Topic: DRUGS - on September 16, 2004 at 11:07:00 AM CEST
Pot café got business licence, city knew its wares
A café selling marijuana from a menu was granted a business licence by the city of Vancouver even though the owners were open about their intentions and police warned against approval.
The Da Kine Smoke and Beverage Shop was shut down in a police raid on Sept. 9, and the owner and seven employees were arrested. It reopened the next day.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 14, 2004 at 7:22:00 PM CEST
'Cigar papers' sold as taste treats, but officials say they're all about pot
Ah, the Royal Blunt. A 3- by 5-inch sheet of tobacco and premium paper that comes in 13 flavors including sour apple, chocolate, watermelon, black cherry and cognac is selling for about a buck apiece at area convenience and liquor stores.
Rolled around a strawlike plastic tube to keep it fresh and pliant, the Royal Blunt is a "cigar paper," meant only for those of legal age, to roll their own cigars, according to Royal Blunt, the Raleigh, N.C.-based manufacturer.
It is perfectly legal to sell to those over 18 in Massachusetts. They're sold in cities and suburbs.
Even a veteran Lowell vice cop, hearing about Royal Blunts for the first time, calls them "pretty ingenious."
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 13, 2004 at 9:15:00 AM CEST
Grenzsoldaten wegen Schmuggel von Cannabis geköpft
Im islamischen Saudi-Arabien ist der Handel mit Haschisch bei höchsten Strafen verboten. Dies mussten nun drei Soldaten am eigenen Leib verspüren, weil sie von Schmugglern an der Grenze zum Irak große Mengen des Stoffes annahmen.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 12, 2004 at 10:28:00 AM CEST
Police find acre of pot
Police on Thursday found an estimated $1 million worth of marijuana plants growing in a wooded area on the Tulalip Indian Reservation.
The 1,000-plant marijuana garden covered about an acre south of Spee-Bi-Dah beach, Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force Sgt. John Flood said.
Thick underbrush and fallen trees made the plants impossible to spot from Marine Drive, but the bright green leaves were easily visible from the air, Flood said.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 11, 2004 at 6:53:00 PM CEST
Naomi Campbell Goes Public About Her Drug Addiction
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who won a legal battle against a tabloid newspaper over revelations about her drug addiction, is to talk about her drug battles on a national TV talk show.
In an interview with veteran British talk show host Michael Parkinson on Saturday night, Campbell, 34, said she took her first drugs 10 years ago.
"I did a drug, a speedy drug," she added, according to a transcript of the show released Friday.
Parkinson asks whether it was like cocaine.
Campbell replies: "Uh-huh" before adding: "No one forced me to do it. I did it because I wanted to. I don't have any blame for anyone but myself."
reuters brandrepublic telegraphindia ananova scotsman reuters
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 11, 2004 at 2:26:00 PM CEST
Polizei beschlagnahmt 110 Kilogramm Cannabis
Knapp 110 Kilogramm Cannabis im Wert von zirka einer Million Euro konnte die Polizei in Wien beschlagnahmen. Außerdem gab es fünf Verhaftungen - Einer der größten Drogenhändler Wiens wurde festgenommen.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 10, 2004 at 2:09:00 PM CEST
Cannabispflanze auf Verkehrsinsel mitten im Kreisverkehr abgestellt
Friedrichshafen: Unbekannte stellten auf einer Verkehrsinsel mitten im Kreisverkehr eine ausgewachsene prachtvolle Hanfpflanze ab.
Dem scharfen Blick der Drogenfahnder entging die Cannabispflanze nicht, was vielleicht auch an dem leuchtend weißen Übertopf lag. Die Pflanze stand auf einem großen Karton mit der Botschaft: 'Ich habe doch nichts getan! Lasst mich in Frieden leben.'
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 10, 2004 at 9:53:00 AM CEST
Guy picks up pot-packed teddy, now life's no picnic
What's soft and cuddly and the perfect hiding place for a stash of marijuana? Tokey the Bear. What one Worcester man didn't count on was an alert employee at a delivery company who became suspicious when he tried to deliver the teddy bear to the man and was told he no longer lived at the same address.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 8, 2004 at 11:34:00 PM CEST
BUSH 'TOOK COCAINE AT CAMP DAVID'
GEORGE W Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David, a new book claims. His wife Laura also allegedly tried cannabis in her youth.
Author Kitty Kelley says in her biography The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, that the US President first used coke at university in the mid-1960s.
She quotes his former sister-in-law Sharon Bush who claims: "Bush did coke at Camp David when his father was President, and not just once either."
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 8, 2004 at 11:20:00 PM CEST
Marijuana Grown Outside Courthouse
WLUK-TV received a tip on Tuesday that there was marijuana growing in a planter on the south side of a Green Bay courthouse, which proved to be true. A drug officer confirmed the presence of marijuana and removed six plants that were to be destroyed.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 8, 2004 at 6:54:00 PM CEST
Immer mehr Leistungsträger wie Ärzte und Manager drogensüchtig
Der Chefarzt der Oberbergklinik in Wendisch Rietz, Bernd Sprenger, spricht von einer stark ansteigenden Zahl süchtiger Führungskräfte und Leistungsträger, auf die sich die Klinik spezialisiert hat. Ihr geht langsam die Aufnahmemöglichkeit aus.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: DRUGS - on September 8, 2004 at 3:36:00 PM CEST
Teen Attepts to Sell Pot to Police Birthday Party
In a stunning lack of common sense, an unidentified German teenager decided to try to sell marijuana to the party he crashed. The party was a celebration for a police officer, and the party was composed predominantly of other officers.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
