Items tagged with mild stimulants
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| A global fight looms over Kratom, a possible opioid alternative [09.10.2021] | A World Health Organization meeting could determine the future of kratom, a widely available herbal supplement some tout as an alternative to opioid ... |
| Decriminalisation of kratom hailed by rights advocates [24.08.2021] | The decriminalisation of kratom, long used as a herbal remedy but which some health regulators around the world have criticised as potentially unsafe ... |
| 8,000 to be cleared after kratom's removal from narcotics list [10.08.2021] | More than 8,000 convicted people and suspects will be cleared of legal charges when kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is removed from the narcotics list on ... |
| Campaign for legal kratom use nears goal [24.06.2021] | After being listed as an illegal narcotic for many decades, Thais will finally be allowed to use and own Mitragyna speciosa, also known as kratom, as ... |
| Yemen’s qat markets flourish despite virus threat [02.05.2020] | While many of the world’s markets have closed to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, downtown districts selling qat — the ubiqu ... |
| Methamphetamine use in Myanmar, Thailand, and Southern China: assessing practices, reducing harms [15.02.2019] | Over the past decade, methamphetamine use has grown more popular in Myanmar, Thailand and Southern China. Based on in-depth interviews conducted with ... |
| Kava circles keeping young males away from alcohol and gangs, researcher says [22.03.2018] | A narcotic beverage from the Pacific Islands is being used to counter prejudices about people who use drugs. "Kava is our culture. We lose kava, we l ... |
| FDA is using 'bad science' by claiming kratom is an opioid [09.03.2018] | Last month, the Food the plant has been imported for years because of its popularity and safe use in Asia. |
| 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 ... |
| Acquittal in Spanish coca leaf legal case [23.03.2017] | BARCELONA - Yesterday the unprecedented resolution of a court case for the importation of coca leaf powder (also known as mambe) took place at the Pr ... |
| What’s next for kratom after the DEA blinks on its emergency ban? [16.10.2016] | Researchers and users of kratom were stunned by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s abrupt withdrawal of its stated plan to place the Southeast Asi ... |
| DEA’s sudden 'herbal heroin' ban triggers stiff resistance from kratom community [31.08.2016] | An increasingly popular plant product called "herbal heroin" by detractors is about to become illegal in the United States. The Drug Enforcement Admi ... |
| Khat and its changing politics in Kenya and Somalia after UK ban [19.07.2016] | In 2014 the UK banned khat, the stimulant stems and leaves of the tree Catha edulis. This move brought to an end the weekly importation into London’s ... |
| How Britain's khat ban devastated an entire Kenyan town [25.06.2015] | For more than two decades, Maua enjoyed booming business propelled by the growth and sale of khat, known locally as miraa, a popular herb whose leave ... |
| Kratom criminalisation successfully shelved in Malaysia [02.04.2015] | The increasingly widespread use of ketum (or kratom) in Malaysia earlier this year prompted the Ministry of Home Affairs to lead a push to schedule i ... |
| Time for a Wake-up Call [26.12.2014] | The chemically-based frame of reference adopted by the UN Single Convention is mistaken in the culturally loaded and falsely “scientific” manner in w ... |
| 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 ... |
| Khat and mouse [28.06.2014] | On June 24, 2014, the sale of khat was prohibited in Britain, almost a year after home secretary Theresa May told the House of Commons that she inten ... |
| Banning Khat is another pointless drug law that will do more harm than good [24.06.2014] | Today, khat joined the range of prohibited substances that fall under the UK Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. Those who distribute this Class C drug can now ... |
| Qat ban: UK police officers told to use their discretion in enforcement [22.06.2014] | Police have been officially advised to use their discretion in deciding how to enforce the ban on qat, a mild herbal stimulant, that has been widely ... |
| 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 ... |
| There's simply no case for banning khat [30.03.2014] | Khat is as potent as a strong cup of coffee and has no organised crime involvement – yet the government wants to spend £150m on a ban that would crea ... |
| MPs urge Theresa May to reverse qat ban [29.11.2013] | MPs are urging Theresa May, the home secretary, to reverse the government's ban on the herbal stimulant qat, which is widely used in Britain's Somali ... |
