ANTIPROHIBITIONIST OF THE ENTIRE WORLD ....
Year 4 #44, December 31 1998
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Weekly Action Report on Drug Policies
Edited by the CORA - Radical Antiprohibitionist Coordination, federated to
- TRP-Transnational Radical Party (NGO, consultive status, I)
- The Global Coalition for Alternatives to the Drug War
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000415 24/12/98
E.U.
ADDICTION
LE FIGARO
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Neapolitan and Californian researchers disagree about the effects that chocolate can have on the brain. The Californians say that it has effects similar to those of cannabis, while the Neapolitans say that the anandamide contained in chocolate reaches the brain in quantites too small to produce any effect on the nervous system.
000422 29/12/98
E.U. / GERMANY
ADDICTION
FRANKFURTER
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Christa Nickel, the new Responsible for drug policies, says that health is the main priority. She wants to extend her field of action to alcohol, nicotine and pharmaceutical products. Regarding illegal drugs, together with the usual repression, cure and prevention policies, she wants to start a plan of contolled distribution of heroin for serious addiction cases.
000418 29/12/98
E.U. / GB
CONSUMERS
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
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The periodical review 'Narcomafie' says that a trend in drug use in London's nightlife is to mix the usual substances with Viagra pills.
000421 28/12/98
E.U. / GB
HEALTH
CORRIERE DELLA SERA / THE TIMES
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About a thousand patients have accepted to experiment therapeutic effects of marijuana under medical surveillance. A laboratory seems to have had the permission to grow marijuana in a secret place.
000412 23/12/98
E.U. / SPAIN
INFORMATION
EL PAIS
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Sociologist Antonio Escohotado has dedicated 30 years of his life, including two of imprisonment, to writing his 'Historia General de las Drogas', which is being published in its integral version.
000411 28/12/98
E.U. / GERMANY
JURISPRUDENCE
DER SPIEGEL
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Each one of the 16 German Laenders punishes posession of drugs in a different way. Nonetheless an interesting fact emerges: Bavaria has the most severe sanctions, while Silesia has the most tolerant ones.
000419 29/12/98
E.U. / SPAIN
JURISPRUDENCE
EL PAIS
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The Supreme Court has established that even a small dose of hashish for personal use is punishable with a fine.
000420 28/12/98
ASIA
MARKET
NEUE ZUERCHER Z.
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After the fall of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has become a freeway for drug traffic from Afghanistan. Drug traffic is a serious problem for the new republics of Kirgistan abd Tadschikistan.
000413 27/12/98
E.U. / ITALY
PREVENTION
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
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The Minister of Interiors, while participating in a Christmas celebration organized by a rehabilitation center for drug addicts, said that there is the risk of a generalized drop in tension regarding the fight against drugs.
000414 28/12/98
E.U. / ITALY
PREVENTION
IL GIORNALE
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The Region of Emilia Romagna has started a study to undertand how the building of new high-speed train lines could influence consumption of drugs among young people living in those areas that will be crossed by the trains.
000416 24/12/98
E.U. / ITALY
TRAFFIC
IL GIORNALE
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After the discovery of various trucks containig drugs, it is now sure that the frontier near Trieste is one of the most important passage points for illegal substances entering Italy.
000417 24/12/98
AMERICA / MEXICO
WAR ON DRUGS
HERALD TRIBUNE
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After having already tried, often with many problems, the USA are launching again a plan to help Mexico fight drug traffic.
ITALY-PALERMO
Over three thousand people have participated in a demonstration organised by the Citizen Anti Prohibitionist Co-ordination. The demonstration took place around a joint five meters high.
