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WRS stories about “cannabis”
New street drug economies emerge from anti-pot push
Friday, 17 July, 2009
Crackdowns on cannabis production and consumption are having at least one major impact on the streets—namely they’re causing marijuana prices to skyrocket, according to recent reports in the Swiss media. In fact, a gramme of marijuana now reportedly costs roughly the same—about 30 francs—as a gramme of heroin, which has seen its prices fall from about 500 francs per gramme over the past 20 years. WRS’s Catherine Allen spoke to Thilo Beck, Medical Director of the Association for Risk Reduction and a leading prevention expert, to find out if the changing street prices are changing drug use habits.
Friday, 17 July, 2009
Crackdowns on cannabis production and consumption are having at least one major impact on the streets—namely they’re causing marijuana prices to skyrocket, according to recent reports in the Swiss media. In fact, a gramme of marijuana now reportedly costs roughly the same—about 30 francs—as a gramme of heroin, which has seen its prices fall from about 500 francs per gramme over the past 20 years. WRS’s Catherine Allen spoke to Thilo Beck, Medical Director of the Association for Risk Reduction and a leading prevention expert, to find out if the changing street prices are changing drug use habits.
Wednesday, 20 May, 2009
It’s perhaps a surprising result, but young people in Switzerland smoke more cannabis than in most other European countries, with only the Czech Republic and, oddly, the Isle of Man, faring worse. Swiss youngsters are also drinking heavily, way higher than the European average, according to figures released in a study by the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Drugs. Conor Lennon spoke to Doctor Allen Guggenbühl, a psychotherapist who works with children and teenagers, and began by asking why so many young swiss are smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol.
Rekindling the marijuana debate
Tuesday, 4 December, 2007
The controversial issue of cannabis use will come before Switzerland’s new parliament today, resurfacing three years after a government plan to decriminalise the drug was voted down. Catherine Allen reports.
Tuesday, 4 December, 2007
The controversial issue of cannabis use will come before Switzerland’s new parliament today, resurfacing three years after a government plan to decriminalise the drug was voted down. Catherine Allen reports.
