Items tagged with synthetic cannabinoids
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| Czech government wants to regulate kratom and other psychoactive substances [31.08.2023] | The Czech government has decided in favour of regulating, rather than banning, the sale of kratom, CBD or HHC products. A proposed bill to that effec ... |
| Damning review of synthetics law [19.12.2018] | The long-overdue review of the Psychoactive Substances Act paints a damning, but unsurprising, picture of the law’s failing. The Act was put in place ... |
| Strong support for legalisation of cannabis, but question over how to do it remains [23.10.2018] | There is strong support for legalising cannabis in New Zealand, although people are split about how exactly it should done. Massey University researc ... |
| Health Minister David Clark in favour of liberalising drug laws [31.07.2018] | Health Minister David Clark is personally in favour of more liberal drug laws because prohibition has not worked in the past. But Clark would not com ... |
| Synthetic cannabis deaths spike in New Zealand, igniting legalisation debate [27.07.2018] | The number of fatal overdoses from synthetic cannabis use has soared in New Zealand, going from two deaths in five years to 45 in 12 months. The emer ... |
| Skunk is causing misery – criminalisation isn’t working [01.03.2018] | Can Britain ever kill its worst taboo? This week’s news of the soaring prevalence of skunk, in place of weaker and less harmful herbal forms of canna ... |
| How New Zealand laws contributed to a synthetic drug crisis [21.02.2018] | Had things gone another way, the Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) might be the grand pillar of Peter Dunne’s parliamentary legacy, a test case for t ... |
| The expanding universe of synthetic drugs [20.05.2017] | The 20th century saw new drugs created from scratch: amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines and more. It also saw a far more spirited, if often ... |
| With Spice, politicians are sleepwalking into another “war on drugs” disaster [16.04.2017] | Reefer madness is back. Only this time, it has been rebranded. Now it is Spice Nightmare that is stalking the UK, as a sinister new drug turns poor a ... |
| Criminalizing cannabis in Indonesia might do more harm than good [28.02.2017] | Indonesia’s National Narcotics Board (BNN) together with the Health Ministry recently made a swift move to criminalize synthetic cannabinoids called ... |
| In Indonesia, getting this drug is just a text message away [30.01.2017] | So-called “super tobacco”, particularly a variant known as “Gorilla brand tobacco,” is the street name of a drug that has recently been in the spotli ... |
| How legalizing marijuana might stave off 'Spice' epidemics [04.08.2016] | K2 overdoses in Brooklyn sent 33 people to hospital. The rise of K2 could be fueled by a twist on the "gateway drug" theory: it’s not marijuana use, ... |
| Blanket ban on legal highs in England and Wales to begin on 26 May [05.05.2016] | The delayed blanket ban on legal highs in England and Wales is to come into force on 26 May, the Home Office has confirmed. The introduction of the P ... |
| Record number of raids on Swedish drug farms [21.07.2015] | Swedes are growing more and more cannabis. Never before have so many illegal drug farms been reported to the police, according to Swedish media. In 2 ... |
| Synthetic cannabis deaths show case for controlled sale of marijuana, expert says [15.01.2015] | The deaths of two men in central Queensland after they smoked synthetic cannabis highlight the need to regulate marijuana and allow its controlled sa ... |
| How powerful synthetic drugs will upend drug markets globally [01.12.2014] | Illicit drugs made from plants (e.g., cocaine, heroin) are being replaced in some national drug markets by those that are synthesized (e.g., methamph ... |
| Spice overdoses on the rise in Sweden [18.11.2014] | The statistics were released after six teenagers in Gothenburg were rushed to hospital after taking the drug in excessive quantities. Police have ope ... |
| How dangerous synthetic cannabis became Britain's most popular new legal high [31.05.2014] | The influx of legal, synthetic forms of cannabis that can be more potent and dangerous than the natural, illegal drug exposes Britain's "utterly ridi ... |
| Europe, it’s time to regulate cannabis! [05.03.2014] | The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is a great innovation of the Treaty of Lisbon, enabling EU citizens to call directly on the European Commissi ... |
| Drug busts push teens towards hard drugs in Lebanon [29.01.2014] | The relentless crackdown by security forces on the mainly cannabis-smoking youth in Beirut has had several negative repercussions on the Lebanese soc ... |
| 'Mountain of synthetic cannabis' hits Norway [12.11.2013] | Norwegian customs officials are calling for increased funding after a surge in the quantity of synthetic cannabis coming into the country - most of i ... |
| More than 280 'legal highs' now on European drug experts' radar [28.05.2013] | "Legal highs" and other new psychoactive synthetic drugs represent a fundamental shift in the market in illicit drug, according to the 2013 annual su ... |
| Legal highs flooding UK pose immense overdose risk, warns drugs tsar [15.05.2013] | The chief drugs adviser to the government has given his strongest warning yet on legal highs in Britain, saying there are now more than 200 synthetic ... |
| From Chinese factory to UK households – realities of the trade in legal highs [08.05.2013] | Chemistry firms in many Chinese provinces are churning out modified versions of illegal drugs and selling them online. Everything from amphetamine-li ... |
| Make legal highs available for sale, government urged [14.01.2013] | The least harmful new "legal highs" should be made readily available for sale under strictly regulated conditions rather than being immediately banne ... |
| Illicit drugs 'going out of fashion' [27.09.2012] | Illicit drug use in England and Wales is firmly on a downward curve, with the latest annual figures confirming the long-term trend that they might si ... |
| 'Revolutionary' legal high law means state regulated drug market [27.07.2012] | Kronic-style drugs are expected back on the shelves under the new legal high law being crafted by Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne. Experts say t ... |
| Is banning legal highs effective? [19.01.2012] | New psychoactive substances (commonly known as legal highs) are spreading across Europe with growing speed. Between 1997 and 2010 the early-warning s ... |
| Expert Seminar on Herbal Stimulants and Legal Highs [30.10.2011] | A grey area has emerged between what is legal and what is not as states struggle with how to respond to the many new synthetic compounds emerging ont ... |
| Scientist's research produces a dangerous high [28.09.2011] | John W. Huffman, a professor of organic chemistry, unwittingly contributed to the spread of "designer marijuana" so potent that the Drug Enforcement ... |
| Options for regulating new psychoactive drugs [01.05.2011] | This paper is intended to provide the basis for a discussion of policy options in dealing with new psychoactive substances that show signs of popular ... |
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