In response to the health and social harms of illegal drugs, a large international drug prohibition regime has been developed under the umbrella of the United Nations.1 Decades of research provide a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of the global “War on Drugs” and, as thousands of individuals gather in Vienna at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, the international scientific community calls for an acknowledgement of the limits and harms of drug prohibition, and for drug policy reform to remove barriers to effective HIV prevention, treatment and care.

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In der Schweiz ist eine Psychotherapeutin verurteilt worden, weil sie ihren meist aus der gehobenen Gesellschaft stammenden Patienten die Drogen LSD, Ecstasy und Meskalin verabreichte. Ein Gericht in Zürich verhängte gegen die 62-Jährige eine Bewährungsstrafe von 16 Monaten sowie eine Geldbuße von umgerechnet 1500 Euro, wie die Nachrichtenagentur ATS am Montag berichtete.

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A Swiss court on Monday gave a suspended sentence to a psychotherapist who treated his high-society patients with LSD, ecstasy and mescaline saying the illegal drugs "expanded the consciousness."

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It’s being called a second Gold Rush. There are rumors of entrepreneurs from Amsterdam sniffing around empty storefronts in Oaksterdam. With polls showing that voters could legalize marijuana in the November election, everyone wants in on the Cannabis action. And that includes broke cities like Oakland.

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