Topic: DRUGS - on November 24, 2003 at 11:24:41 AM CET
Getrocknete Drogenpilze sichergestellt
Die Polizei Lindau hat bei einem mutmaßlichern Drogenschmuggler aus Vorarlberg 50 Gramm getrocknete Drogenpilze gefunden. Schleierfahnder hatten den 25-Jährigen in einem Zug aus Hamburg gestellt.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 24, 2003 at 10:51:11 AM CET
Medical marijuana's side effect: fear
Joan Holland's pain finally received a name in 1988, the summer she went to the beach with her husband and two little girls and kept getting knocked over by the waves. It was diagnosed as multiple sclerosis.
Over the years, the retired schoolteacher has tried seemingly everything, from the traditional to the admittedly wacky, to find even a little bit of comfort.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 22, 2003 at 5:07:37 PM CET
Beer hides drugs
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Wellton found 428 pounds of marijuana hidden by several pallets of beer Thursday night while working a checkpoint east of Yuma.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 22, 2003 at 5:06:28 PM CET
Police Intercept Package of Pot
More than 20 pounds of marijuana that was to be delivered via FedEx to a Lakeland home was intercepted by police, according to a Lakeland police report.
A Lakeland man who accepted the marijuana from an undercover officer Thursday now faces a felony drug possession charge.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 21, 2003 at 4:34:20 PM CET
New Machine Can Detect Drugs Like Dogs
A new invention can sniff like a dog, find drugs like a dog and help police catch criminals like a dog. But can the so-called "Dog on a Chip" replace the police officer's best friend?
Georgia Tech researchers have developed a machine that can instantly sniff out cocaine and other illegal drugs without the hassle of feeding, training and interpreting a police dog.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 20, 2003 at 10:49:51 PM CET
Reefer Sanity
The brain's cannabinoid receptor is the target of a rush (ha!) to develop new drugs. If you're among those of us who did inhale, you'll recall one of the weed's enjoyable side effects: intense attacks of the munchies that sent you scurrying for baked beans and Moon Pies faster than Pooh after honey. So you may appreciate this tasty irony: Drug companies are racing to develop pills that plug into the same brain-signaling system that once had boomers flying high—this time to help them lose weight.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 16, 2003 at 4:28:21 PM CET
Stoned criminals not so smooth: arrests likelier
Smoking marijuana doesn't lead to violent crime, but it may lead to more arrests of stoned criminals who engage in acts of violence, according to two economists.
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula of the RAND Corp. and Harvard University graduate student Beau Kilmer found that crooks under the influence of marijuana were more likely to get caught, though pot smokers apparently were no more likely to commit a violent crime in the first place.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 14, 2003 at 7:23:08 PM CET
Cocaine delivered to second school
Fifteen pounds of cocaine found in a ground-meat box at East Central Upper Elementary School came from the same shipment sent to an Ellisville school, where 15 pounds of cocaine was found in a ground meat box last week.
A cafeteria worker at the Hurley school found the cocaine in a box stamped Lot No. 021 early Monday morning.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 13, 2003 at 1:01:00 PM CET
'Skittling' New Drug Of Choice For Some Teens
A new trend among young Californians has them getting high from an over-the-counter cold remedy that looks a lot like candy. It's so popular that it even has its own name -- "Skittling." Children call the cold medicine Coricidin "Skittles," "red devils" or "crazy eights" because they come eight to a pack. Doctors say children take the red pills because they make the young people feel -- at the very least -- drunk.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 13, 2003 at 12:56:52 PM CET
Cannabis passes last legal hurdle
Cannabis will be downgraded to a Class C "non-arrestable" drug on 29 January.
The reform to the Criminal Justice Bill was rubber-stamped by the House of Lords last night.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 12, 2003 at 9:40:42 PM CET
Another reason why they call it dope
Smoking marijuana doesn't lead to violent crime, but it may lead to more arrests of stoned criminals who engage in acts of violence, according to two economists.
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula of the RAND Corp. and Harvard University graduate student Beau Kilmer found that crooks under the influence of marijuana were more likely to get caught, though pot smokers apparently were no more likely to commit a violent crime in the first place.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 11, 2003 at 11:49:26 AM CET
Free Tommy Chong
In a free society, a man should be free to do as he chooses so long as he harms no-one. It is our firm belief that Mr. Chong has harmed no-one, and is being unfairly targeted for prosecution because of his celebrity status. In short, "this sucks", and we won't stand for it. Join our movement to stop this travesty of justice! If you won't stand up for Tommy Chong, who will stand up for you when YOU'RE being unfairly imprisoned??
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