period 2017–19, which includes the 2017 work programme, is the first work programme to be implemented under the new EMCDDA Strategy 2025. Priority in 2017 will be given to improving core mon…

Den Haag – Das Unterhaus des niederländischen Parlaments hat sich gestern mit knapper Mehrheit für die Legalisierung eines umfangreicheren Anbaus von Cannabispflanzen ausgesprochen. (aerzteblatt.de, 22.02.2017) https://www.aerztebla…

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice called on Friday for the legalization of marijuana and even cocaine to undo the growing power of drug gangs behind a wave of violence that has shaken Latin America's largest country. (Reuters, 10.02.2017) http://ww…

(Society Lecture 2016, SSA – Society fort he Studies of Addiction, UK, Februar 2017) https://www.addiction-ssa.org/commentary/wayne-hall-the-future-of-the-international-drug-control-treaties

(WASHINGTON D.C.) – China’s National Narcotics Control Commission announced this week that scheduling controls against four fentanyl-class substances – carfentanil, furanyl fentanyl, valeryl fentanyl, and acryl fentanyl – wil…

So deadly it's considered a terrorist threat, carfentanil has been legal in China— until now. Beijing is banning carfentanil and three similar drugs as of March 1, China's Ministry of Public Security said Thursday, closing a major regulatory l…