Australia defends new TV campaign on drugs
The Australian government's advisory group on drugs has defended a graphic new television campaign about the drug crystal methamphetamine or ice. It shows an office worker unable to sleep after
View ArticleIllegal drug labs leave toxic legacy
Tens of thousands of American families may be living in buildings once used as methamphetamine labs - most of them oblivious to the fact. Some who have learned of their home's history similarly...
View ArticleAfghanistan seeks aid in the name of poppy
Afghanistan's agriculture ministry has called for us $2.5- billion international aid to boost its ailing agriculture sector by 2011. The fund will help the government eliminate poppy
View ArticleState police goes green
Says goodbye to burning of seized drugs in the open Vishal Joshi The Haryana police is all set to become a "green force'. Following directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the police has...
View ArticleAn historical overview of opium cultivation and changing state attitudes...
The opium trade yielded enormous profits to the British imperialists during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century.
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Marijuana to cancer: Scientists in Seattle have found that young men smoking marijuana were at a higher risk of developing an aggressive form of testicular cancer called nonseminoma than those who had...
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Hub of illicit drug trade: Criminal networks in Africa are setting up fake pharmaceutical companies as a front to trade in substances used to make street methamphetamines, a psychostimulant, the...
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patent Human genes create stir in US About 100,000 cancer patients, doctors, researchers and lawyers sued the US government for granting patents for two human genes. They said the patents deny women...
View ArticleEvidence-based guidelines for mental, neurological, and substance use...
Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders are highly prevalent and are responsible for 14% of the global burden of disease expressed in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The resources
View ArticleAssociations between polygenic risk for psychiatric disorders and substance...
Despite evidence of substantial comorbidity between psychiatric disorders and substance involvement, the extent to which common genetic factors contribute to their co-occurrence remains understudied.
View ArticleCannabis (Cannabis sativa or C. indica) agriculture and the environment: a...
Cannabis agriculture is a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States that is changing rapidly with policy liberalization. Anecdotal observations fuel speculation about associated environmental
View ArticleOrder of the High Court of Uttarakhand regarding use of adhesive solutions as...
Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital dated 25/10/2016 regarding availability of Iodex, Fevi-Quick and any other adhesive solutions to children below the age of 18 years.Chief
View ArticleJudgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding increase in the use of...
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bachpan Bachao Andolan Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/12/2016 regarding alarming increase in the use of drugs and alcohol among children
View ArticleA new neglected crop: cannabis
To many, cannabis is a recreational drug; to some, it is a medicine. Now, it is increasingly seen as a crop, to be grown in quantity and engineered for better traits—not just pharmacological effects, but
View ArticleStrategies for reducing Opioid-overdose deaths — Lessons from Canada
North America is in the midst of its most serious drug-overdose crisis in history. From 1999 through 2015, drug-overdose deaths approximately tripled in the United States, and the majority of such deaths
View ArticleOrder of the Rajasthan High Court on poppy cultivation, 11/06/2021
Order of the High Court of Rajasthan in the matter of Suo Motu Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/06/2021 regarding poppy cultivation in Rajasthan.It was brought to the attention of the
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