[USA] Study aims to clear haze surrounding pot addiction / San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 March 2008
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20080314-9999-1n14dope.html
Terri Somers
"But much less is known about marijuana, the nation's most widely used and socially accepted illicit drug. Our knowledge of marijuana is often based on personal experience, observation or anecdotes, despite a growing collection of scientific studies on the topic. Scripps Research Institute addiction expert Barbara Mason hopes to change that, and to help find novel treatments for addiction to marijuana, with some solid scientific data."

[US] Curbing teen drinking difficult in urban areas / University of Florida, 17 March 2008
http://news.ufl.edu/2008/03/17/alcohol-3/

[USA] Youths Who Use Stimulants Nonmedically More Likely to Report Illicit Drug Use and Other Delinquent Behaviors
CESAR FAX, March 3, 2008 Vol. 17, Issue 9
PDF - http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax/vol17/17-09.pdf
US. University of Maryland

The National Drug Strategy: a guide for local partnerships interim update 2008 / London Drug Policy Forum, March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpsy

Methadone: a necessary evil / BBC News [West Midlands], 19 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7301717.stm
"Methadone can be highly addictive and dangerous and has been linked to the deaths of several drug addicts' children. So why does the NHS pay for it to be routinely prescribed to thousands of heroin addicts across the country?"

Can production and trafficking of illicit drugs be reduced or merely shifted? / World Bank, 18 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpsx
Reuter, Peter
"The production of cocaine and heroin, the two most important drugs economically, has been concentrated in a small number of poor nations for 25 years. A slightly larger number of developing nations have been affected by large-scale trafficking in these two drugs. Efforts to reduce drug production and trafficking have not been subject to systematic evaluation but the best interpretation of the available evidence is that they have had minimal effect on the quantities produced or trafficked. It is reasonable to conclude that international drug control efforts can do more to affect where these drugs are produced rather than the quantity. If that is the case, and given that spreading a specific level of production or trafficking to more rather than fewer nations probably decreases global welfare, it may be appropriate to consider a less aggressive stance to current producers and to make strategic decisions about the location of an industry producing a global bad."

The Historical foundations of the narcotic drug control regime / World Bank, 12 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpsw
Buxton, Julia
"This paper outlines the institutional history of the international narcotic drug control regime. The paper argues that the contemporary control model is ill-positioned to address the dynamic and rapidly changing nature of the global narcotics trade. The persistence of anachronistic guiding first principles, specifically the utopian idea of prohibition, is identified as the key impediment to the adoption of a more humane and effective policy approach. But while there is growing pressure for a revision of founding ideas, this is not supported by a host of powerful actors."

The Operational limitations of Police Aviation Units: Why can't they respond? / Officer.com, 17 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpst
KENNETH J. SOLOSKY

Immigration, faith and cohesion: Evidence from local areas with significant Muslim populations / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 19 March 2008
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2189-immigration-faith-cohesion.pdf
Hiranthi Jayaweera and Tufyal Choudhury
"This report examines the significance of different dimensions of cohesion – including social interaction, participation and belonging – on the lives of Muslims and people of other faiths or of no faith, both recent arrivals and established residents, living in the London borough of Newham, Birmingham and Bradford. It provides new insight into people’s experience of cohesion and community at a time when policy is focusing on community cohesion at the local level, particularly in relation to the arrival of significant numbers of new migrants in some areas."

Data Protection - Protecting People: A Data Protection Strategy for the Information Commissioner’s Office / ICO, March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpss

Judges reject Islamic 'phone marriage' with woman in Bangladesh / Times, 19 March 2008
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3583529.ece
"The Court of Appeal has refused to recognise a marriage involving an autistic British man that is legal under sharia"

Police trying out national database with 750,000 mugshots, MPs told / Guardian, 19 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/19/ukcrime.humanrights
Alan Travis
"· Offenders' faces tracked through CCTV images
· Scheme part of 'hi-tech revolution on the beat'"

[USA] NIST Requests Comments on Proposed Biometrics Lab Program / GovTech.com, 5 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjp
"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public comments on a proposed new programme to accredit testing laboratories that evaluate biometrics-based identification systems. The proposed Biometrics Laboratory Accreditation Program would assess the ability of candidate laboratories to evaluate biometric technologies such as facial, fingerprint, retinal and voice recognitions against recognised national and international standards."

[USA] Bush calls for tighter cybersecurity / USA Today, 13 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjn
Richard Wolf
"A sudden spike in the number of successful attacks against federal government information systems and databases has led President Bush to propose a multibillion-dollar response."

[USA] The Impact of Unilateral Divorce on Crime / Institute for the Study of Labor, March 2008
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp3380.pdf
Julio Cáceres-Delpiano ; Eugenio Giolito
IZA DP No. 3380

Canada: Record number of immigrants in 2007 / WorkPermit.com, 17 March 2008
http://www.workpermit.com/news/2008-03-17/record-number-immigrants-canada-2007.htm

Italy and France use Dublin airport for deportations / Irish Times, 12 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjh
CONOR LALLY
"A GROUP of Ghanaian nationals was deported from Dublin, having been assembled here from a number of European countries before being sent home."

Local experiences of migration: Consulting Coventry / Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpje
Kim Ward

Use of Methamphetamine Among U.S. Workers and Job Applicants Drops 22 Percent in 2007 and Cocaine Use Slows Dramatically, Reports Quest Diagnostics / Quest Diagnostics, 12 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjc
"Findings from Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index® also show that overall drug positivity remains at record lows"

[USA] Constitutional Limits on Hate Crime Legislation / Congressional Research Service, 20 February 2008
PDF - http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22812_20080220.pdf
Alison M. Smith ; Paul Starett Wallace, Jr.