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  INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE
AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING


Dutch dope-selling coffee shops, hash smoking in 1960s London, and Moroccan marijuana production all come under the spotlight in a mammoth new study Thursday on the use and abuse of cannabis in Europe.
"Over 13 million Europeans have consumed it in the past month," said the 700-page report by the EU drugs agency EMCDDA. "An estimated one in five European adults have tried it at some time in their lives."
The study, published on the UN's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, calls for neither legalisation of the so-called soft drug nor seeks to have its use punished even more harshly than it currently is in many EU states.
The two-volume report aims to provide an authoritative reference work on scientific research, legislation and policy issues associated with the drug in Europe.
Titled "A cannabis reader: global issues and local experiences," the report is designed as a "guide to inform research, debate and policymaking on the substance."
Volume 1 takes the reader through the history of cannabis, how various governments have changed their approach to the drug, including how coffee shops developed in the Netherlands.
It charts the growth of the cannabis trade from Morocco, which accounts for 80 percent of all resin seized in Europe, and looks at emerging lines of supply in Thailand, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia.
Home-grown marijuana is shown taking an ever bigger share of the European market, particularly in Britain where it already accounts for 50 percent.
From zero tolerance to decriminalisation, it highlights some of the disparities between EU states, often seen pulling in opposite directions on the cannabis issue.
 
     
     
     
 

 

 
     
     
     
 

 

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS PASSING LAW ON CHANGES TO HEALTH CARE LAW

Parliament Thursday is to hold its 2nd session discussing the proposal on passing an urgent procedure of the law on changes and supplements to the Health Care Law.
Today's agenda also include verification of the mandate of the MPs and draft decisions for determination of the number of Vice-Presidents of the Parliament, establishment of permanent working bodies of the Parliament and foundation of the Parliament's budget council.