000546 17/03/99
E.U. / SPAIN
ADDICTION
EL PAIS
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53% of the women that enter jail are drug addicts, while 8.6% have AIDS. In the past ten years the number of convicted women has tripled (3.633). The Director of the State jails, Mr. Angel Yuste, has given these figures to the Parliament.
000551 22/03/99
ASIA / CAMBODIA
CONSUMERS
THE TIMES
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Is hippie tourism coming back? It seems so, after some women were arrested while selling marijuana, once legal, to tourists in Russian market of Phnom Pen.
000547 21/03/99
E.U. / SPAIN
DRUG ADDICTION
EL PAIS
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The average female drug addict is a mother; lives with a drug addicted companion and usually has been rejected by her own family. These characteristics make her more vulnerable than the average male drug addict and more difficult to help.
000545 18/03/99
AMERICA / USA
HEALTH
MISCELLANEOUS
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Marijuana is not a starting point for passing to stronger drugs. These are the conclusions of a team of experts designated by the White House to study the possible medical use of cannabis. They also point out its effectiveness as a painkiller.
000557 23/03/99
E.U. / SPAIN / MADRID
HEALTH
EL PAIS
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The bus drivers of bus line N.130, the so-called 'heroin line' because it crosses areas of the city controlled by drug apushers, are considered so at risk that the all have been vaccinated against tubercolosis and hepatitis B.
000558 23/03/99
E.U. / GERMANY
HEALTH
SUEDDEUTSCHE Z.
/ /
The Government's responsible for drugs, Christa Nickels, approves therapeutic use of marijuana for AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis patients.
000543 17/03/99
E.U. / SPAIN
INFORMATION
EL PAIS
/ /
7% of the Spain's teachers regularly talk about the issue of drugs and alcohol with their students; 69% do so every now and then; 50% asks for specific didactic material; 44.2% asks for external help from experts. These figures are from the Foundation for Help Agaist Drug Addiction.
000554 18/03/99
EUROPE / SWITZERLAND / GENEVA
INFORMATION
NEUE ZUERCHER Z.
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An analysis of the Swiss, Dutch and German experiments was made during the International Symposium on Controlled Distribution of Heroin. No triumphalisms, and many and well accepted criticisms.
000544 22/03/99
E.U. / ITALY / GENOVA
INITIATIVE
LA REPUBBLICA
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The priest Don Andrea Gallo, after having planted cannabis with the members of a centre for social activities to protest against prohibitionist laws, said: 'I have studied the Holy Scriptures and have discovered that Noah had a small cannabis plant on his Ark. Believe me, it's not a joke!'.
000555 23/03/99
E.U. / SPAIN / MADRID
INITIATIVE
EL PAIS
/ /
Indipendent rehabilitation centres want to fight drug addiction their way. After the Andalusian project of controlled distribution of heroin the Madrid community intends to open 'narcosalas' for drug addicts.
000556 23/03/99
E.U. / GERMANY
INITIATIVE
SUEDDEUTSCHE Z.
/ /
Debate on drugs: if the Responsible for the Cdu/Csu-Fraktion wants to abandon his prohibitionist position, all the other members of the Csu and those of the Cdu will refuse any type of dialogue.
000552 23/03/99
E.U. / SPAIN
JURISPRUDENCE
EL PAIS
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The Tribunal Supremo has revoked the sentence that condemned a woman for drug trafficking. The Guardia Civil had previously found she was hiding capsules of heroin in her vagina. The motivation for revoking the sentence is that proof was obtained through humiliating and intimidating means.
000542 19/03/99
E.U. / ITALY / ROME
JUSTICE
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
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Eighteen kilos of cocaine have been stolen from a safe in which the Court kept them as material evidence of crime. The Court's personnel are suspected of having collaborated with the thieves.
000553 23/03/99
E.U. / ITALY
JUSTICE
IL GIORNALE
/ /
To be found smoking a joint can not lead to be expelled from the army or to be degraded. This is what tha State Council established after having rejected an appeal by the Ministry of Defence against another sentence of the Sardinian Administrative Court which considered the punishment inflicted to a Roman soldier who had smoked marijuana as being out of proportion with the offence.
000559 23/03/99
AFRICA / NIGERIA
PUSHERS
LA REPUBBLICA
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A new type of criminality which strives upon drug traffic is rapidly growing: The Nigerian connection. It contacts white people via Internet to enrol them in the import-export of drugs.
000548 17/03/99
AMERICA
WAR ON DRUGS
LIBERATION
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Bill Clinton has included Tahiti among those countries judged as being drug exporters, but having seen its economic situation, has not imposed any kind of sanction.
000549 22/03/99
AMERICA / BOLIVIA
WAR ON DRUGS
DER SPIEGEL
/ /
To convince the public opinion of his serious anti drug commitment, President Hugo Banzer has ordered that drug tests be performed on all State employees and public figures, including members of Parliament and of judicial power.
000550 20/03/99
AMERICA / COLOMBIA
WAR ON DRUGS
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
/ /
Interviewed during an official visit to Italy, President Pastrana has confirmed his commitment to stop the rebels from helping Narcos. He said 'this way the peace negotiation will not only change life in Colombia for the better, but also extend peacefulness to Europe and America'.
