On April 19, 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in the Sandoz (now Novartis) laboratories in Basel, Switzerland performed a self-experiment to determine the true effects of LSD, intentionally ingesting 0.25 milligrams (250 micrograms) of the substance, an amount he predicted to be a threshold dose (an actual threshold dose is 20 micrograms). While riding home on his bicycle, he experienced the very first LSD trip, now referred to as “Bicycle Day”, and proved that he had indeed made a significant discovery.
16 maj 2012 In response to Philip Zimbardo's "The Demise of Guys?" TED talk, Gary Wilson asks whether our brains evolved to handle the hyperstimulation of today's Internet enticement" beroende, addiction, dopamin, Delta-Foss-B "Constant novelty by click can cause addiction" "movement to unhook from porn"
by Kendal Nezan, President of the Institut kurde in Paris, LMD July 1998. "After the Gulf War in 1991, Turkey found itself deprived of the all-important Iraqi market and, since it lacked significant oil reserves of its own, it decided to make up for the loss by turning more massively to drugs. " "...most European governments prefer to maintain an embarrassed silence on Ankara's dealings, in the same way that they have refrained from open criticism of the destruction of 3,428 Kurdish villages and the displacement of more than three million Kurds by their Turkish allies." "...Tom Sackville, minister of state at the British Home Office, who stated in the Sunday Times on 26 January 1997 that 80% of the heroin seized in Britain came from Turkey" "...Turkey is one of the countries most affected by money-laundering, which takes place particularly via the countries of the ex-Soviet Union, through the medium of casinos, the construction industry and tourism."
Ajachi Chakrabarti 2013-12-07 on immigrants in Khirki and Nigerians in Goa. Obodo Uzoma Simon found murdered in Goa 30.10.13 "The next day, after the police managed to collect the body, the hearse was stopped by a group of around 50 West Africans, mostly Nigerians. They placed Simon’s body on the road and blocked NH 17, the arterial north-south road in the state." "Speaking to a television channel on the incident, activist Oscar Rebello was more blunt. “... Here, the biggest problem is that the drug trade of the coastal belt runs the political economy of the coastal belt. Period.”
Ridha Tlili om «Etat-territoires» (Mali, Niger, Libyen): 1. «La question du Sahara, d'importance géostratégique après la découverte du pétrole à Hassi Messaoud, n'a jamais été correctement résolue, et c'est là un des nombreux problèmes qui refont surface aujourd'hui, faute de les avoir solutionné» 2. Le retour à partir de 2006 des arabes afghans, qui ont été contraints de rentrer à cause de «l'hostilité montante des afghans envers eux». 3. l'inondation de la zone par des armes relativement sophistiqués qui viennent de la Libye. Beatrice Mesas, qui a passé beaucoup de temps au mali pour étudier les groupes Jihadistes, estime que la religion dans ce pays n'est qu'un moyen pour les barons de la drogue, afin de disposer de territoires où seules leurs lois sont appliquées.
På tisdagen 20 december överrumplade sjöbevakningsbåten A.V. 26 en spritkryssare vid namn RENA i sundet mellan Furuskär och Thorsön och beslagtog densamma jämte lasten uppgående till 4 050 liter sprit. Sjöbevakningen hade genom Nykarleby-polisens försorg blivit varskodd. — Ombord på kryssaren, som förde en rumänsk flagga, befunno sig 5 tyskar och en est. En Soklotbo, som jämte sina två minderåriga söner varit i förbindelse med smugglarna, anhölls. Båten jämte besättning infördes till Jakobstad.
Mick Moore, 22 January 2010 : "It is no longer utopian to talk of substantial policy change within a few years. Where and how will it come about? There are clear, strong links between prohibition and the growing likelihood of defeat for the Western milita
The World Drug Report presents a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in drug markets. It covers production, trafficking, consumption and related health consequences. Chapter 1 of this year’s report examines the global situation and the latest trends in the different drug markets and the extent of illicit drug use, as well as the related health impact.
EURAD is a European non profit drug policy Foundation that advocates a prevention and recovery oriented drug policy at national and international level.
The National Documentation Centre on Drug Use is a unique Irish information resource. Search our repository of Irish drug-related research and use a range of other valuable material.
Human enhancement and the future of work summarises technological advancements that could dramatically change how people work over the next decade. These technologies, such as cognitive enhancing drugs, bionic limbs and retinal implants, affect various human capacities such as memory, hearing and mobility. The report explores how, although human enhancement technologies might aid society, their use could raise serious ethical, philosophical, regulatory and economic issues that will need further consideration.
In the second part of a special report, Nina Lakhani exposes how survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster became unwitting guinea pigs in studies funded by Western drug companies. Secret reports seen by The Independent reveal that drug trials funded by western pharmaceutical firms at the Indian hospital set up for survivors of the Bhopal disaster violated international ethical standards and could have put patients at risk.
In a major change of strategy, the new head of GlaxoSmithKline, Andrew Witty, has told the Guardian he will slash prices on all medicines in the poorest countries, give back profits to be spent on hospitals and clinics and – most ground-breaking of all – share knowledge about potential drugs that are currently protected by patents. Witty says he believes drug companies have an obligation to help the poor get treatment. He challenges other pharmaceutical giants to follow his lead.
L1000 fireworks display (L1000FWD) provides interactive visualization of over 16,000 drug and small-molecule induced gene expression signatures. It enables overlaying various drug attributes such as MOA and clinical usages extracted from the EMR/EHR.
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