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Items tagged with reclassification

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Coca leaf: Myths and Reality [16-06-20] Many myths surround coca. Every day press accounts around the world use the word coca in their headlines, when they refer in fact to cocaine. TNI'...
The real driver behind most drug use is pleasure, not dependence [18-04-13] Harm minimisation, harm reduction, drug-related harm, drug overdose, addiction: these are the dominant narratives that are used when we talk about dru...
Drugs advisory group decides against banning qat in UK [23-01-13] 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 ...
Khat: A review of its potential harms to the individual and communities in the UK [23-01-13] On the basis of the available evidence, the overwhelming majority of Council members consider that khat should not be controlled under the Misuse of D...
Khat ban rejected by UK drug advisers [23-01-13] The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) said there was "insufficient evidence" that khat caused health problems. The stimulant is...
Marijuana still a drug with no accepted medical use, court says [23-01-13] Marijuana will continue to be considered a highly dangerous drug under federal law with no accepted medical uses, after a U.S. appeals court refused t...
Khat: a legal high, but should it be banned? [22-01-13] 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 considering...
Khat ban calls ahead of government report [16-01-13] 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...
Decriminalise drugs – it would reduce the level of harm in Britain [14-01-13] The all-party parliamentary group on drug policy reform undertook an inquiry into the implications of the arrival of "legal highs" – a new s...
Dutch to classify super strong marijuana alongside heroin [20-11-12] The Dutch government is planning to classify strong strains of marijuana and cannabis as a Class A drug alongside heroin and cocaine. Coffee shops wil...
Medical marijuana: disabled veteran's appeal could change US drugs policy [23-10-12] A disabled veteran has told an appeals court that the department of veteran affairs policy on medical marijuana has caused him pain and significant e...
Medical marijuana advocates seek reclassification of drug [16-10-12] A medical marijuana advocate urged a federal appeals court to require the U.S. government to relax, or at least rethink, a more-than-40-year-old rule ...
Britain's drug policies could be wasting billions [15-10-12] Despite the successes of recent years, there are still approximately 2,000 drug-related deaths in the UK every year. Nearly 400,000 people have seriou...
Chewing over Khat prohibition [10-01-12] 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 fi...
Prescribing Cannabis for Harm Reduction [05-01-12] Neuropathic pain affects between 5% and 10% of the US population and can be refractory to treatment. Opioids may be recommended as a second-line pharm...
States say it's time to rethink medical marijuana [01-01-12] Medical marijuana advocates are hoping state governments can succeed where their efforts have failed by asking federal authorities to reclassify pot a...
Colorado seeks new pot classification [28-12-11] Colorado has become the third state to ask the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana in a way that allows doctors to prescribe ...
Bolivia’s Morales wants UN to lift ban on chewing coca leaves in 2012 [26-12-11] Bolivian President Evo Morales believes that in 2012 the United Nations will finally agree that chewing of coca leaves is a legal ancient tradition ...
Should We Reschedule Marijuana? [07-12-11] Last week's request by Govs. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island's Lincoln Chafee to have the federal government reclassify marijuana as medicin...
Wash. governor wants DEA to reclassify marijuana [01-12-11] Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking the a...
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