Laser spürt Suchtgifte auf


Heroin durch photoakustische Spektroskopie identifiziert. Forschern der Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi ist es gelungen, mit Hilfe der so genannten photoakustischen Spektroskopie Suchtgifte wie Heroin in Pulverform sicher zu identifizieren. Bislang ermöglichte eine Infrarot-Spektroskopie die Detektion dieser Substanzen lediglich in ihrer flüssigen Phase. Die Ergebnisse wurden im Fachblatt Pramana der Indian Academy of Sciences veröffentlicht.

¬> <a href="derstandard.at"target="_blank">Hier gehts zur Geschichte

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Pot politics a growing issue
America is going for pot


More than seven in 10 Americans believe that potheads busted with small amounts of marijuana should be fined, not jailed. Time magazine devotes this week's cover story to the wacky weed as voters in Nevada decide next week whether to legalize minor possession of marijuana for personal use.

¬> Daily News

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Die verkannte Gefahr aus dem Wald


Verwechslungen bei der herbstlichen Pilzsuche fordern jährlich bis zu zehn Todesopfer, Überlebende erleiden oft schwere Organschäden. Eine bessere Zusammenarbeit von Kliniken und Pilzexperten könnte Leben retten.

¬> <a href="www.spiegel.de"target="_blank">Hier gehts zur Geschichte

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The New Politics of Pot
Time magazine has noticed Pot is an election issue


The drug czar is ready for pro wrestling. He already has the name, and now he's got the prefight talk down cold. In every speech he makes in Nevada, where Bush appointee John Walters has traveled to fight an initiative that would legalize marijuana, he calls out his three sworn enemies as if he were Tupac Shakur.

¬> Time ¬> <a href="www.time.com"target="_blank">same text other pic ¬> TIMES Cover story

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Thai Drug Hitting Calif. Club Scene


The pills, which cost $10 to $20 apiece, are sometimes passed off as Ecstasy to unwitting users, Glaspy said. Packing a potent mix of highly addictive methamphetamine and caffeine, ya ba can keep users awake for days and has hallucinogenic effects, sometimes causing users to believe they have bugs crawling under their skin. The drug can be fatal, and common side effects include increased heart rate, dehydration, paranoia and depression.

¬> Washington post

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Legalization Of Drugs:
The Myths And The Facts


Despite data which strongly supports the continuation of effective drug abuse prevention, treatment and enforcement programs, some prominent Americans support legalizing illicit drugs. For example: George Shultz, former President Reagan's Secretary of State, says that "Legalization would destroy dealer profits and remove their incentive to get young people addicted."

¬> Myths

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Federal drug agents seize man's state-allowed medical marijuana


The daylight basement in Leroy Stubblefield's Sweet Home area house seems an unlikely battlefield for America's war on drugs.

Stubblefield, a 52-year-old quadriplegic, and two of his caregivers were growing 12 marijuana plants in his basement in a state-licensed operation until Sept. 23, when a federal drug agent seized them in a drug raid. No one was arrested.

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'Baby formula' cocaine ring leaders get 10 years in prison


Orville Wilson, 31, and Selena Johnson, 30, were among 48 defendants convicted in the case. Female couriers carrying rented babies and formula cans regularly breezed through customs en route from Panama and Jamaica until a customs inspector in Atlanta opened one of the cans. Inspectors discovered rock heroin in the can and liquid cocaine in others taken from the same courier, who was returning to Chicago from a trip to Panama. Other couriers made trips to England, prosecutors said.

¬> Associated Press

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GRANDMA'S COOKBOOK


Hello and welcome to my website. I am Grandma George, 67 years young as of the year 2002, mother of three boys, and grandmother of six. I have lived all my life on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. All three of my children use marijuana. I am very open minded on the subject.

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Rolling Stones O N C E rejected pot,


Wyman writes, "We had him ejected because back then we were somewhat naive."

The biography, called "Rolling With The Stones," will be in stores on Monday.

¬> azcentral

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PILOT SAYS 'I WAS HIRED BY THE CIA'
to smuggling £22 million worth of cocaine into Britain


Barrett-Jolley was flying a Boeing 707 plane which landed at Southend airport, Essex, in October 2001. It is alleged six suitcases packed with cocaine were dropped from the aircraft as it taxied along the runway following a tip-off. The case continues.

¬> westernmorningnews

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