A prescription drug which contains the same active ingredient as marijuana has become available to multiple sclerosis suffers in Denmark for the first time. Read the full story

Police in southern Sweden received a visit from an unhappy member of the public who asked authorities to test the hashish be had purchased for traces of LSD, complaining that the smoke had been way too strong. Read the full story

The Danish Justice Minister is to deliberate over a proposal that would see Copenhagen’s cannabis market taken away from criminal gangs and placed in the operation of state sanctioned cannabis stores or ‘coffee shops’. However, the city council’s plans to establish the new shops are unlikely to be met with great enthusiasm amongst members of parliament, according to one Conservative Party member. Read the full story

According to a new Swedish study, smoking marijuana can be more dangerous to young people than was previously thought. Read the full story

The British singer Amy Winehouse is on a trip to Norway today, but it is not a pleasure trip. The often-troubled 25 year-old singer has a court date in Bergen today concerning her appeal against charges of drug possession stemming back to 2007. Read the full story