No new legal drugs for you, Kentucky! (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mephedrone ("Bath Salts") Banned in Kentucky
Add Kentucky to the short list of states that have banned the synthetic stimulant mephedrone, typically marketed as "bath salts."
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INCB head Hamid Ghodse (l) briefing reporters in Vienna (incb.org)
Most of World Lacks Access to Pain Drugs, UN Agency Says [FEATURE]
While the US wallows in a sea of pain pills, much of the rest of the world goes without, the International Narcotics Control Board reported Wednesday. Not to be too liberal, the INCB is also worried about the rise of designer drugs.
No more buzz from Spice or "Bath Salts" in the Beehive State (Image via Wikimedia)
"Bath Salts," Fake Marijuana Banned in Utah
Utah is the latest state to hop on the fake pot ban bandwagon. The same law also bans mephedrone.
mephedrone ad (image via Wikimedia)
Schumer Wants to Ban Synthetic "Bath Salts" Drugs
Confronted with a new synthetic stimulant drug, a US senator reflexively reaches for the ban button.
Going, going, gone in Louisiana. Who's next?
Meet Mephedrone, the Latest "Drug Menace" [FEATURE]
A new designer drug is generating the same old knee-jerk prohibitionist responses. Be scared, very scared!
San Malverde, Mexico's patron saint of narco-traffickers
This Year's Top 10 International Drug Policy Stories
It's been a busy year on the global drug policy front. Here, we look at some of the biggest stories.
Mephedrone, now available in Europe only via the black market (image courtesy Wikimedia)
In a Rush, European Union Bans Mephedrone
The European Union has moved to ban the synthetic stimulant mephedrone, despite a lack of evidence for its harms or related fatalities.
mephedrone sample (photo from mephedrone.org)
European Union Uses Weak Evidence to Urge Mephedrone Ban
Bureaucratic reflexes have kicked in at the European Union. Confronted by a new drug, mephedrone, the EU calls for a continent-wide ban.