Topic: DRUGS - on August 28, 2007 at 9:58:00 AM CEST
Salvia's quick high worries police
t's a powerful hallucinogen and a common garden herb and it's becoming a cheap way to get high on London streets.
It's Salvia divinorum, it's legal and it has London police worried.
But they can't do anything about it.
A woman, who didn't want to be named, said she first tried Salvia in 2005 and isn't eager to do it again.
"It was more powerful than any drug I've ever had," said the woman, who has used marijuana, magic mushrooms, and ecstasy. "The whole trip lasted about 10 seconds . . . It kinda freaked me out."
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 28, 2007 at 9:57:00 AM CEST
93-year-old free on bond after being charged with cocaine trafficking
A 93-year-old man was charged with cocaine-trafficking Thursday, the same day police netted three other people on charges of possessing heroine, opium and a slew of prescription drugs, police said Friday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 27, 2007 at 4:09:00 PM CEST
Inside an Afghan opium market
Travelling on Afghanistan's main Jalalabad to Torkham road, you eventually arrive at Shaddle Bazaar, a market of around 30 shops in the eastern province of Nangarhar, on the border with Pakistan.
At first glance, it looks like any other normal market offering everyday goods.
But in reality, this is one of Afghanistan's biggest opium markets.
bbc.co.uk Afghanistan opium at record highguardian.co.uk Afghanistan's opium production doubles in two years
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 25, 2007 at 11:43:00 AM CEST
Feds Seize Cocaine-Packed Submarine
Partially Submerged Vessel Was Carrying 5.5 Tons Cocaine Off Coast Of Guatemala. Four suspected smugglers were operating the self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel when it was located and seized on Sunday evening by officials from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 24, 2007 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
The US, Mexico and the War on Drugs [Podcast]
President Bush and Congress may be willing to spend a billion American dollars to help Mexico's President Calderon control drug traffic, official corruption and brutal violence.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 24, 2007 at 12:26:00 PM CEST
Seven arrests as 3,000 kilos of hashish recovered on Almería beach
Seven people have been arrested with more than 3,000 kilos of hashish on the Palmerillas Beach at Roquetas de Mar in Almería.
Police say that’s enough drugs for 12 million doses of the drug. A statement from the Civil Guard says that their operation started before 6am on Thursday morning, after they detected a zodiac boat heading towards the shore.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 24, 2007 at 12:25:00 PM CEST
Phone pot plant photos prompts arrest
A cell phone containing photographs of marijuana plants fell into the hands of police, who found their way to its owner and his growing operation, authorities said.
Peter Ste. Marie, 22, was charged with felony marijuana cultivation after admitting to growing about 20 plants for his use, Orleans County Deputy Sheriff Daniel Locke wrote in an affidavit.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 24, 2007 at 11:56:00 AM CEST
Permanently barred from the US for using LSD
Andrew Feldmar’s story has been making the rounds for the past couple of months. Feldmar is a Canadian psychotherapist who wrote about his LSD experiences in the late 1960s who has been PERMANENTLY BARRED from entering the US as a result of being an admitted drug user.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 22, 2007 at 1:37:00 AM CEST
Two Murcia Civil Guards arrested as Hashish ring broken up
A total of 26 people have been arrested and 3 tons of the drug recovered
26 people have been arrested, two of them Guardia Civils based in Murcia, in the breaking up of a hashish trafficking ring.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 22, 2007 at 1:18:00 AM CEST
Camper-Paar mit einer Tonne Hasch erwischt
Die Urlaubskasse muss noch gut gefüllt gewesen sein: Mit mehr als einer Tonne Haschisch an Bord seines Wohnwagens hat der Zoll in Marokko ein niederländisches Camper-Paar erwischt.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 21, 2007 at 3:50:00 PM CEST
Co-workers put LSD on pizza
A Fair Lawn school custodian is alleging in a lawsuit that his co-workers laced his pizza with the hallucinogen LSD in an attempt to poison him at an office party in 2005.
Dominick A. Rao, a janitor with the district since 2000, was served pizza out of a different box than the other custodians, his attorney, Richard Mazawey, told The Record of Bergen County for Monday editions.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 15, 2007 at 12:08:00 PM CEST
World Psychedelic Forum Basel Switzerland March 21-24 2008
Psychedelics have been widely used for thousands of years nearly everywhere on the planet. Psychoactive plants have been central to most ancient sacred rituals and primitive medical treatments. They have been worshipped in all cultures as "Plants of the Gods" and considered as mediators between human beings and the universe, linking the physical to the spiritual dimensions of existence.
In January 2006 the International Symposium "LSD – Problem Child and Wonder Drug" took place at the occasion of the 100th birthday of Dr. Albert Hofmann, the discoverer of LSD. Several thousand visitors and more than 200 media people from 37 countries gathered in Basel to hear speeches from scientists and historians, to exchange ideas and disseminate information. It was the biggest conference of its kind worldwide. For the first time since the turbulent 1960s, a wide range of psychedelic issues and topics has been brought back to public discussion and re-evaluation.
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