Der ukrainische Präsident Viktor Janukowitsch hat am Donnerstag in einer Beratung zu Problemen der Drogensucht Kokain und Marihuana vorgeführt, die auf seine Anordnung hin im Internet gekauft wurden.

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Six people were executed as China prepared to mark a global anti-drug day, state press said Thursday.

The punishments, for four separate cases of manufacturing, smuggling and selling ketamine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana, bring to 14 the number of executions announced this week.

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The World Drug Report 2010, issued today at the National Press Club in Washington by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), shows that drug use is shifting towards new drugs and new markets. Drug cultivation is declining in Afghanistan (for opium) and the Andean countries (coca), and drug use has stabilized in the developed world. However, there are signs of an increase in drug use in developing countries, and growing abuse of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and prescription drugs around the world.

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Drugs such as amphetamine-type stimulants and prescription medications are more and more what people are choosing according to the United Nations Drug Report for 2010. The number using such drugs will eventually exceed those using opiates and cocaine. Drug use in developed countries has remained relatively stable says the document. But in developing countries it is increasing.

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Any substance that mimics the effects of marijuana, including a type of incense growing in popularity called K2, will be illegal in Michigan if a bipartisan package of bills overwhelmingly passed by the state House on Wednesday ultimately becomes law.

K2 is an herbal blend that is sprayed with a synthetic cannabinoid called JWH-018. Although it does not contain tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive substance found in marijuana, it gives users a similar high.

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Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday afternoon that they've introduced a resolution to disapprove the city law legalizing medical marijuana.

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For decades, the United States have been waging a War on Drugs, both within its borders and throughout Central America. This struggle has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of law enforcements officers and civilians while drug use in America has not declined. So what’s the point?

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Russia hails Canada’s drive to stave off the Afghan drug trafficking – a topic that will be front and center during the upcoming G-20 summit in Toronto , presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko told reporters on Tuesday.

He praised Ottawa’s efforts aimed at involving more regional nations into a full-fledged dialogue on the matter, which he stressed is of paramount importance to Russia.

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