Topic: - on March 6, 2003 at 4:30:46 PM CET
Kreuzzug gegen Drogenhandel
Thailand führt derzeit einen massiven Kreuzzug gegen den Drogenhandel im Land. Dabei sind seit Anfang Februar mehr als 1.000 Menschen getötet worden. Nach Polizeiangaben gehen fast alle Opfer auf das Konto rivalisierender Drogenbanden. UNO und Menschenrechtsorganisationen zeigten sich angesichts der hohen Opferzahl "tief besorgt". Thailands Regierungschef Thaksin verteidigte das harte Vorgehen. Zugleich räumte er ein, dass auch die Behörden in den Drogenhandel verwickelt seien.
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Topic: - on March 5, 2003 at 12:17:01 PM CET
Afghanistan retakes heroin crown
Afghanistan retook its place as the world's leading producer of heroin last year, after US-led forces overthrew the Taliban which had banned cultivation of opium poppies.
The finding was made in a key drug report, distributed in Kabul on Sunday by the US State Department, which supports almost identical findings by the United Nations last week.
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Topic: - on March 2, 2003 at 1:15:47 PM CET
Ecstasy over the counter
ECSTASY and speed would be freely available over the counter under a radical NSW Greens policy.
And heroin would be given to registered addicts in regulated quantities for use in a string of safe injecting rooms across the state.
The party wants to remove criminal penalties for personal drug use and establish licensed drug outlets to import, manufacture and sell drugs.
Details of the controversial policy are not included in the party's campaign literature for the March 22 state election, where the Greens are expected to receive their largest ever share of the vote in NSW.
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Topic: - on February 25, 2003 at 11:37:09 AM CET
Authorities Raid Tommy Chong Business
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Authorities raided Chong Glass, a business owned by Tommy Chong, Monday. The business was raided by federal agents, DEA agents, local police, K-9 units and the United States Postal workers. The business distributes glass water pipes, which authorities are in the process of confiscating.
Tommy chong's home in Pacific Palisades was also raided.
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Topic: - on February 25, 2003 at 10:49:34 AM CET
55 Charged in Drug Paraphernalia Sales
Items Include Bongs, Marijuana Pipes, Roach Clips
Federal authorities charged 55 people Monday with trafficking in illegal drug paraphernalia from coast to coast, using both traditional stores and the Internet.
A federal grand jury in western Pennsylvania handed up indictments against 27 people as part of "Operation Pipe Dreams," an investigation stretching from Pittsburgh to Phoenix to southern California, Attorney General John Ashcroft said.
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Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 3:15:16 PM CET
Mushroom business lands 4 in trouble
In a way, it seems so '60s.
After all, aren't magic mushrooms a hippie thing of the past, long since pushed aside by cocaine, crank and meth?
Apparently not.
Last week, four people from the tiny town of Amanda Park in Grays Harbor County were charged with conspiring to sell, not mushrooms, but mushroom spores.
The four defendants indicted by a federal grand jury are Robert W. McPherson, Steven Coggin, Judy Kreigh and McPherson's wife, Margaret McPherson.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Whalley said it's not illegal to sell mushroom spores alone, but selling them with the purpose of producing hallucinogenic mushrooms is illegal.
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Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 11:42:46 AM CET
Bolivia may legalize coca
The president of Bolivia is considering a plan to resume cultivation of the raw ingredient in cocaine in a remote jungle basin -- a move the U.S. government fears would undermine what is viewed as its most successful anti-drug program in South America.
President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada is studying a proposal to allow cultivation of coca in the Chapare region of central Bolivia to help calm unrest among growers who have blockaded major highways and put their support behind his political rival.
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Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 11:13:17 AM CET
Thailand War on Drugs Turns Murderous, 600 Killed This Month
Early this year, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced an ambitious campaign to eradicate drugs in Thailand by April. While initially greeted with raised eyebrows as an unachievable goal, a mounting death toll since the campaign got underway on February 1 shows that the Thai government is deadly serious in its effort to wipe out the drug trade. According to the Thai Interior Ministry, 596 alleged drug dealers had been killed in the first two weeks of the campaign.
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Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 11:05:50 AM CET
Border bust nets 10 tons of marijuana
In what is believed to be the largest-ever marijuana bust along America's southwestern border, U.S. Customs Service officers have seized nearly 20,000 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer, officials said Saturday.
"This is a huge seizure," said Michael Turner, special agent in charge of the U.S. Customs office of investigations in San Diego. "Any time we can prevent 10 tons of narcotics from entering the streets of America, it's a great day for the U.S. Customs Service."
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Topic: - on February 23, 2003 at 12:17:31 AM CET
Britney Snorts at Coke Rumors
Britney Spears might not be that innocent, but she swears she's no coke addict. And she is going to court to prove it. The pop tartlet is fuming over a Star magazine story that says she has used cocaine and is reportedly planning to sue the supermarket tabloid.
"The only one who's guilty of doing cocaine has to be the source of this story," Spears' rep Nathalie K. Moar said in a statement released on Thursday. "It makes for good reading, but it's simply not true."
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Topic: - on February 21, 2003 at 5:46:02 PM CET
73-jährige schmuggelte Kokain
Eine 73-jährige Rollstuhlfahrerin ist am Flughafen Wien-Schwechat als Drogenschmugglerin entlarvt worden. In ihrem Gepäck transportierte sie 1,6 Kilo Kokain. Durch Nervosität aufgefallen Die betagte Dame war den Beamten am 22. Jänner bei der Passkontrolle aufgefallen, weil sie besonders nervös wirkte. Sie war mit einer Maschine aus Asuncion via Sao Paulo und Zürich nach Österreich gekommen.
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Topic: - on February 20, 2003 at 6:14:46 PM CET
Federal agents seized nearly a ton of marijuana
U.S. Agents Seize Pot from Fake Border Patrol Cars
Federal agents on Wednesday seized nearly a ton of marijuana concealed inside two sport utility vehicles painted to resemble U.S. Border Patrol units and intercepted at the Mexican border, authorities said.
The vehicles, which featured the U.S Border Patrol logo and painted-on government license plates, were stopped before dawn by Border Patrol and U.S. Customs agents near Palominas, Arizona, about 70 miles southeast of Tucson.
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