Topic: DRUGS - on April 6, 2012 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Puff, Puff, PASS! 10 Rappers Who Have Quit Smoking Weed
It's no secret that rappers like weed. From Method Man and Redman to Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg, there have been dozens of rappers who have proclaimed their love for the greenery over the years. They've included marijuana references in their songs. They've appeared in music videos surrounded by smoke. And they've even come out and publicly endorsed the benefits of smoking. As a result, you'd think weed was actually legal if you've listened to these rappers enough.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 14, 2012 at 10:49:00 AM CET
Richard Branson hosts live "War on Drugs" global debate on Google+
More than 91% of people surveyed globally are in agreement that the war on drugs has failed. Ahead of today’s live Google + Versus Debate on the war on drugs, we asked the public their opinion on this crucial issue.
We’ve carried out two surveys in the last two weeks, one where we asked Twitter, Facebook and Google+ users globally whether they thought the war on drugs had failed, and one UK-specific survey through YouGov.
In the global online poll, 91% agreed that the war on drugs has failed. Over 90% also thought that providing treatment for addiction would be a better approach than putting people in jail.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 14, 2012 at 10:45:00 AM CET
Homemade napalm found in meth bust
When the Santa Rosa County Narcotics Unit arrived to serve a search warrant on the residence of Seth Stanley in Milton, detectives located a plastic bag and a glass vial in Stanley's pocket that contained meth, according to a news release from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office.......
......In addition to the one pot cook jug inside the storage shed, detectives also found a mason jar that contained a gas-like substance that Stanley stated was homemade napalm.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 14, 2012 at 10:43:00 AM CET
Killing Drug Cartel Bosses Isn’t Working, Says Top U.S. General
Mexico’s “decapitation” strategy of capturing or killing high-value drug cartel leaders with the help of U.S. advisers has a certain merit to it. After all, cartel bosses are seriously bad dudes who corrupt, bribe, kidnap and kill their way to power across swathes of territory across our border.
The problem, according to the chief of U.S. military forces in North America, is that the strategy isn’t working.
“The decapitation strategy — they’ve been successful at that. Twenty-two out of the top 37 trafficking figures that the Mexican government has gone after have been taken off the board,” Gen. Charles Jacoby, commander of U.S. Northern Command, said during testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Then, a caveat: “But it has not had an appreciable effect — an appreciable, positive effect.”
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 11, 2012 at 11:53:00 AM CET
Afghan Air Force Probed in Drug Running
The U.S. is investigating allegations that some officials in the Afghan Air Force, which was established largely with American funds, have been using aircraft to ferry narcotics and illegal weapons around the country, American officials told The Wall Street Journal.
Two probes of the Afghan Air Force, or AAF, are under way—one led by the U.S. military coalition and another by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, officials said.
"The nature of the allegations is fairly dramatic and indicated that [AAF officials] were transporting drugs on aircraft and transported weapons not owned by the government of Afghanistan for the use of private groups," said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Training Mission-Afghanistan, the command that is establishing and financing Afghan security forces, including the AAF.
wsj.com old shit Afghan opium production 'rises by 61%' compared with 2010 Brother of Afghan Leader Said to Be Paid by C.I.A.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 3, 2012 at 12:46:00 PM CET
Fragwürdige Kräutermischungen und gefährliche Pilze
Mischungen werden teilweise mit synthetischen Cannabinoiden versetzt - Gefahr der tödlichen Überdosierung
Kräutermischungen sind nicht immer so harmlos wie sie klingen, schon gar nicht, wenn sie geraucht werden: Im Jahr 2010 sind dem Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) 15 Fälle gemeldet worden, in denen Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene Vergiftungssymptome hatten, weil sie „Kräutermischungen" oder „Räucherwerk" geraucht hatten. Die Mischungen sollten laut Verpackungsaufschrift Pflanzen mit Cannabis-ähnlicher Wirkung enthalten, tatsächlich waren die Produkte aber mit synthetischen Cannabinoiden versetzt. Die Fälle sind in der Broschüre „Ärztliche Mitteilungen bei Vergiftungen" ausführlich dargestellt. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt der Broschüre liegt auf 12 Fällen, in denen es zu Vergiftungen mit Knollenblätterpilzen gekommen war.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 2, 2012 at 10:00:00 AM CET
Hasch statt Oliven – Ideen gegen die Krise
Klingt skurril, ist es auch: Das spanische Dorf Rasquera will Marihuana anbauen lassen, um damit den kommunalen Haushalt zu sanieren. Ganze 1,3 Millionen Euro Schulden hat das 900-Seelen-Dorf in der Provinz Tarragona angehäuft. Jetzt soll Land an eine Pro-Cannabis-Initiative aus Barcelona zum Hanfanbau verpachtet werden.
