Topic: DRUGS - on February 1, 2007 at 11:25:00 AM CET
Pot Produces Munchies... and Maybe a Fat Pill
"The cannabis plant has 70 different cannabinoids in it, and each has a different effect on the body," GW Managing Director Justin Gover told Reuters. "Some can stimulate your appetite, and some in the same plant can suppress your appetite. It is amazing both scientifically and commercially..."
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 1, 2007 at 11:21:00 AM CET
How Hallucinogens Play Their Mind-Bending Games
Researchers isolate cells affected by LSD and mescaline, potentially leading to more treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Zeroing in on a group of cells in a high layer of the cortex, a team of researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute may finally have found the cause of the swirling textures, blurry visions and signal-crossing synesthesia brought on by hallucinogenic drugs like LSD, peyote and "'shrooms." The group, which published its findings in this week's issue of Neuron, may have settled a long-simmering debate over how psychedelic drugs distort human perception.
scientificamerican.com Secret behind psychedelic trips revealedHallucinogens Recruit Specific Cortical 5-HT2A Receptor-Mediated Signaling Pathways to Affect Behavior
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 29, 2007 at 2:04:00 PM CET
Pot Users and Sellers Finding Loopholes in Medical Marijuana Laws
Half the calls to criminal defense attorney Ben Rice are people busted for growing, selling or using marijuana.
Rice has developed a reputation for protecting the rights of those who buy and sell the drug under the 10-year-old state law that makes marijuana legal for sick people.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 28, 2007 at 5:47:00 PM CET
Granny Who Ran Drugs To Support Bingo Habit Jailed
A 62-year-old grandmother who prosecutors said ran drugs to support her bingo habit has been sentenced to three years in prison and a $150,000 fine.
Acting on a tip, state police stopped Leticia Villareal Garcia near Bisbee in southeast Arizona in February 2005 and found 214 pounds of marijuana stuffed into the trunk of her car.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 28, 2007 at 4:42:00 PM CET
Say no to dirt/drugs
Great ad for CWS.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 28, 2007 at 3:45:00 PM CET
In-RoomIn-Room Hotel Coffee Pots Used As "Meth Labs"
Did that coffee you brewed last time you stayed in a hotel taste funny? Local cops in Alabama warn travelers to avoid using the coffee pots in hotel rooms, because sometimes drug dealer types use the pots as Mini-Meth Labs.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 27, 2007 at 12:13:00 PM CET
Garden of Weedin'
Oregon's medical marijuana growers want to win respect, help the sick...and grow the kindest bud on the planet.
Visitors wouldn't notice the danger. Everything in this small, white-walled room looks fantastic. The 1,000-watt metal-halide lights and two-headed sets of 100-watt fluorescent bulbs shower 18 marijuana plants with a downpour of artificial light. The blaze makes every shade of green glow with radioactive intensity.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 27, 2007 at 12:10:00 PM CET
Let them have their pot
IN THE FICTIONAL world of the hit show "24," federal law enforcement agencies are pouring every last resource into the search for a nuclear terrorist in Los Angeles.
In the real world, federal agents apparently have so much free time that they can dress up in bulletproof vests and masks in order to raid clinics that serve patients battling cancer, AIDS and other diseases. That's what happened last week as Drug Enforcement Administration agents stormed 11 medical marijuana dispensaries throughout L.A. and West Hollywood. We can all rest easier knowing that lollipops, cookies, candies and candy bars laced with marijuana are in no danger of reaching seriously ill patients.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 27, 2007 at 12:07:00 PM CET
2500 Year old Marijuana Unearthed in Turpan Cemetery
Chinese archeologists recently announced that what is thought to be a shaman’s grave unearthed in Turpan, Xinjiang has been found to contain the world's oldest and most well-preserved specimens of marijuana.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 25, 2007 at 11:42:00 AM CET
Cannabis bust sinks Russian sailor
Alexander Panov, who served on the Dmitry Donskoy nuclear submarine, started growing cannabis on the window sill of the barracks over a year ago, Russian news agencies reported.
"When the three plants he was cultivating grew above 1 metre, the sailor brought them into the stockroom," RIA news agency quoted judge Oleg Arkhipov as saying.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 24, 2007 at 1:11:00 PM CET
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been
This year, the drug MDMA, otherwise known as ecstasy, could take a step toward medical respectability. Researchers in South Carolina have begun experimenting with MDMA for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. At Harvard, a long-awaited pilot study will begin on whether the drug can help relieve anxiety and pain in terminal cancer patients in connection with psychotherapy. And studies will also start in Switzerland and Israel, where a former chief psychiatrist of the Israel Defense Forces will oversee work with people whose PTSD stems from terrorism or war.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 24, 2007 at 1:09:00 PM CET
The Bicycle Ride
David Normal's animated short, "The Bicycle Ride", is a fanciful depiction of Albert Hofmann's discovery of LSD.
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