ANTIPROHIBITIONIST OF THE ENTIRE WORLD ....
Year 7 #, February 18 1999
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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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ITALY- METHADONE PROHIBITED IN PRIVATE TREATMENT PROGRAMS FINANCED BY THE STATE.
This is what the senate has established, not respecting the outcome of the 1993 referenda on cure freedom. An appeal has been presented to the President of the republic asking him to veto the 'Lumia' law.
000491 15/02/99
AMERICA / USA
ADDICITION
LA STAMPA
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Michael Massing, an expert who studies the phenomenon of drug addiction, in his book 'The fix' criticises Clinton's anti drug policies. It is necessary to contol drug demand, he sais, not offer. Young people know that marijuana is not harmful, but if it is continously demonised they will not believe who puts them on guard about heroin anymore.
000490 16/02/99
E.U. / ITALY / BARI
ADDICTION
IL GIORNALE
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A secret center for rehabilitating drug addicts has been discovered. A collaborator of justice said that the clandestine center was controlled directly by the mafia and was used to cure its own drug addicts.
000494 16/02/99
E.U. / SPAIN
ADDICTION
EL PAIS
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A research by the Plan Nacional Sobre Droga says that consumption of synthetic drugs is stable, while alcohol and cannabis are still the most used among young people. 280000 people under 29 get drunk every day and this number triples during the week ends. Requests for disintoxication from heavy drugs is growing.
000489 10/02/99
ASIA / THAILAND
HEALTH
EL PAIS
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The UN has commissioned the first large scale vaccination experiment against AIDS. t Ihas been tried on 2500 healthy people who are considered of a category at risk: heroin consumers.
000487 12/02/99
E.U. / GERMANY
INITIATIVE
FRANKFURTER / SUEDDEUTSCHE Z.
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The Government, the regions and nine cities have found an agreement on controlled distribution of heroin. The project, as of next year, will last three years and will involve 1000-1500 heroin addicts. The only missing approval now is from the Superior Institute of Health.
000488 12/02/99
E.U. / FRANCE
LAWS
LE MONDE
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The Senate has introduced new regulations in the highway code. Accidents and personal injuries caused by use of drugs will be punished with two years of imprisonment and a 30000 F. fine.
000493 17/02/99
E.U. / ITALY
LAWS
LA STAMPA
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There has been a certain amount of discussion in the Senate because the new justice reform contemplates depenalisation of hashish. The oppsition parties and some of the majority ones have completely dismissed this hypothesis.
000492 14/02/99
ASIA / IRAN
WAR ON DRUGS
IL GIORNALE
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After having seen the situation on the frontier with Afghanistan, where drug traffic is intense, it is clear that nothing, not even the thirty-thousand men who are guarding the area, is capable of stopping the drugs from entering the country carried on camel back.
000495 15/02/99
AMERICA / MEXICO
WAR ON DRUGS
MISCELLANEOUS NEWSPAPERS
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The Usa and Mexico, on the occasion of Clinton's short visit, have confirmed again their commitment to fighting drugs. Clinton has said he wants to renew the 'good will certificate' (which means economical help) that Mexico has gained for itself. The American Congress, instead, thinks that Mexico has obtained no real results.
ITALY- the ISTAT says that as of the 31st of December of 1998, 28% of Italian prisoners are drug addicts, which means 14074 out of 50527. It is not specified, although, how many are in prison for drug related crimes.
