Zigarettenpackungen gibt es nur noch mit Schockfoto - die Tabakindustrie stattet die Händler deshalb mit "Vorsteckkarten" aus. So sehen unbedarfte Kunden nur noch Markenlogos. Pfiffig - aber auch legal? (Spiegel online, Wirtschaft, 13.04.2017)…

Formal ruling by World Trade Organisation not expected until July, but confidential draft defends laws as legitimate public health measures. (The Guardian, UK, 05.05.2017) https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/may/05/australias-defeats-wto-challe…

Decades of debt are pushing Jamaica to cash in on its most famous exports, but small farmers fear losing out in the rush to market medicinal marijuana. (The Guardian, UK, 03.05.2017) https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/may/03/bob-ma…

USA. Huntington: The heroin-ravaged city fighting back A city in West Virginia is targeting the drugs companies that it blames for its epidemic. (BBC, 03.05.2017) http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-39343289/the-heroin-ravaged-city-fighting…

A U.S. consultant hired by Ottawa to assess Canada's eventual recreational pot market says jurisdictions that regulate cannabis should expect "unbelievably high" sales growth in the first few years as criminals are driven out of business. (The Globe…

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