Topic: DRUGS - on September 5, 2007 at 2:08:00 PM CEST
Costa del Sol Marinas new target for drug runners
Sports marinas in the Province of Málaga have been revealed to be entry points for much of the drugs which make their way onto the Costa del Sol.
A report in La Opinion de Málaga today says that the drug runners are making the most of the fact that the police only have five agents to cover the 12 marinas on the 160kms of coastline.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 5, 2007 at 1:36:00 PM CEST
Weeds Fires Up Homegrown Video Contest
Anyone who’s watched Showtime’s hit series Weeds is likely to recognize the show’s imminently catchy theme song, “Little Boxes” (”Little boxes, on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky-tacky…”). Each week, a different artist performs their rendition of the tune (past performers include Death Cab for Cutie and Randy Newman; The Shins have recorded a version as well) — now, fans get to show off their own versions. Showtime is hosting a user-generated video contest: Submissions are due by Sept. 14, with the winning song airing on Showtime and its performer(s) collecting $10,000.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 4, 2007 at 3:25:00 PM CEST
Important drugs haul on Vejer beach
Officers recovered 1.5 tons of cannabis but failed to capture the smugglers.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 3, 2007 at 7:54:00 PM CEST
Kurioser Streit um Hanfplantage
In der kleinen Braunauer Gemeinde Franking im Bezirk Braunau am Inn herrscht Aufregung um die Hanfplantage einer jungen Bauersfamilie.
Futter für Hühner und Schweine Nach der Darstellung der jungen Bauersfamilie sind sie eigentlich das Futter für die Hühner und Hängebauchschweine - die Hanfpflanzen die in der Gemeinde Franking gewachsen und gediehen sind.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 2, 2007 at 10:03:00 AM CEST
Hashish intercepted at Ceuta port as Moroccans flood back to Europe
A 50 year old man from Ceuta has been arrested by the Guardia Civil at the town’s port when trying to bring 232 kilos of hashish to the mainland.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 2, 2007 at 10:00:00 AM CEST
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2007: Executive Summary United Nations
In 2007, Afghanistan cultivated 193,000 hectares of opium poppies, an increase of 17% over last year. The amount of Afghan land used for opium is now larger than the corresponding total for coca cultivation in Latin America (Colombia, Peru and Bolivia combined).
Favourable weather conditions produced opium yields (42.5 kg per hectare) higher than last year (37.0 kg/ha). As a result, in 2007 Afghanistan produced an extraordinary 8,200 tons of opium (34% more than in 2006), becoming practically the exclusive supplier of the world’s deadliest drug (93% of the global opiates market). Leaving aside 19th century China, that had a population at that time 15 times larger than today’s Afghanistan, no other country in the world has ever produced narcotics on such a deadly scale.
On aggregate, Afghanistan’s opium production has thus reached a frighteningly new level, twice the amount produced just two years ago.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 31, 2007 at 1:28:00 PM CEST
16 arrests in Marbella and Sevilla as drug runners broken up
There were nine arrests on the Cabo Pino beach in Marbella 16 people have been arrested and 2.5 tons of hashish recovered by police in Málaga and Sevilla provinces.
There were 1,720 kilos of hashish pollen and 870 kilos of actual hashish.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 30, 2007 at 6:26:00 PM CEST
Größte Hanfplantage Österreichs entdeckt
Im Bezirk Eferding hat die Polizei die bisher größte Indoor-Drogenplantage Österreichs entdeckt. Eine Drogenbande hat für die Cannabiszucht eine 4.000 Quadratmeter große Halle angemietet.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 30, 2007 at 6:21:00 PM CEST
'Drug dealer' tarred, feathered
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 30, 2007 at 6:18:00 PM CEST
Prison-Yard Pot Plagues Japanese Lockup
A Japanese prison is scrambling to eradicate marijuana plants that keep sprouting up on its exercise ground, officials said Tuesday.
The marijuana plants started sprouting at Abashiri Prison on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido about a year ago, said prison official Takeshi Okamura. He said officials plucked out as many as 300 marijuana plants and treated the ground last year, but several more sprouted again this year.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2007 at 3:39:00 PM CEST
CANNABIS NOW WORSE THAN THE NAZIS
1. (-) Cannabis 2. (2) Tobacco 3. (4) Debt consolidation ads featuring Carol Vorderman = 5. (1) Richard and Judy = 5. (3) The Nazis 6. (-) Heathrow Airport 7. (5) Prince Phillip 8. (7) Joseph Stalin 9. (-) Noel Edmonds 10. (10) The Devil and all his minions
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 28, 2007 at 10:27:00 AM CEST
In Pot We Trust
The medical use of marijuana is examined from every side of a very complex issue with this documentary that charts the suffering of four chronically ill patients whose reliance on the illegal drug as a pain killer is in jeopardy due to federal anti-narcotic legislation. Reform organizations, prohibitionist groups, politicians, drug war critics, scientists, and celebrities all get their say in this fascinating analysis.
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