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  • INCB head Hamid Ghodse (l) briefing reporters in Vienna (incb.org)
    INCB head Hamid Ghodse (l) briefing reporters in Vienna (incb.org)

    Most of World Lacks Access to Pain Drugs, UN Agency Says [FEATURE]

    While the US wallows in a sea of pain pills, much of the rest of the world goes without, the International Narcotics Control Board reported Wednesday. Not to be too liberal, the INCB is also worried about the rise of designer drugs.
  • California Rep. Ammiano during legislative hearings on his legalization bill, January 2010, Sacramento
    California Rep. Ammiano during legislative hearings on his legalization bill, January 2010, Sacramento

    Marijuana Reform Bills Move in the States [FEATURE]

    Marijuana decriminalization has become a hot topic in state legislatures, and legalization is rearing its head, too.
  • vigil outside Albuquerque Convention Center, 2009 drug policy reform conference
    vigil outside Albuquerque Convention Center, 2009 drug policy reform conference

    Save the Date for the 2011 International Drug Policy Reform Conference

    The biennial International Drug Policy Reform Conference will convene this fall in Los Angeles. Session proposals are accepted until March 18, and registration and scholarship applications for the conference will open soon.
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    parthenon_20.gif

    This Week in History

    Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
  • Prohibition's filthy lucre is hard for some to resist. (Image via Wikimedia)
    Prohibition's filthy lucre is hard for some to resist. (Image via Wikimedia)

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    Michigan gives us two spectacularly egregious cases of corrupt policing, one of which included prosecutors and a judge -- and we throw in the obligatory greedy jail guards.
  • No legal highs for you, silly Americans! (Image via Wikimedia)
    No legal highs for you, silly Americans! (Image via Wikimedia)

    DEA Bans Synthetic Marijuana

    Synthetic marijuana has been banned by the DEA in an emergency action. This time, they mean it.
  • Copenhagen's Vesterbro district (Image via Wikimedia)
    Copenhagen's Vesterbro district (Image via Wikimedia)

    Copenhagen Safe Injection Site Set to Open

    Copenhagen is set to become the next European city with a safe injection site -- except the police don't want anyone to actually inject drugs there. A confrontation looms.
  • No more buzz from Spice or "Bath Salts" in the Beehive State (Image via Wikimedia)
    No more buzz from Spice or "Bath Salts" in the Beehive State (Image via Wikimedia)

    "Bath Salts," Fake Marijuana Banned in Utah

    Utah is the latest state to hop on the fake pot ban bandwagon. The same law also bans mephedrone.
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