Will this burgeoning green business turn to bust? (Economist, 21.01.2017) https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21715028-will-burgeoning-green-business-turn-bust-boom-qat-ethiopia-and

EMCDDA, January 2017 Summary The EU Drug Markets Report 2016 is the second comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union by the EMCDDA and Europol. Taking an evidence-based approach, the report considers the impacts of the d…

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BEIJING — U.S. assertions that China is the top source of the synthetic opioids that have killed thousands of drug users in the U.S. and Canada are unsubstantiated, Chinese officials told The Associated Press. (NYT, 19.12.2016) http://www.nyt…

(...) Organisierte Kriminalität und Drogenhandel gelten als die größten Probleme des Landes. Insbesondere beim Cannabisanbau ist das Land europaweit führend. (mdr, 28.11.2016) http://www.mdr.de/heute-im-osten/albanien-groesster…

Albania has become the largest producer of outdoor-grown cannabis in Europe. (...) In a poor nation, it's a billion-euro industry. (BBC, UK, 01.12.2016) http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38111945