Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 11:49:00 AM CEST
'End This War on Drugs'
Last week San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom called for an end to the war on drugs yet insisted he was not talking about legalization. Yeah, I'm not sure what that means either, but his remarks were refreshing both for their candor and for their challenge to his fellow Democrats:
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 11:13:00 AM CEST
The Prince of Pot with Barry Cooper Droppin’ Knowledge
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 10:47:00 AM CEST
Smugglers arrested and cannabis seized in Cabopino port, Marbella
More than a ton of cannabis resin was recovered in a Civil Guard operation in Cabopino port in Marbella early on Tuesday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 10:44:00 AM CEST
SLOPPY TRADECRAFT EXPOSES CIA DRUG PLANE
Seventeen months after an American-registered DC9 airliner was busted with 5.5 tons of cocaine, a major international scandal is brewing over a second drug trafficking incident in Mexico's Yucatan involving an American-registered jet owned by a dummy front company of the kind usually associated with the CIA.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 10, 2007 at 10:38:00 AM CEST
What does 40,000 lbs of cocaine look like?
Coast Guard Video: The Coast Guard offloaded more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $500 million from cutter Sherman here April 23, 2007, seized by the crew in three busts near Central America in February and March.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 7, 2007 at 12:53:00 PM CEST
Pot candy factory owner surrenders
The founder of an Oakland food factory that laces everything from cookies to barbecue sauce with marijuana surrendered Thursday to face a federal drug charge.
Michael Martin, 33, was freed on $300,000 bond on the charge of conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 5, 2007 at 11:17:00 AM CEST
Art of the Psychedelic Era
James Kalm takes a trip down memory lane with this controversial exhibition. With a look back of over forty years, the romanticism and exotic joy that was offered by the psychedelic revolution is still attracting devotees and influencing artists. Admittedly the music was fabulous, the social changes breathtaking, but lesser known was the broad influence of the poster designers who were promoting every thing from concerts to protest demonstrations. A great proportion of this show is dedicated to documentation of the personalities and times. Included are images of Timothy Leary, Alan Ginsberg, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Abdul Mati Klarwein, Richard Lindner, Isaac Abrams and others.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 5, 2007 at 11:11:00 AM CEST
Drugs Hidden in Mr. Potato Head Toy
Customs officers discovered nearly 10.5 ounces of ecstasy tablets hidden inside a Mr. Potato Head toy sent to Australia from Ireland, the agency said Thursday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 5, 2007 at 11:09:00 AM CEST
Dead bugs used to smuggle drugs
As drug mules, bugs don't carry much. And they didn't get by customs in the Netherlands. A customs officer who took a close look at a consignment of more than 100 large, dead bugs sent from Peru to the Netherlands discovered cocaine had been stashed in their backs.
miamiherald.com metro.co.ukseattlepi.nwsource.comcnews.canoe.ca
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 5, 2007 at 11:04:00 AM CEST
Hashish "spacecakes" become chicken-friendly
Amsterdam's famed coffee shops are turning to free-range eggs for their hashish "spacecakes" to reduce the suffering of chickens.
"Coffee shop owners were completely unaware and shocked that their spacecakes are not animal friendly," said a spokeswoman for Dutch animal rights group Wakker Dier, campaigning against the use of eggs from chickens kept caged on battery farms.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 5, 2007 at 11:01:00 AM CEST
Tasmanian Heroin Is Bad News for Junkies, Great News for Cops
Since Tasmania produces massive amounts of opium straw for the pharmaceutical industry, Australian cops want to know if any of the carefully-regulated crops are making their way onto the black market. To solve that problem, chemists at the University of Newcastle have found an easy way to identify heroin made from the island-grown poppies.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 4, 2007 at 10:35:00 AM CEST
US claims success in war on drugs
The top US drugs official has said anti-drug efforts are having the best results of the past 20 years.
John Walters, head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said cocaine shortages had led to a jump in prices in 37 American cities.
Efforts on both sides of the Mexican border have disrupted the flow of all drugs into the US, Mr Walters said.
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