UNODC gets 20 million euros from the Netherlands...
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to address HIV AIDS among injecting drug users in Eastern Europe, Russia.
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DEA Closes Medical Marijuana Dispensaries In San Diego
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Sick And Dying San Diegans Resolve To Fight For Safe Access To The Medicine, Will Petition City Council For Help Tuesday
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Growing Movement of Law Enforcement Officers Indict the War on Drugs
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LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) to Debut 12-minute Video Offering Radical Alternative to War on drugs. LEAP Event Comes as West Hollywood Makes Marijuana Enforcement Lowest Priority.
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UNODC Proposes Pact to Stop Smuggling of Migrants from Africa
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, urged participants of the Euro-African Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development taking place in Rabat to create a Pact to combat the smuggling
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UN drugs chief sounds warning about Afghan opium production, cocaine consumption in Europe
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Cocaine consumption in western Europe is reaching alarming levels while opium production in Afghanistan could rise again this year despite a welcome decline in 2005,
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25th Anniversary of HIV AIDS Epidemic Brings Calls for...
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Renewed Efforts to Pass Syringe Access Legislation in New Jersey. 13 Years After Introduction of First Sterile Syringe Access Bill in New Jersey Legislature Has Yet to Act.
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UNODC launches manual of best practices to counter kidnapping
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime today launched a Counter-Kidnapping Manual to help Member States in dealing with kidnapping.
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International exhibition of prisoners paintings to be staged in Vienna International Centre
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To mark the 15 th session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice next week, over 120 paintings from prisoners around the world will be exhibited in the rotunda of the Vienna International Centre.
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Head of United Nations in Vienna reappointed for four-year term
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Antonio Maria Costa has been re-appointed for a second four-year term as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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Andy Dick, Jason Flom, John Fugelsang, Beth Lapides, Jill Sobule...
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Bruce Vilanch Prove the War on Drugs Can Be a Laughing Matter! Monday, April 10: An Evening of Comedy and Music to Benefit the Drug Policy Alliance, A National Organization Promoting Drug Policies Grounded in Science, Compassion, Health and Human Rights
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UN drugs agency urges Kenya to destroy seized cocaine
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, urged the Kenyan government on Tuesday to destroy a record consignment of more than a tonne of cocaine which was seized in December 2004.
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White House Pushes Controversial Student Drug Testing Agenda At Summit in Falls Church
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Communities Throughout VA Rejecting Ineffective and Intrusive Random Student Drug Testing Parents, Experts and Others Available for Interview
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United Nations drugs agency calls for international support for former opium farmers in Laos
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The head of the United Nations drugs agency called on Tuesday for sustained international support for former opium farmers in Laos to ensure that poverty does not force them to re-start cultivation of the drug.
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Congressman Souder Afraid of Open Debate on Failed War on Drugs
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Criticizes Leading Conservative Conference. CPAC Debate on Failed Drug War to Include Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director, Ethan Nadelmann.
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United Nations Counter-Narcotics Chief Visits Kabul to Discuss Trends and Policies for 2006
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During a mission to Afghanistan, from 19 to 21 January 2006, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
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Cocalero Evo Morales Frontrunner in Sunday’s Bolivian Presidential Election
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Historic December 18 Election Seen As Opportunity to Promote Wider International Dialogue on International Drug Control Policy.
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UNODC Collaborates with United States and other Governments to Examine Methamphetamine Threat
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Officials of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Member States from the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe participated in a digital video conference addressing the global threat posed by methamphetamines and the precursor...
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More Reefer Madness from ONDCP New Campaign Misleads Public on Marijuana and Driving
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Innocent Drivers Could Suffer from White House “Steer Clear of Pot” Initiative, Say Leading Drug Policy Experts. Safety Campaign Should Focus on Actual Impairment from Alcohol, Prescription Drugs or Marijuana, Not Just Evidence of Past Use
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UNODC Head Urges World s Top Law Officers to Take Lead in Securing Rule of Law
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, today called on the world s top law officers to take the lead in reforming their countries judicial systems.
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Call for Rockefeller Drug Law Repeal Propels Second District Attorney to Electoral Victory
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Reformer Gwen Wilkinson Soundly Beats Pro-Rockefeller Incumbent in Tompkins County District Attorney Race. For Second Year in a Row, Voters Send Message: If You Oppose Rockefeller Drug Law Repeal, We’ll Remove You From Office.
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African Programme of Action to Counter Crime, Insecurity and Corruption Endorsed at Abuja Meeting
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A landmark Round Table of senior state officials and policy makers from African countries, hosted by the Government of Nigeria and organized in association with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), closed with participants achieving...
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African Leaders Urged to Tackle Crime
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Insecurity and Corruption in Order to Promote Development: A Programme of Action to be Endorsed at Abuja Meeting
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Governor Pataki Signs Limited Rockefeller Reform Bill
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Bill Allows 500 Plus Non-Violent Drug Offenders to Apply for Shortened Sentences
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UNODC announces major reduction in 2005 opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan
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UNODC Executive Director says one field out of five cultivated in 2004 were not replanted in 2005.
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Photographer Alessandro Scotti Appointed as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
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Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has appointed the Italian photographer, Alessandro Scotti, as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador.
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UNODC Executive Director Says Tracking Terrorist Funding as Important as Chasing Terrorists
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According to Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), The horrific bombings in London tell us that the first response is to find and punish the terrorists responsible for this slaughter.
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United Nations Firearms Protocol Enters into Force
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On 3 July, 90 days after the date of deposit of its fortieth instrument of ratification, the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms...
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