| Kenya appeals to UK not to ban khat [26.11.2013] | The leafy substance khat, grown by many Kenyan farmers, is of economic and cultural significance to many Africans. The UK government has decided, aga ... |
| '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 ... |
| Decision yet to be reached on making 'kratom' legal [03.10.2013] | Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong confirmed yesterday that the narcotics control committee under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ... |
| Should kratom use be legal? [29.09.2013] | The leaves of kratom, a native of Southeast Asia in the coffee family, are used to relieve pain and improve mood as an opiate substitute and stimulan ... |
| Thailand’s cure for meth addiction? A leafy jungle stimulant [16.09.2013] | The legal status of kratom is under review in Thailand. Options include making kratom available only by prescription, decriminalizing small amounts a ... |
| Kenyan farmers fear UK khat ban [11.07.2013] | A decision by the UK government to ban the stimulant khat later this year is facing fierce resistance in Kenya from those farming the mildly narcotic ... |
| Drugs advisory group decides against banning qat in UK [23.01.2013] | A clash between the home secretary, Theresa May, and her expert drugs advisory group is looming after it decided against banning qat, a mild herbal s ... |
| Khat: A review of its potential harms to the individual and communities in the UK [23.01.2013] | On the basis of the available evidence, the overwhelming majority of Council members consider that khat should not be controlled under the Misuse of ... |
| Khat ban rejected by UK drug advisers [23.01.2013] | The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said there was "insufficient evidence" that khat caused health problems. The stimulant is traditio ... |
| Khat: a legal high, but should it be banned? [21.01.2013] | Khat, a stimulant drug, is chewed by around 90,000 people in the east African and Yemeni communities in the UK. But now the Home Office is considerin ... |
| Khat ban calls ahead of government report [15.01.2013] | Calls for the herbal high khat to be banned in the UK have been renewed days before a government report into its usage is due to be published. Some m ... |
| Chewing over Khat prohibition [10.01.2012] | In the context of a fast changing and well documented market in legal highs, the case of khat (Catha edulis) provides an interesting anomaly. It is f ... |
| 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 ... |
| Khat use in Europe [01.07.2011] | Khat leaves are cultivated in the highlands of the Horn of Africa, Southern Arabia and along the East African coast. In many countries, chewing khat ... |
| Kratom in Thailand [01.04.2011] | In early 2010, the Thai Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) developed a policy proposal to review different aspects of the criminal justice ... |
| Khat use and monitoring drug use in Europe [07.05.2010] | The aim of the study was to review the information available on the use of khat (Catha edulis) in the EU, and to assess the future use of this drug a ... |
| The changing use and misuse of khat [07.05.2010] | Within the last decade the hitherto little known psychoactive substance of khat has emerged as a regional and international issue. In the Horn of Afr ... |
| Regulating khat [01.11.2009] | The regulation of khat, one of the most recent psychoactive drugs to become a globally traded commodity, remains hotly contested within different pro ... |
| Submission to the House of Commons Select Committee on the cocaine trade [12.06.2009] | The attached summary report addresses the myths that surround the coca leaf and is presented to the Committee members in order to allow them to make ... |
| Should Khat Be Banned? [01.07.2007] | The global trade in khat is controversial. The United States and most countries in Europe have banned it, considering it a psychotropic substance. Bu ... |
| Yemen: Towards Qat Demand Reduction [01.06.2007] | This report, based on a household survey conducted in 2006, discusses options for discouraging qat consumption in Yemen. It draws on a survey - the f ... |
| Ephedra for fun, performance and losing weight [01.01.2007] | Substances that contain ephedra are known to aid weight loss and enhance athletic performance. Until April 2004 in the Netherlands, products containi ... |
| Coca leaf chewing as therapy for cocaine maintenance [30.09.2000] | The cocaine base, or “pasta”, may be seen as a type of South American crack. Its obligatory method of administration is smoking. A primary condition ... |
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