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The criminal folly of criminalising bath salts
The 'legal high' of bath salts, or mephedrone, is the new target of drug prohibitionists. Because that worked so well before | Guardian, UK
More criminal justice data for police.uk
Information should be added to crime mapping website to show how offences are dealt with, says minister | Home Office, UK
An Overview of New Psychoactive Substances and the Outlets Supplying Them
This report represents the outcome of a review of new psychoactive substances2 within the Irish context, including a review of the outlets that supply these substances. Download | National Advisory Committee on Drugs, Ireland
Banned headshop drugs are available online
The latest report from the National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) found many psychoactive substances made illegal under legislation in May 2010 can be shipped to Ireland from specialist websites | Independent, Ireland
Los Angeles sheriff warns of contaminated cocaine causing severe skin reactions
Cocaine cut with a livestock de-worming medication is causing severe skin reactions in drug users, authorities warned Monday | Washington Post, USA
Demographic Subgroup Trends for Various Licit and Illicit Drugs
Monitoring the Future Occasional Paper 74 | NIDA, USA
Homeless alcoholics drink in comfort at 'wet houses'
In Minnesota, some chronic alcoholics are offered a roof over their heads without being ordered to stop their drinking | BBC, UK
Supervised injecting facility - Yarra
The Forum has been engaged in a media campaign in support the recent decision by the City of Yarra in support a SIF - Sign-on to endorse evidence-based practice in drug policy | Yarra Drug and Health Forum, Australia
NSW to ban synthetic cannabis Kronic
Kronic and other named synthetic drugs that mimic the effect of cannabis will be banned in NSW from July 1 | SMH, Australia
Drug arrests up, but supply stays strong
Australian Crime Commission statistics, to be released today, show that 85,252 drug-related arrests were made across Australia in the decade to mid-2010 | The Age, Australia
Prison Nurses Committed to Helping Prisoners Quit Smoking
Prisons around the country go 100% smokefree on 1 July, but Kirstin Harrison, nurse team leader at the Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility, expects it will be business as usual | Scoop, New Zealand
2011 UN Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
2011 UN Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS misses opportunity to address critical levels of HIV in people who inject drugs | IHRA
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