Topic: DRUGS - on September 11, 2013 at 3:01:00 PM CEST
Drogendealer im Görlitzer Park: Das grüne Experiment
Die Grünen wollen Cannabis im Görlitzer Park in Berlin legal verkaufen, die CDU will das Grundstück einzäunen: Am Streit um den richtigen Umgang mit Drogendealern zeigen sich die Linien der deutschen Drogenpolitik. "Ich will den Verkauf kontrollieren", sagt Bezirksbürgermeisterin Herrmann.
Berlin - Bis zum ersten Angebot dauert es keine 20 Schritte: "Dope?", fragt der junge Mann kurz hinter dem Eingang zum Görlitzer Park. Zehn Meter weiter wartet schon der nächste Dealer auf Kundschaft: "Brauchst du was?"
Ein Wochentag im "Görli", wie sie den Park hier in Berlin-Kreuzberg nennen. Es ist gerade mal 10.30 Uhr, doch die Dealer sind schon da. Sie sind immer da, an manchen Tagen bis zu hundert, so schätzt die Polizei. Massive Razzien blieben wirkungslos, nach kurzer Zeit waren die meisten Verkäufer - oder Nachrücker - zurück an ihrem Platz.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 10, 2013 at 4:29:00 PM CEST
Afghanistan's cannabis production rises
The amount of Afghan farmland planted with cannabis fell by nearly a fifth last year after one province launched a fierce eradication campaign, but a bumper crop meant that actual production rose compared with 2011, according to the UN.
Officials in southern Uruzgan province, which borders Kandahar and Helmand, largely stamped out farming of the drug because of worries it was financing the Taliban. In 2011 there were over 1,000 hectares of the crop there, but last year under 100 hectares were sown.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 5, 2013 at 2:44:00 PM CEST
Here Are All The People Who Have Died From A Marijuana Overdose
Just how deadly a killer is marijuana? Here's a GIF showing all of the people who have died after overdosing on pot:
Yeah, not a single person has ever died from a weed overdose. We don't have numbers on pandas, but we're guessing it's about the same. According to one frequently cited study, a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times the amount of THC in a joint in order to be at risk of dying.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 2, 2013 at 1:56:00 PM CEST
Britain named the European capital of drug addiction
This country is now the “addictions capital of Europe”, according to the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), the think tank established by Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary.
The abuse of drugs and alcohol costs the nation a total of £36 billion annually with an “epidemic of drink-related conditions” and an emerging problem from other substances which are currently technically legal.
Christian Guy, the director of the CSJ, said: “While our addiction problem damages the economy, it is the human consequences that present the real tragedy.
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Topic: DRUGS - on September 2, 2013 at 1:54:00 PM CEST
Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.’s
For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database that contains the records of decades of Americans’ phone calls — parallel to but covering a far longer time than the National Security Agency’s hotly disputed collection of phone call logs.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 30, 2013 at 4:34:00 PM CEST
These States Are Most Likely To Legalize Pot Next
Attorney General Eric Holder gave a green light on Thursday to two states whose efforts to legalize marijuana had been locked in by legal uncertainty for more than nine months. With that announcement, Colorado and Washington -- both of which passed pro-pot initiatives at the polls last November -- can now proceed with establishing a framework for the taxation and regulation of legal weed.
The administration's decision holds clear and immediate implications for the two states, both of which had been hesitant to act too quickly over concerns that the government might decide to enforce federal law, which still considers marijuana an illegal substance. But the new precedent also opens the door for other states to pursue similar pot legalization efforts, so long as they include "strong and effective regulatory and enforcement systems." Experts on both sides of the issue have already said they expect to see movement come quickly.
Below, the states that are most likely to take the next steps toward legalizing marijuana:
Alaska Arizona California Nevada Oregon Maine Massachusetts Montana Rhode Island Vermont
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 30, 2013 at 1:31:00 PM CEST
Washington duldet Cannabis-Legalisierung
"Legalize it"- die alte Forderung Marihuana-rauchender Hippies wird zumindest in Teilen der USA Wirklichkeit. Washington gibt den Bundesstaaten bei der Legalisierung von Cannabis freie Hand.
Das Justizministerium in Washington erklärte, es werde entsprechende gesetzliche Regelungen in den US-Bundesstaaten nicht anzufechten. Damit können Colorado und Washington (der Bundesstaat im Nordosten, nicht die Hauptstadtregion) den Konsum der Droge für alle Bürger über 21 Jahren freigeben, ohne Probleme mit Bundesbehörden befürchten zu müssen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 30, 2013 at 1:29:00 PM CEST
Obama administration will not block state marijuana laws, if distribution is regulated
The Obama administration said Thursday that it would not challenge laws legalizing marijuana in Colorado and Washington state as long as those states maintain strict rules involving the sale and distribution of the drug.
In a memo to U.S. attorneys in all 50 states, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said the Justice Department is “committed to using its limited investigative and prosecutorial resources to address the most significant threats in the most effective, consistent and rational way.” He stressed that marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
washingtonpost.com Obama's New Pot Rules Are a Bigger Deal Than You Think
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2013 at 4:15:00 PM CEST
Study: Marijuana most widely used illegal drug but most deaths caused by painkiller addictions
Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug used worldwide, but addictions to popular painkillers like Vicodin, Oxycontin and codeine kill the most people, according to the first-ever global survey of illicit drug abuse.
In addition to cannabis and opioid painkillers, scientists analyzed abuse of cocaine and amphetamines in 2010, largely based on previous studies. Ecstasy and hallucinogens weren’t included, because there weren’t enough data. The researchers found that for all the drugs studied, men in their 20s had the highest rates of abuse. The worst-hit countries were Australia, Britain, Russia and the U.S. The study was published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2013 at 2:06:00 PM CEST
'Legal high' deaths soar to highest number on record
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said deaths linked with the psychoactive substances jumped from 29 in 2011 to 52 last year, an 80 per cent rise.
Even as recently as 2007 the annual number of deaths from the new synthetic drugs was in single figures.
The ONS drug poisoning data also showed deaths from the painkiller tramadol have more than doubled since 2008 to 175 in last year.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2013 at 2:05:00 PM CEST
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoked 'a lot' of marijuana
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has said he has smoked "a lot" of marijuana, as a national debate on legalisation of the drug builds.
Mr Ford, who leads Canada's largest city, became the fourth Canadian politician in a week to acknowledge using the drug.
Separately, he has denied rumours he was caught on video smoking crack cocaine and that he was addicted to it.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2013 at 2:04:00 PM CEST
Wird Marihuana in Berlin bald im Café verkauft?
So ähnlich könnten bald Besucher im Görlitzer Park in Berlin-Kreuzberg begrüßt werden. Die Grünen-Fraktion im Bezirksparlament lässt am späten Mittwochabend über einen Antrag zur Errichtung von Deutschlands erstem „Coffeeshop“ im Park abstimmen.
Begründung: Viele Anwohner sind genervt von den Dealern, die schon am Park-Eingang Drogen anbieten. Auch häufige Polizei-Razzien vertreiben die Kriminellen nicht!
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