A short video interview with Jean-Paul Grund on the drug ‘Krokodil.’ The interview was made on the occasion of a new and freely downloadable study, published in the International Journal on Drug Policy.
New Psychoactive Substances
The war against the feeble
It is often said that society must be defended from drug users. But who defends drug users from society? A report from Bucharest, Romania.
Civil Society Expresses Concerns Over EU Action Plan on Drugs
The EU’s expert group on drugs has discussed how civil society can be involved in a more meaningful way in the formulation of drug policy
APDES: Prohibition on legal highs will not work
In this article, EDPI's Portuguese partner organization, APDES, argues against the recent ban on legal highs. They claim that prohibition will only drive the legal-highs trade underground, making it far harder to deal with.
Queen of the ‘Legal Highs’
Mephedrone has proved to be the most successful of the recent wave of novel psychoactive drugs to have appeared on the European recreational market. The only ‘legal high’ to have managed to enter users’ repertoires even after being banned in most countries, it also raised the question of how ‘phantom’ narcotics are to be dealt with.
Portugal Bans Legal Highs
Following the example of many other EU member states, Portugal has recently approved a restrictive law on legal highs – threatening to push the use of new psychoactive substances into the shadows.
The UN on Drugs: Trends in 2013
Our movie gives you an insight of the 2013 trends of international drug control policies
The Innovative Regulation of Legal Highs in New Zealand
The HCLU interviewed Peter Dunne, the Minister of Revenue of New Zealand. He explained the innovative legislational approach his country has adopted to new psychoactive drugs
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