"I think democracy is under real stress from large corporations," said Susan George, who is here to present the Ted Wheelwright Memorial Lecture at the University of Sydney tonight."It's not the small to medium-sized enterprises but the transnational corporations that are really gaining ground in every area and putting pressure on governments to protect them at the expense of the citizenry."... Read more

Este documento informativo brinda un breve resumen de los antecedentes, la historia y los objetivos de las SCD, y analiza la evidencia disponible en cuanto a su impacto. La segunda parte del documento informativo consiste en una visión general de las diversas SCD en distintos países, y se centra concretamente en los conceptos empleados para desarrollar estos centros en relación a la situación ... Read more

Cut cannabis use by selling it at the post office, Wodak said. Australia needed to learn from the tobacco industry and the US Prohibition era in coming to terms with his belief that cannabis use would replace cigarette consumption over the next decade. "The general principal is that it's not sustainable that we continue to give criminals and corrupt police a monopoly to sell a drug that is soon... Read more

The next day, Mr Costa wrote a mea culpa letter to Mr Charles [PDF document] making the required promises to secure continued US funding. "On the general issue of 'harm reduction', I share your concern. Under the guise of 'harm reduction', there are people working disingenuously to alter the world's opposition to drugs. These people can misuse our well-intentioned statements for their own... Read more