Bürgermeister Bernat Pellissa rechnet vor: “Der Vertrag läuft 24 Monate und das bringt also 54 000 Euro pro Monat, das sind in zwei Jahren 1,3 Millionen Euro.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 2, 2012 at 9:53:00 AM CET
Tarragona village votes for the creation of a Marihuana plantation
The Town Hall is granting land for the growth of the crop which will generate both an income and jobs.
The village in Tarragona has voted to grant land for the cultivation of Marihuana. In what is thought to be the first case of its type in Spain, the Town Hall in Rasquera, Tarragona, voted on Wednesday to go ahead with the scheme which is promoted by a smokers association who will exploit the land and grow the marihuana for their own use and to make it available for therapeutic ends.
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Topic: DRUGS - on March 1, 2012 at 11:45:00 AM CET
Pressemitteilung der Europäischen Koalition für eine gerechte und wirksame Drogenpolitik
Vom 9. bis zum 16. März 2012 wird das Drogen Frieden Festival während des Jahrestreffens der Betäubungsmittelkommission der Vereinten Nationen im Vienna International Center der Vereinten Nationen stattfinden.
Das Festival ist ein spontaner Treffen der Menschen, die mit Millionen anderer Menschen auf der Welt eine tiefgehende Veränderung der Drogenpolitik fordern. Diese Politik sollte nicht auf Verbote, sondern auf öffentliche Gesundheit, Schadenbegrenzung, der Analyse von Kosten und Ergebnisse sowie dem Respekt der Menschenrechten beruhen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 29, 2012 at 3:01:00 PM CET
Jetzt nicht mehr so geheim: Operation RADAR
Unter Führung der Niederlande, Deutschlands und Großbritanniens soll dem Handel von Drogen ein empfindlicher Schlag versetzt werden. Doch die lange geplante Aktion lässt sich nicht verbergen
Seit über zwei Jahren arbeiten mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten an einer großangelegten gemeinsamen Operation von Zoll- und Polizeibehörden. Ihr Ziel ist die Eindämmung des Schmuggels von Cannabis und Kokain. Die Operation fokussiert auf den Containerverkehr, da angenommen wird die Drogen würden größtenteils aus Afrika verschifft. RADAR wird von Deutschland und Großbritannien angeführt und soll Anfang März beginnen. Einer der Vorläufer von RADAR waren ALCHEMIST oder ULYSSE, die 2010 unter französischer Leitung sowie deutscher und slowenischer Co-Führung dem Handel mit natürlichen und synthetischen Drogen nachspürte.
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 29, 2012 at 11:00:00 AM CET
Military Seizes 120 Helmets from the Knights Templar in Michoacan
During a routine patrol through the village El Mirador, a town of Apatzingan, Michoacan, the Mexican Army seized a total of 120 helmets, similar to those used centuries ago in the era of the Crusades, and were secured during a military operation in Michoacan.
The helmets were allegedly used in ceremonies and rites of passage for members of the criminal group known as the Knights Templar.
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 29, 2012 at 10:54:00 AM CET
Drugs Gangs Are 'Taking Control Of Parts Of British Cities' Warns UN
Drugs gangs are taking control of sections of British cities such as Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, a United Nations drugs chief has said.
Celebrities 'normalising' drug use, as well as a widening gap between the rich and poor are among the reasons that "no-go areas are developing in certain cities, warned Professor Hamid Ghodse, president of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
Migration is another reason citied for the "vicious cycle of social exclusion, drugs problems and fractured communities" in certain areas.
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