Cannabis

• Possession of cannabis for personal use

  

  The EMCDDA has updated its' overview on the legal status of cannabis Read more about Possession of cannabis for personal use

• Is cannabis making you focus too much on irrelevant stimuli?

  

  New study develops evidence on effect of cannabis on salience processing and how psychotic symptoms develop through the inappropriate attribution of salience to nonsalient stimuli. Read more about Is cannabis making you focus too much on irrelevant stimuli?

• Cannabis Damages Development

  

  Children who smoke cannabis before their 15th birthday perform worse in mental tests than those who start at a later age. Read more about Cannabis Damages Development

• Against Medical Marijuana

  

  - If physicians were treating patients with other untested substances, there would be a public outcry, says a group of American medical doctors who are now refusing to prescribe marijuana regardless of results of a public vote. Read more about Against Medical Marijuana

• Cannabis Trend Among Youth

  

  While the use of Class A drugs is declining in Britain, cannabis is gaining popularity among the under 25 age group.The number of young people needing treatment for serious problems caused by cannabis has increased by 11% in 4 years. Read more about Cannabis Trend Among Youth

• California says no

  

  Voters in California said no to cannabis legalization with a surprisingly solid majority. People said no because legalization would put the young at greater risk, not less. Read more about California says no

• Cannabis Shut Down

  

  The plans by the Dutch government to remove coffee shops from school areas may cut the number of shops by more than half. Read more about Cannabis Shut Down

• Warns Against Medical Marijuana

  

  Increase in marijuana use in the US may be caused by the commercialization of medical marijuana. These are very troubling news, EURAD President Renee Besseling says. Read more about Warns Against Medical Marijuana

• New US survey shows increase in teen cannabis use

  

  Has medical marijuana and the debates about legalisation caused teenagers to think cannabis is less harmful, experts wonder? Read more about New US survey shows increase in teen cannabis use

• Dutch ban on drug tourism?

  

  If the EU legal advise is followed by the European Court of Justice, which is usually the case, it may spell the end of coffe shop tourists.
  The Netherlands can ban over-the-counter sales of marijuana in Dutch "coffee shops" to nonresidents to end drugs tourism from Belgium, France, Germany and other countries, according to senior adviser to the European Union Court of Justice, on 15 July 2010. Read more about Dutch ban on drug tourism?