Topic: DRUGS - on October 26, 2007 at 5:51:00 PM CEST
Cannabis use down since legal change
Gordon Brown's plans to tighten the law on cannabis by increasing the penalties for possession suffered a fresh blow yesterday as the latest official figures showed the decision to downgrade the drug had been followed by a significant fall in its use.
British Crime Survey statistics showed that the proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds using cannabis slumped from 28% a decade ago to 21% now, with its declining popularity accelerating after the decision to downgrade the drug to class C was announced in January 2004.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 25, 2007 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Too Much Marijuana Makes Pain Worse, Not Better
Although smoking “moderate” doses of cannabis helps reduce pain in healthy research volunteers, pain is actually increased at high doses, a new study shows.
The November issue of the journal Anesthesiology features a study showing that marijuana, or cannabis, reduces pain only within a smaller dose range.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 25, 2007 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Fewer young people using cannabis after reclassification
Cannabis use among young people has fallen significantly since its controversial reclassification in 2004, according to the latest British Crime Survey figures published today.
The Home Office figures showed the proportion of 16 to 24-year-olds who had used cannabis in the past year fell from 25% when the change in the law was introduced to 21% in 2006/07 - still about 1.3 million users.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 23, 2007 at 11:20:00 AM CEST
A Comeback for Lebanon's Hashish
Lebanon's anti-drug squad and the handful of soldiers protecting them had an unpleasant surprise last month when they launched an annual raid on fields of ripe hashish in the northern Bekaa Valley. Rather than standing aside meekly while their hashish was ploughed up as in the past, the farmers this year were determined to protect their lucrative crops. "They shot at us with automatic weapons from nearby woods and houses," Colonel Adel Machmouchi, head of Lebanon's Drug Enforcement Bureau, told TIME. "RPGs [rocket-propelled grenades] were exploding above our heads and we had to leave."
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 23, 2007 at 11:19:00 AM CEST
Cocaine boat reaches Gran Canaria after boarding at sea
3.7 tons of the drug were seized and 6 crew members arrested
A Panamanian boat carrying 3.7 tons of cocaine which was located 80 miles off the western coast of Senegal last Friday reached the Canary Islands on Monday, escorted by the Spanish Navy ship, the Centinela.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 20, 2007 at 12:46:00 PM CEST
Boat carrying 3,700 kilos of cocaine located off the Canaries
The vessel is thought to have come from Senegal. The six people on board have been arrested
A boat carrying 3,700 kilos of cocaine has been located close to the Canaries.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 19, 2007 at 12:49:00 PM CEST
Civil Guard drugs haul on Cádiz coast now up to 4.6 tons
Two separate operations on Tuesday night seized 1.2 and 3.4 tons of cannabis resin
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 17, 2007 at 12:15:00 PM CEST
Geopolitics of opium 2007
The amount of Afghan land used for growing opium is now larger than the combined total under coca cultivation in Latin America - Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. No other country has produced narcotics on such a deadly scale since China in the 19 th century. Opium in Afghanistan: Eradicate or subsidize?
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 17, 2007 at 12:14:00 PM CEST
JFK 'drug smuggling ring' charged
At least 18 people have been charged in the United States over an alleged drug smuggling ring operating via JFK airport in New York.
Prosecutors say baggage handlers and workers for Delta Airline were involved in smuggling heroin and cocaine into the US from the Dominican Republic.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 17, 2007 at 12:11:00 PM CEST
Stop Bush's Drug War Draft!
President Bush's policies kick students with drug convictions out of school but welcome them into the military. Where are our priorities???
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 13, 2007 at 1:28:00 PM CEST
Mushrooms lose their magic
The sale of hallucinogenic magic mushrooms is about to be banned by the Dutch Government in the latest sign of a conservative backlash against Amsterdam’s relaxed attitude towards sex and drugs.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 13, 2007 at 1:08:00 PM CEST
Mushrooms - Notes from the Psychedelic Salon [mp3]
Archive for the 'Mushrooms' Category
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