Topic: DRUGS - on December 2, 2007 at 11:48:00 AM CET
Steinzeit bei Polizei und Führerscheinbehörden - erfolgreich zur Wehr gesetzt
Nach österreichischem Recht darf bei gelegentlichem Konsum von Cannabis der Führerschein nicht weggenommen werden, außer man fährt eingeraucht. Trotzdem ordnen Führerscheinbe-amte immer wieder ungesetzliche Führerscheinuntersuchungen an.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 1, 2007 at 10:37:00 AM CET
Police: Hershey candy looks like drugs
New mint packets being sold by The Hershey Co. look nearly identical to the tiny heat-sealed bags used to sell illegal powdered drugs like crack, heroin and cocaine and glorify the drug trade, a Philadelphia police official said.
Ice Breakers Pacs, nickel-sized dissolvable pouches with a powdered sweetener inside, hit store shelves in November. The packets, which come in blue and orange plastic slide-up cases, are similar enough to drug packets that a child familiar with the candy could mistakenly swallow a heat-sealed bag of drugs, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector William Blackburn told the Philadelphia Daily News for an article published Friday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 30, 2007 at 10:51:00 AM CET
Cannabis-Legalisierer vernetzen sich
Eine Bürgerinitiative führt den "Kampf auf Millimeterpapier", am Wochenende fand das erste österreichweite Vernetzungstreffen statt – inklusive juristischem Fachvortrag.
"Die gesamte Drogendiskussion ist irrational. Die Gesellschaft braucht Sündenböcke, sie will diskriminieren", sagt Bernhard Amann. Doch der Vorarlberger Sozialarbeiter, Kommunalpolitiker und ehemalige Vorsitzende der österreichischen IG Kultur gibt nicht auf: Seit 2001 hat seine Bürgerinitiative, gemeinsam mit dem Verein "Legalize!", in Vorarlberg schon 15.000 Unterschriften gesammelt – gegen die "Inquisition", wie er sagt. Jetzt soll die Arbeit auf ganz Österreich ausgedehnt werden: "Es gibt eine halbe Million Kiffer in Österreich. Die Frage ist: Wie bringt man deren Hinterteile hoch?"
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 30, 2007 at 10:50:00 AM CET
Federal Court Rules Pot To Be Returned To Driver
Kha pleaded guilty to a traffic violation. The charge of possessing marijuana while driving was dropped after he produced a doctor's note approving Kha's use that he said was for severe back pain.
Despite objections by the prosecution, the judge ordered Kha's marijuana returned, according to the ruling.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 26, 2007 at 3:25:00 PM CET
Red alert: Amy Winehouse's scarlet nose hints that recent troubles are taking their toll
She's said to be on the verge of finally going to rehab - and as these pictures show Amy Winehouse is in dire need of it.
With a cigarette hanging out of her mouth and her bony frame unsightly in a tiny dress, the troubled singer frightened fans with her appearance on Saturday night.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 26, 2007 at 3:22:00 PM CET
Thanksgiving für Cannabis
Für das Panoptikum zeichnet Steven Hager verantwortlich, der 1987 Chefredakteur der „High Times“ wurde und den „Cannabis Cup“ sogleich ins Leben rief. Hager nennt diesen ein Erntedankfest: „Es gibt ein Thanksgiving für Mais, Sojabohnen, Weizen, für alle Pflanzen der Erde. Also warum nicht für Cannabis?“ An der Wand hinter ihm hängt ein Poster von „Cannabacchus“, der Gottheit des Cannabis, die im vergangenen Jahr eigens für den „Cannabis Cup“ geschaffen wurde, wie Hager erläutert. Cannabacchus sieht aus wie eine Kreuzung aus Karl Marx, Salman Rushdie und dem Weihnachtsmann. Hager hingegen, man kann es nicht anders sagen, sieht aus wie das Klischee eines Kiffers - eines Kiffers allerdings, der seine besten Jahre weit, weit hinter sich gelassen hat.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 26, 2007 at 10:00:00 AM CET
The Peace Drug
Post-traumatic stress disorder had destroyed Donna Kilgore's life. Then experimental therapy with MDMA, a psychedelic drug better known as ecstasy, showed her a way out. Was it a fluke -- or the future?
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 26, 2007 at 9:59:00 AM CET
Málaga lorry driver arrested for smuggling cargo of cannabis
A Málaga lorry driver is under custody in Toledo, after a police swoop on an industrial estate in Valmojado early on Saturday where five other suspects from Morocco were arrested as more than 18 tons of cannabis resin were being unloaded from his refrigerated lorry.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 24, 2007 at 6:26:00 PM CET
20th Cannabis Cup (2007) Winners And Categories
1st Place: Barney's - G13 Haze 2nd Place: Grey Area - Chocolope 3rd Place: Greenhouse - Super Silver Haze
Tommy Chong at the 2007 Cannabis Cup
Leah - Cannabis Cup - Closing Ceremony~ And the winner is...first place for best straincannabiscupwinners.comwikipedia.org nederwiet.blogspot.com
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 24, 2007 at 3:03:00 PM CET
Cannabis Cup draws pot perfectionists to Amsterdam
Cannabis connoisseurs in their thousands have descended on the Dutch capital of Amsterdam this week to sample and select the winners of the 20th annual Cannabis Cup competition.
"There's a lot of good competition this year," said 'Herbal Santa' a longtime marijuana smoker from Orange Country, California, who, when asked for his name only offered 'Jim'.
Organizers said they expected about 3,500 participants.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 22, 2007 at 12:41:00 PM CET
Steep rise in Europe cocaine use
An annual report on drug use says around 4.5 million Europeans are likely to have used cocaine in the past year - a million more than in 2006.
The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) says the increase in cocaine seizures and quantities also confirms its status as "Europe's stimulant drug of choice".
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 22, 2007 at 12:40:00 PM CET
British woman on cocaine charge
A British woman has been detained at Lisbon airport on allegations she tried to smuggle cocaine into the country in two false-bottomed suitcases.
Portuguese customs officials say the woman was carrying almost 12.5kg (27.6lb) of the drug.
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