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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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NEWS
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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.
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