Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians, said drug laws should be "reconsidered with a view to decriminalizing illicit drugs use".
CANNABIS CULTURE - The California 4th District Court of Appeal of Anaheim's ordinance, which prohibits medical marijuana dispensaries and makes it a crime to operate them, has been reversed and the matter has been sent back to court.
The city of Atlanta will pay $4.9 million to the family of Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year-old woman killed in a botched November 2006 drug raid, Mayor Kasim Reed's office announced Monday.
Singer George Michael was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis and driving while under the influence of drink or drugs after smashing his car into a photo store.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Why spend thousands of dollars on a complex grow-op security system when nature has already provided the perfect sentinel? Police in B.C. have raided an outdoor grow apparently patrolled and guarded by black bears.
Medical marijuana will be available in Germany soon, with the centre-right coalition preparing to make groundbreaking changes to drug laws, a government health spokeswoman said this week.