Topic: - on December 7, 2002 at 12:59:56 AM CET
Synthetic Marijuana May Ease Depression
S M O K E Homegrown
A distant chemical relative of marijuana may hold the promise of relieving depression and anxiety without the negative side effects of a marijuana high. A new study shows the synthetic forms of the active ingredient in marijuana are gentler on the brains of animals and work much in the same way as popular antidepressants such as Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, and Paxil.
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Topic: - on December 5, 2002 at 3:39:57 AM CET
Marihuana im Sarg: Ehepaar festgenommen
In Brasilien ist ein Ehepaar festgenommen worden, das mit einem Leichenwagen 90 Kilogramm Marihuana transportierte. Wie die Bundespolizei am Donnerstag mitteilte, erfolgte die Festnahme am Mittwoch nahe der Provinzhauptstadt Goiania im Land Goias. "So etwas haben wir noch nie erlebt. Der Leichenwagen fiel uns nur auf, weil er immer wieder die Strecke zwischen Foz de Iguacu an der Dreiländergrenze zu Argentinien und Paraguay im Süden des Landes und dem knapp 2000 Kilometer entfernten Goiania zurücklegte", erklärte ein Kommissar. Das Rauschgift sei in einem Sarg versteckt worden und für eine in ganz Lateinamerika bekannte Gemeinde von Esoterikern und Hippies unweit der Hauptstadt Brasilia bestimmt gewesen.
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Topic: - on December 4, 2002 at 2:01:16 PM CET
Study Says Marijuana Does Not Lead to Hard Drugs
Countering a basic principle of American anti-drug policies, an independent U.S. study concluded on Monday that marijuana use does not lead teenagers to experiment with hard drugs like heroin or cocaine.
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Topic: - on December 4, 2002 at 1:55:37 PM CET
30.000 Tiroler sind Alkoholiker
In Tirol sind 30.000 Menschen alkoholkrank. 60.000 Tiroler sind gefährdet, an der Alkoholsucht zu erkranken. Hunderte Menschen sterben jedes Jahr an Alkohol. Vielfach ist Alkohol auch Einstiegsdroge.
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Topic: - on December 2, 2002 at 3:06:08 PM CET
Keine EU-Angleichung bei Coffeeshops
Beim Treffen der EU-Justizminister in Brüssel am Donnerstag und Freitag (28./29.11.2002) lehnte der niederländische Justizminister Donner erneut die Forderung einiger anderer EU-Länder ab , die Strafen für den Verkauf geringer Mengen Cannabis in den Niederlanden auf ein Jahr Haft anzuheben. Dänemark, das bis Jahresende den EU-Vorsitz hat, verschob daraufhin eine Entscheidung. Besonders Schweden und Frankreich hatten versucht, die Niederlande zu einer Änderung ihrer Toleranzpolitik zu Coffeeshops zu bewegen.
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Topic: - on December 2, 2002 at 12:46:32 PM CET
Dutch 'Hash and Weed Festival' Hailed
It was the start of the Hash and Weed Festival, which runs through Sunday. The aging pioneers of the Dutch marijuana culture, watched by hundreds of young aficionados, gathered in a gymnasium to mark the 30th anniversary of the first "coffee shop" that openly sold reefers like cups of coffee.
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Topic: - on December 2, 2002 at 12:38:14 PM CET
Cypress Hill Rapper Dreams Of Cheech And Chong Reunion
and he ist not the only one.
Everybody's needs a dream and for Cypress Hill rapper B-Real, it's the idea that Cheech and Chong will one day reunite for a movie. B-Real, who recently booked Tommy Chong on his Smoke Out festival in L.A., believes a new Cheech and Chong film would be a blockbuster, because folks have been without their comedy team-up for so long.
Although Cheech supposedly won't go back to the stoner genre because he's afraid it will hurt "his serious acting career," B-Real thinks otherwise.
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Topic: - on December 1, 2002 at 2:13:38 AM CET
Tommy Chong's bongs on display in art exhibit at Los Angeles gallery
There was something suspiciously rehearsed about the Tommy Chong art show at the new Los Angeles gallery Ghettogloss, and it wasn't simply the fact that nearly every piece could double as a bong. Even the tattooed locals appeared well-cast.
Actor Michael Perrick stood in the center of the gallery amid a modest crowd of neon-haired guests, studying what appeared to be a glob of melted glass water pipes.
¬> <a href="www.tribnet.com"target="_blank">News Tribune
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Topic: - on November 30, 2002 at 1:52:55 PM CET
First Dutch Cannabis Cafe Marks 30th Anniversary
It's 1972. Step inside the abandoned Amsterdam bakery where pot-smoking squatters are playing table soccer. Meet Wernard and his hippie friends, pioneers of the first Dutch cannabis cafe.
The 30th anniversary of the opening of the "Mellow Yellow" cafe is being commemorated in the Netherlands on Friday when cannabis smokers pay tribute to a taboo-busting enterprise which spearheaded the spread of the renowned Dutch "Coffee Shop."
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Topic: - on November 28, 2002 at 4:35:41 PM CET
Yaa baa
The 2,000-mile Thai-Burmese border is an open sore of drug trafficking. "Yaa baa" - an innocuous looking pink pill - has created almost a million new teenage addicts within five years. Crossing Continents' Olenka Frenkiel joins an army team tracking the traffickers.
¬> <a href="news.bbc.co.uk"target="_blank">BBC ¬> more on Yaa baa
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Topic: - on November 27, 2002 at 6:32:33 PM CET
Marijuana 'grow houses' booming
Authorities say more than 50,000 houses now used exclusively for plant cultivation The law enforcement, hydro and real estate industries -- conceding they are losing the battle against "this present and clear danger" -- came to Parliament Hill yesterday to call for an end to lax criminal sanctions against growers.
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Topic: - on November 26, 2002 at 2:11:26 AM CET
Betel nut beauties face crackdown
Scantily-clad young women selling betel nut - a popular stimulant - has become a common sight in Taiwan. Intense competition between betel nut sellers has led to the women shedding more and more clothes in order to attract customers.
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