Topic: DRUGS - on December 20, 2003 at 1:56:50 PM CET
Study indicates many smoke pot daily
About 85,000 Canadian teens smoke marijuana daily, according to research commissioned by Health Canada.
A survey of 12- to 19-year-olds conducted this fall found that 34 per cent said they had tried marijuana on more than one occasion.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 20, 2003 at 1:53:32 PM CET
Colombia police chief on drug charge
The former head of Colombia's highway police has been arrested, accused of using the men under his command to escort drug shipments around the country. The scandal is just the latest to hit the corruption-ridden Colombian police force.
Last month, Colonel Jaime Leal was relieved of his post as head of the highway police after evidence emerged that this part of the police force was riddled with corruption. Sixty-nine officers were put under investigation.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 20, 2003 at 1:52:00 PM CET
Pot dealers find partners in seniors
Drug mules don't usually drive Winnebagos.
But some seniors have been loading up recreational vehicles with a little something extra when they leave Arizona on their cross-country trips: marijuana. Thousands of pounds of it.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 20, 2003 at 4:38:25 AM CET
US-Marine geht Haschischfrachter der Qaida ins Netz
Ein amerikanischer Zerstörer hat im Persischen Golf ein Boot mit Rauschgift abgefangen. Dabei nahmen die Soldaten zwölf Verdächtige fest, die zum Teil Verbindungen zum Terrornetzwerk al-Qaida haben sollen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 20, 2003 at 4:36:00 AM CET
Gulf Drug Boat May Have Terror Link
The Navy has seized a boat carrying nearly two tons of hashish in the Persian Gulf, U.S. officials said Friday, in what could be some of the first hard evidence of al-Qaida links to drug smuggling.
The guided missile destroyer USS Decatur intercepted the 40-foot boat on Monday. Aboard were a dozen men, three of them believed to have al-Qaida connections, and 3,780 pounds of hashish, the Navy said Friday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 18, 2003 at 12:50:46 PM CET
Appeals Court OKs Medical Marijuana in U.S
An appeals court ruled Tuesday that a federal law outlawing marijuana does not apply to sick people who are allowed to smoke pot with a doctor's recommendation.
The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was a blow to the federal government in its fight against medical marijuana. The Justice Department has argued that state medical marijuana laws were trumped by federal drug laws.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 17, 2003 at 10:12:30 AM CET
Pot-or-not case sits as legal clock ticks
A complaint involving the destruction of a crop at first suspected of being marijuana sits idle like fallow ground.
A recent caller to The Sun Herald's anonymous Sound Off column raised the question of progress in the complaint filed on behalf of Marion "Bucky" Waltman, who claims the Harrison County Sheriff's Department destroyed property, including more than 500 kenaf plants grown for deer food, in a raid Sept. 8.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 15, 2003 at 10:37:49 PM CET
Court weeding out a cannabis mystery
MAGISTRATES plan to weed out the reason why what appears to be a fake cannabis plant has been on display at their Burton courthouse.
Defendants appearing at the court in Horninglow Street could have been forgiven for thinking the plastic plant was authentic.
The plant is so life-like that defendants attending the court have had to take a second look and even smell its leaves to check it is not real, according to staff.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 15, 2003 at 4:01:37 PM CET
First cannabis cafe set to test new law in Scotland
SCOTLAND’S first cannabis cafe is to open for business next month when the drug is downgraded to class C.
The Purple Haze internet cafe, a former greasy spoon in Leith, will become a private members’ club in the evenings, where people will be allowed to bring small amounts of their own supply to smoke.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 12, 2003 at 8:12:14 AM CET
Marijuana and Sex
First of all, we believe that sex and marijuana use exist completely in the private realm of consenting and responsible adults. We realize, unfortunately, that many politicians see the bedroom and other private, individual activities as important areas for government legislation.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 11, 2003 at 9:29:50 PM CET
Pot-smoking cancer patient denied asylum
Kubby, 57, formerly of Lake Tahoe, Calif., said he would appeal to the Federal Court of Canada and might hire a lawyer. He did not have a lawyer in the hearing and sometimes was represented by his wife.
The family lives in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast northwest of Vancouver and, without an appeal, would have to leave Canada within 30 days.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 11, 2003 at 6:31:53 PM CET
Jokes activate same brain region as cocaine
There's truth in the maxim 'laughter is a drug'. A comic cartoon fired up the same brain centre as a shot of cocaine, researchers are reporting.
A team at Stanford University in California asked lab mates, spouses and friends to select the wittiest newspaper cartoons from a portfolio. They showed the winning array to 16 volunteers while peering inside their heads by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
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