Jakarta Drug Bust Nets 4 Suspects, 351 Kilos of Meth
Wednesday May 16th, 2012Jakarta Globe Bayu Marhaenjati | May 14, 2012 Jakarta Police have uncovered a drug smuggling operation and confiscated 351 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine with an estimated street value of Rp 702 billion ($76.5 million) smuggled in from China. The stash of illicit drugs was found inside a van in the parking lot of a shopping [...]
Saying No to Costly Drug Laws – Former President of Poland
Monday May 14th, 2012The New York Times By ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI Published: May 10, 2012 WARSAW — In the year 2000, as the president of Poland, I signed one of Europe’s most conservative laws on drug possession. Any amount of illicit substances a person possessed meant they were eligible for up to three years in prison. Our hope was [...]
We are losing the fight against TB, warns WHO
Monday May 14th, 2012Governments told they must act to halt spread of drug-resistant strains GRACE LIVINGSTONE SUNDAY 13 MAY 2012 A third of the world’s population is carrying tuberculosis, and the disease could become incurable if governments fail to act, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. Lack of funding for public health programmes, the sale of inaccurate [...]
Drug Surge Clouds Myanmar Reform Effort
Monday May 14th, 2012The New York Times By THOMAS FULLER Published: May 14, 2012 MAE SAI, THAILAND — The news coming out of Myanmar these days is of hope and reconciliation as the country moves from military dictatorship to fledgling democracy. But what is actually coming across Myanmar’s border here is a surge of illicit drugs. One of [...]
New drugs! New hopes! But the same old matter ‘UNAFFORDABLE COSTS’!
Saturday May 12th, 2012Ronny Waikhom, 11/05/2012 Truvada, a combination of Emtricitabine, Tenofovir and Efavirenz, holds the key to a breakthrough in the 30-year fight against AIDS. The recommended dosage for an effective prophylaxis (preventive medication) is a pill a day taken everyday. The price tag for Truvada is $900 a month, says by a reporter from Daily Mail. [...]
Hepatitis C: The cancer link
Friday May 11th, 2012In the Lancet Oncology this month, Catherine de Martel and colleagues found that nearly one in six cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections – in total, 1.9 million of 12.7 new million cases are attributable to just four infections: helicobacter pylori (a stomach bacteria), human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. The situation [...]
Civil societies ‘silent march’; oppose India-European Union (EU) Free Trade agreement
Tuesday May 8th, 2012DIMAPUR, MAY 7 (NPN): (Staff Reporter) : 8 May. 2012 Bethesta youth welfare centre, Dimapur and Dimapur-based NGOs in association with North East dialogue forum staged a silent procession Monday to educate people on the pros and cons of the possible impact of European Union-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The silent rally, which began from [...]
Thailand ‘War on Drugs’ Chronicle- AHRN
Friday May 4th, 2012Thailand faces ongoing massive drug smuggling problem By Asia Sentinel May 06, 2012 Complex international racket may be too big for authorities to get a handle on Thailand is facing an epidemic of drug smuggling in a complex international racket that appears too massive and entrenched for authorities to stop. Police said on May 2 [...]
Doctors consider using street drugs to ease suffering of dying patients
Friday May 4th, 2012By Dr. Keith Ablow April 24, 2012, FoxNews.com Recent studies at Harvard, U.C.L.A. and my alma mater John Hopkins have now made it plain that doctors should—as soon as proper safeguards can be put in place—be free to offer illicit drugs to patients who are terminally ill, in order to ease their emotional suffering and [...]
Burmese Drug Kingpin Transferred to China: Report
Friday May 4th, 2012By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY| April 27, 2012 One of Burma’s most infamous suspected drug traffickers, Naw Kham, has been transferred to China for interrogation after his capture by authorities in Laos early on Thursday, according to Thailand-based newspaper the Bangkok Post. His arrest comes just days after he was included on Thailand’s [...]
Study finds teens at risk of drug abuse have unique brain networks
Monday April 30th, 2012By Laurie TarkanPublished April 30, 2012 Fox News Differences in the networks of brain cells may explain why some teenagers are more susceptible to impulsive risk-taking behavior like smoking or experimenting with drugs, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, sheds light on the question of whether certain brain [...]
Some News on White House’s New Policy on Drugs – AHRN
Monday April 23rd, 2012White House drug policy focuses on treating addiction Washington (CNN) — The U.S. government’s drug strategy should focus more on treating addiction and less on imposing harsh prison sentences, the White House said Tuesday. “Outdated policies like the mass incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders are relics of the past that ignore the need for a [...]
