000130 08/07/98
E.U. / FRANCE
DRUG ADDICT
LE MONDE
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In the war against drugs the National State Audit Court has found certain malfunctioning of the State's services 'on the central as on the local level', identifiing problems of coordination between different subjects. It has also said that 'Le Patriarche' is an ambiguous structure.
000131 07/07/98
E.U. / ITALY
DRUG ADDICT
IL MESSAGGERO
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Statistics of deceases for drugs in 1997: Rome is on top of the list (131 dead). Following are Naples (83), Turin (79), Milan (78) and Bologna (47). These figures have been made public by Angelo Bonelli, President of the Drug Commission of the Lazio Region.
000128 07/07/98
AMERICA / PARAGUAY
DRUG MAFIA
LA REPUBBLICA
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It is believed that Ciudad del Este, drug market city of Paraguay, attracts a volume of business that amounts to 12 billion $. Cocaine and arms traffic has been imported there by the Chinese organized crime. The war against the mafia invovlves also Brasilian and Argentinian Police Forces.
000129 08/07/98
AMERICA / USA
HEALTH
SUEDDEUTSCHE Z.
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The THC that is present in Marijuana is an antioxidant, which has positive effects on cerebral apoplexy, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. This is what Professor Aidan Hampson says in an article on 'National Academy of Sciences'.
000120 02/07/98
E.U. / FRANCE / PARIS
INITIATIVE
LE MONDE
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The creation of a first aid center for drug addicts has been for months dividing the citizens of the 10th arrondissement. Two associations, one for and one against the center, are still fighting against each other with signed petitions . It seems although that a mediator is arriving.
000121 03/07/98
E.U. / GERMANY / SAARBRUECHEN
INITIATIVE
FRANKFURTER
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All judiciary and political forces have come to an agreement on the institution of a center for controlled distribution of heroin in Saarbrue.
000122 05/07/98
E.U. / SPAIN
INITIATIVE
EL PAIS
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A group of Spanish experts is observing and following the program of controlled distribution of heroin that is being carried out in Holland. The program could be also experimented in Grenada next Autumn.
000123 05/07/98
E.U. / SPAIN
INITIATIVE
EL PAIS
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Among the 630 signatures that appear on the manifesto for the depenalization of drugs that has been presented to the United Nations there are also those of 30 Spanish Magistrates. This is although not a novelty: in fact as early as 1991 sixty judges had expressed antiprohibitionist opinions.
000126 06/07/98
E.U. / HOLLAND
INITIATIVE
LIBERATION
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In its program of controlled distribution of heroin Holland is working in cooperation with Switzerland, but has at the same time introduced two novelties: the use of heroin to be smoked instead of injected and the comparison of the effects of methadone and heroin, or of the combination of both.
000127 06/07/98
E.U. / SPAIN
INITIATIVE
EL PAIS
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Controlled distribution of heroin, as prospected by the Andalusian Junta, does not convince the General Secretary of Social Affairs, Amalia Gomez. She thinks that Methadone and psichologic and social rehabilitation are better solutions.
000124 02/07/98
E.U. / ITALY
ORGANIZATION
IL GIORNALE
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The positive effects of Marijuana: this is one of the titles that the Ministry of Education has chosen for the written test in the exam for the experimental diploma in languages.
000125 03/07/98
ASIA / IRAN
WAR ON DRUGS
CORRIERE DELLA SERA / IL MESSAGGERO / IL SOLE 24 ORE / LA STAMPA /
NEUE ZUERCHERR Z. / THE ECONOMIST
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A great celebration with bonfire has taken place at the presence of Khatami and Arlacchi. In the fight against drugs Theheran has chosen to burn 51 tons of opium.
000132 07/07/98
AMERICA / BOLIVIA
WAR ON DRUGS
LE MONDE
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Coca producers of the Chapre region have been for the past thee months opposing the Government forces that are trying to destroy 38000 hectars of illegal cultivation. This has caused twelve deaths and hundreds of wounded and imprisoned.
CLIPPINGS
MEXICO - Mexico's Bishops have criticized the Government which is fighting a war without limits against drugs: "The situation is getting out of hand", they say.
SWITZERLAND - The Partito Popolare has recognized the full success of controlled distribution of heroin.
PORTUGAL - Almelda Santos, President of the Parliament, hopes in a future legalization of drugs and in their controlled distribution.
ITALY- The Parliament has accepted the proposal of a law that introduces incompatibility between imprisonment and AIDS disease.
