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UN downplays cannabis danger

UN downplays cannabis danger

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND) has removed cannabis from its list of the world’s most dangerous drugs despite strong opposition.

21 Jan 2021
World

NZ referendum rejects cannabis legalisation

NZ referendum rejects cannabis legalisation

New Zealand has rejected a move to legalise recreational cannabis in a public referendum.

17 Nov 2020
World

Oregon votes in favour of decriminalising hard drugs

Oregon votes in favour of decriminalising hard drugs

13 Nov 2020
World

Cannabis use costs Australia billions

Cannabis use costs Australia billions

14 Aug 2020
World

Study: Cannabis users more than twice as likely to be violent

Study: Cannabis users more than twice as likely to be violent

12 Jun 2020
World

Cannabis is addictive and leads to other drugs, studies agree

Cannabis is addictive and leads to other drugs, studies agree

30 Apr 2020
World

Cannabis use increases COVID-19 risk, medics warn

Cannabis use increases COVID-19 risk, medics warn

16 Apr 2020
World

Recovering cannabis user: ‘I was barely even there’

Recovering cannabis user: ‘I was barely even there’

6 Apr 2020
World

Alcohol ads cause children to drink, study finds

3 Mar 2020
World

Netherlands has ‘characteristics of a narco-state’ says top police official

2 Jan 2020
World

‘Taking medical cannabis for mental health illnesses can’t be justified’

30 Oct 2019
UK

Dublin Council puts brakes on heroin centre near primary school

28 Aug 2019
World

Criminals setting up ‘cocaine call centres’

12 Jun 2019
UK

Ireland’s first drugs distribution centre to be trialled in Dublin

23 May 2019
World