Cannabis smoking

According to a recent survey, the number of students of US Universities who smoke marijuana on a regular basis is higher than those who smoke cigarettes.

Turkish police have seized 130 kilograms of cannabis after stopping and searching a truck in the western province of Bolu.

A Thai campaign against smoking used a new method to convince smokers to quit.

Israel is extending a hand to Bulgaria for cooperation on the research of medical cannabis with the prospect of turning it into a successful industry, a group of academicals from both countries said at a meeting organized by the Israeli Ambassador in Sofia.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) Giorgiana Hosu said on Friday that drugs worth a total of 16 million euros have been seized last year.

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Potent and highly potent illicit drugs and psychotropic substances as well as nearly RON165,000 and more than 9,000 de euro, along with objects banned from possession were seized by the Police in a sting operation conducted February 13-26, Romania's General Police Inspectorate (IGPR) reported on Sunday in a press release.

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Koço Kokedhima, a businessman and MP from the Socialist Party, had started a campaign - mainly through his newspaper Shekulli - calling for the legal cultivation of marijuana in Albania.

The country is considered a major supplier of marijuana for Western Europe and last year its police conducted two major operations, destroying scores of plantations and arresting dozens of people.

Police in Attica on Thursday arrested six suspected members of a cannabis ring ? five Vietnamese nationals and one Greek ? who are alleged to have made some 50 million euros in profits by producing high-quality cannabis in three maisonettes in Pendeli, Pikermi and Lagonissi.

An expert commission formed in the Croatian health ministry in December has decided that usage of marijuana for medical purposes should be legalised.

Consisting of doctors and medical experts, the panel concluded that use of marijuana in some medical treatments can be useful, according to new scientific and medical research.

A 58-year-old in Halkidiki, northern Greece, was facing felony charges over possession and distribution of drug substances after a police search of his home revealed five parcels containing 3.6 kilos of cannabis.

Officers also retrieved a hunting rifle and nine cartridges.