Cannabis gehört zu den am meisten unterschätzten Drogen unserer Tage. Dabei macht es genauso abhängig wie andere Substanzen und kann schwere körperliche und psychische Störungen nach sich ziehen. An der Universität Rostock werden nun Freiwillige für ein neues Trainingsprogramm gesucht. Es heißt "CAN Stop" und richtet sich an junge Menschen zwischen 14 und 21 Jahren.

derstandard.at

Susan Schleppe's letter about jail sentences for growing marijuana was so ill informed and illogical that I hardly know where to start.

First, she's wrong about what the Senate did to Bill C-15 (mandatory jail for drug offences). The mandatory sentences remain in place for growing even one cannabis plant if the garden is in a rental or poses a potential safety risk to the public.

canada.com

Is the (very) grown-up rom com It's Complicated dangerous to children? The Motion Picture Association of America thinks so. It slapped the Nancy Meyers comedy with an R-rating, meaning that, if you're under 17 you can't get entry unless you're accompanied by an adult.

The offending sequence features Meryl Streep and Steve Martin smoking a joint and having a little too much fun.

nowtoronto.com

A TV show dedicated to the promotion of medical marijuana — complete with plant cultivation tips and cannabis cooking lessons — will debut in San Diego tonight.

The first episode of “Cannabis Planet” includes a segment critical of the raids carried out against local dispensaries last fall.

cannabisplanet.tv
signonsandiego.com

Vancouver marijuana activist Marc Emery is taking his last puff of freedom -- as the clock counts down on an extradition order that will send him to a U.S. jail for five years.

Mr. Emery, founder of the B.C. Marijuana Party and publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine, is currently out on bail waiting for Federal Justice Minister and Attorney General Rob Nicholson to sign the extradition order, which can be done any time after Friday.

nationalpost.com

Anti-narcotics activists in Lamu West have accused police of siding with drug barons and peddlers in the archipelago.

The activists, led by Sheikh Said Ali Baskuti, claimed that instead of supporting the war on drugs, police were harassing them over a house-to-house operation to flush out dealers.

allafrica.com

Over the last decade, the advances in neuroscience that led doctors to view addiction as a disease, rather than a desire or personal failing, raised the natural question of whether or not addicts could be vaccinated against drug use as if it were a virus. While the theory remains valid, the recent clinical trial of one of those vaccines, called TA-CD, highlights the complexity of the issue.

popsci.com