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Monthly Archives: September 2009

COMMONWEALTH BRANDS, INC v. FDA (PDF): MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Congress Constitutionally Regulated The Marketing Of Modified Risk Tobacco Products. A.

COMMONWEALTH BRANDS, INC v. FDA (PDF): MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Congress Constitutionally Regulated The Marketing Of Modified Risk Tobacco Products. A. Promotional Claims Are Properly Considered As Evidence Of A Product’s Intended Use In Determining Whether The Product May Be Introduced Into Interstate Commerce B

Assessing evidence for a causal link between cannabis and psychosis: A review of cohort studies

Abstract: Over the past five years, the release of cohort studies assessing the link between cannabis and psychosis has increased attention on this relationship. Existing reviews generally conclude that these cohort studies show cannabis has a causal relationship to psychosis, or at least that one cannot be excluded

Strategies to avoid opiate withdrawal: Implications for HCV and HIV risks

Conclusion: Withdrawal periods can heighten risky injection practices. Some IDUs have applied strategies to avoid withdrawal or used practices to cope without engaging in risky practices.

Differences in alcohol-related mortality between foreign-born and native-born Spaniards

Conclusion: Alcohol consumption is an important cause of death among the native-born Spanish population. The observed differences in alcohol-related mortality between native and foreign-born Spaniards should be considered when developing targeted harm reduction policies

Expanding the reach of harm reduction in Thailand: Experiences with a drug user-run drop-in centre

Conclusion: The MSHRC is expanding the scope of harm reduction in Thailand by reaching IDU, including those who report difficulty accessing sterile syringes, and by providing various forms of support. In order to maximise its benefits, efforts should be made to increase awareness of the MSHRC, in particular among women

Tracing retail cannabis in the United States: Geographic origin and cultivation patterns

Conclusion: Street-available cannabis exhibits region-specific trafficking patterns, both Mexican- and Canadian-grown cannabis are apparently widely available, and indoor-grown cannabis appears to be cultivated and trafficked in both warm and cool weather localities throughout the United States. (Source: International Journal of Drug Policy)

Social and structural determinants of HAART access and adherence among injection drug users

Abstract: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically improved health outcomes among people living with HIV/AIDS. However, significant rates of HIV-related morbidity and mortality have persisted among HIV-positive injection drug users (IDU) globally.

How to find non-dependent opiate users: A comparison of sampling methods in a field study of opium and heroin users

Conclusion: Different methods reach different segments of the population of non-dependent opiate users. It is useful to employ a multi-method approach to reduce selectivity. (Source: International Journal of Drug Policy)

Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) and the changing definition of psilocybin

Conclusion: The Harvard administrators were not really moral entrepreneurs but Leary and Alpert clearly were. Although they were far from being prohibitionists, they were self-righteous crusaders on different but equally holy missions for the good of young and minority Americans. Ironically, due to their successes the possession of psilocybin was criminalized under United States federal law in 1968 (Pub.