000146 17/07/98
E.U. / ITALY
DRUG ADDICT
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
/ /
Alarm has been raised in the region of Romagna after 12000 pills of Ecstasy were sequestrated. It is forseen that a heavy television campaign against this type of drug will be adopted.
000151 27/07/98
AMERICA / USA
DRUG ADDICT
NEWSWEEK
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Combining cocaine molecules with certain proteins should make it possible to stimulate the production of antibodies that wrap around the cocaine when it is about to enter the body. These antibodies could prevent the drug from reaching the brain. This is the result of a study by ImmuLogic, of Waltham, Massachussets.
000152 22/07/98
AMERICA / USA / NEW YORK
DRUG ADDICT
LA STAMPA
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The mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, says it is pointless to use Methadone because it is as addictive as heroin. Hard reactions on the part of specialists, who although are not worried because 92% of the rehabilitation programs are not financed by the municipality.
000153 21/07/98
E.U. / SPAIN
DRUG ADDICT
EL PAIS
/ /
Last year 427 people died for drug abuse, especially heroin, which is 20% less in comparison to 1996. Heroin consumers have gone from 0,6% to 0,23%. The Department of Home Office says that anti drug police operations have been 22,6% more, and that habitual cannabis use amounts to 7%.
000145 16/07/98
AMERICA / CANADA
DRUG MAFIA
CORRIERE DELLA SERA / LA STAMPA / IL MESSAGGERO
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The drug traffic boss Alfonso Caruana has been captured. He is a partner of the Cuntrera family, and was heading a powerful organization with ramifications in Mexico, Canada, the USA and Italy.
000149 22/07/98
AMERICA / COLOMBIA
DRUG MAFIA
LA REPUBBLICA / FRANKFURTER / SUEDDEUTSCHE Z.
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The former President Ernesto Samper has admitted in front of the Parliament that 'yes, the campaign for my election was polluted by the Narcos's money, a fact I only learnt later'. During the four years of his mandate he had always denied this. The USA had even refused him a permit to enter the country.
000150 21/07/98
E.U. / ITALY
DRUG MAFIA
IL MESSAGGERO
/ /
A former man of the Colombian drug cartels who has decided to collaborate in anti drug investigations says that Italy is an 'off-shore' country for illegal traffic. Vittorio Bruno thinks this is difficult to believe, but doesn't exclude it either on the basis that many Italians believe that operating within legality is not conveninet.
000143 20/07/98
ASIA / KUWAIT
LAWS
FRANKFURTER
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Two Iranians accused of drug traffic have been executed. These are the firts executions since the death penalty was reinstituted three years ago.
000144 23/07/98
EUROPE / SWITZERLAND
MARKET
PANORAMA
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Drug market: the Swiss answer towards liberalization. In Lugano 'cannabis boutiques' are flourishing. They sell soap, vinegar, trousers, pasta, all made with hemp and all perfectly legal.
000147 16/07/98
EUROPE
WAR ON DRUGS
FINANCIAL TIMES 16-20/07 / NEUE ZUERCHER Z. 15-16/07 / EL PAIS 17/07
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During his visit in Europe, Clinton's 'antidrug tzar', Barry Mc Caffrey has criticized Holland because deaths for drug use are augmenting. The Dutch Secretary of Foreign Affairs answers that Mr. Mc Caffrey is 'comparing pears with apples'. Regarding Switzerland he says he finds the collaboration between police and public health interesting, although he is still against controlled distribution of heroin.
000148 18/07/98
ASIA / AFGHANISTAN
WAR ON DRUGS
HERALD TRIBUNE
/ /
A UN representative has denounced a heavy increment in heroin and morphine production. Furthermore, he says, a drug refinery is working full-steam in Khandar, the Talebans sacred city.
000154 21/07/98
AMERICA / PANAMA
WAR ON DRUGS
FINANCIAL TIMES
/ /
The building of an international antidrug center in the American military base has come to a halt, and other places are being looked for. Panama seems to have changed its mind on this question.
CLIPPINGS
ITALY - An interrogation has been presented in Parliament to find out what the government intends to do against drug traffic from Albania, where in 34 out of 36 districts there are hemp cultivations of considerable entity.
BELGIUM - Thanks to the work of the Provincial Medical Commissions, the cities of Brussels, Antwerp and Liege will give free heroin under medical control to 300 heroin addicts.
