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Baltimore, MD: The stimulation of a specific endocannabinoid receptor by a synthetic cannabinoid agonist significantly reduces the desire for cocaine , according to preclinical data published online in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience . Investigators at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program reported that activation of the CB2 receptor via the administration of a...

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Los Angeles, CA: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) passed a resolution this week calling for an end to America's so-called 'war' on drugs. The resolution, enacted Tuesday during the organization's 102th annual convention in Los Angeles, calls for alternative to incarceration for non-violent drug offenders and acknowledges that existing policies disproportionately sanction minorities....

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PA Gun Club Reaches Deal to Re-Open Trap Range Read the original here: PA Gun Club Reaches Deal to Re-Open Trap Range

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The Federal Government's move to establish the Carbon Farming Initiative establishes opportunities for indigenous Australians to drive a once-in-a-lifetime paradigm change, from the ground up. Read the rest here: Indigenous fire skills blaze an eco-friendly trail

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Northern Ireland's environment minister has added his voice to those calling for more protection for Strangford Lough, a marine nature reserve on the east coast. See the original post: Report says more protection needed for horse mussels

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Cod and other groundfish populations off the east coast of Canada are showing signs of recovery more than 20 years after the fisheries collapsed in the early 1990s, according to research published July 27 in Nature. See more here: Cod Resurgence in Canadian Waters

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The Government of Bermuda and the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have agreed to cooperate on scientific and educational programs to better protect the endangered North Atlantic humpback whale population. Here is the original post: Greater Protection For North Atlantic Humpback Whale Population

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While the politics of climate change are being played out in Canberra, many of the world's leading botanists are in Melbourne discussing the science of survival for the planet's plant life. Go here to see the original: Survival of plants top of the agenda

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The continued reliance on a strategy of setting aside land and marine territories as "protected areas" is insufficient to stem global biodiversity loss, says a comprehensive study published in Marine Ecology Progress Series, a journal of the Germany-based Inter-Research Science Centre. See the original post here: Protected areas alone cannot stem biodiversity loss: study

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Authorities in Madagascar this week arrested two men and seized close to 200 of some of the world's rarest tortoises that they were trying to smuggle out of Antananarivo's Ivato Airport to Jakarta, Indonesia, TRAFFIC, the wildlife monitoring network, said today. Read more here: Madagascar Foils Smuggling of Rarest Tortoises