Holland to Ban Sale of 'skunk' Marijuana in Coffee Shops
Holland to ban sale of 'skunk' marijuana in coffee shops
Filed under: drug addiction newspaper
Ivo Opstelten, Holland's justice minister, has informed the Dutch parliament to set out a major rethink of the country's liberal policy on soft drugs which allows cannabis to sold and smoked in specially licenced cafés or “coffee shops”. He cited a …
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Matthew Mitcham Talks Addiction, Depression and 'Openly Gay' Olympic Gold
Filed under: drug addiction newspaper
I'd been addicted to other drugs as a teenager, but when I gave them up to focus on my diving, I did so without ever addressing the underlying issues of my drug use. I thought I was fixed because I was able to go cold turkey. And it took a while for …
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Of Plagues and Prisons: Two Films Everyone Should See
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Jarecki does not discount the seriousness of the effects of drug addiction; rather, his film shows how the specter of drugs' effects on society has been deployed in racist, discriminatory and politically manipulative ways. … As David Simon (former …
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Pharmacists to press Jenny Marra for 'methadone millionaires' apology
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During an interview with a national newspaper, Ms Marra had accused pharmacists of making ''significant sums amounts of money from the suffering that drug addiction causes in our communities''. North East SNP MSP Mark McDonald, who sits on the health …
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