Hanfparade – Demonstration für die Legalisierung von Cannabis
11:59h
Die nächste Hanfparade findet am Samstag, dem 7. August 2010 statt. Sie beginnt um 13 Uhr mit einer Kundgebung zwischen Fernsehturm und S-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz.
Transform in the British Medical Journal: 'An Alternative to the War on Drugs
11:55h
The British Medical Journal this week publishes a special edition on drug titled: 'Drug users and HIV: treat don't punish'. the cover feature includes a special commentary section on drugs, HIV/AIDS and harm reduction to coincide with the huge AIDS 2010 conference in Vienna that kicks off this Sunday (see this blog for details and Transform's involvement in the Global Village's Drug Policy Networking Zone).
The special edition of the BMJ features five commissioned commentaries, including; 'Alternatives to the war on drugs' by Transform's Steve Rolles, one of the first detailed explorations in a mainsteam medical journal of legal regulatory models as alternatives to existing unregulated criminal drug markets, specifically from a public health perspective. The full text (also available on the BMJ site here, with rapid responses here) is copied below as it appears online.
The issue also includes Professor Tim Rhodes, Anya Sarang, Peter Vickerman, and Professor Matthew Hickman, on ‘Policy resistance to harm reduction for drug users and potential effect of change’; Richard Hurley on ‘How Ukraine is tackling Europe’s worst HIV epidemic’ and an editorial on ‘Evidence based policy for illicit drugs’ by Prof Evan Woods (who was on BBC R4's Today program this Friday discussing these issues and talking about the Vienna Declaration). These are unfortunately only available in extract without a login.
Despite the Golden State’s conspicuous absence from this month’s THMQ, Kush still easily ran away with the top pot spot, nearly doubling the total submissions for the next closest strain, Blueberry. Also this month, Jack Herer made a long-awaited return to the top five - the first such finish for the strain since October 2009.
