Harm Reduction: Drug Czar's Office Opposes Letting Heroin Users Have Easy Access to Overdose Antidote
The drug czar's office wants to make sure drugs kill -- to prove that drugs kill.
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Feature: As Fighting Flares in Southern Afghanistan, Support for Licensed Opium Production Grows
As NATO takes over in southern Afghanistan, fighting is flaring and opium is driving much of it. Now, European politicians are beginning to embrace a controversial opium licensing scheme. -
Feature: British Parliamentary Committee Slams Drug Classification Scheme, Calls for Evidence-Based System
A parliamentary select committee has issued a report calling Britain's drug classification scheme outmoded, ineffective, and based more on politics than science. -
In Memoriam: Methadone Pioneer Vincent P. Dole
Vincent Dole, a legendary figure in addiction treatment who has countless saved lives to his credit, has passed at age 93. -
Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past. -
Web Scan
Stamper for Alternet, DrugTruth Radio, DrugScience.org, Cannabis Churches -
Announcement: IJPD Seeks Article Submissions on Women and Harm Reduction
The International Journal of Drug Policy has released a call for papers for a special issue on "Women and Harm Reduction: Spanning the Globe." -
Editorial: It's Time to Get Real About Opium in Afghanistan
Opium eradication is a dangerous, dead-end road. It's time for a little realism, for the sake of Afghanistan's and global security. -
Web Scan
Tony Papa debunks anti-rockreform report, horrendous Nightline khat segment, drug reform candidates, DrugTruth radio. -
Medical Marijuana: In New York Democratic Gubernatorial Race, Spitzer Says No, Suozzi Says Yes
Upstart New York Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Tom Suozzi and New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer parted ways on the issue of medical marijuana.