Topic: DRUGS - on September 28, 2009 at 10:00:00 AM CEST
Österreichs neuer Revoluzzer gibt Anlass zur Hoffnung
Kaum hat die Amtszeit des steirischen Landtagspräsidenten Kurt Flecker (SPÖ) begonnen, schwärmt er vom „Amsterdamer Modell“, was ihn „beeindruckt“ habe. Dort sei ein Rückgang beim Konsum harter Drogen feststellbar, außerdem gebe es durch eine Legalisierung eine „gewisse Qualitätskontrolle, weil es nicht mehr notwendig ist, den Stoff zu strecken“.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 28, 2009 at 9:57:00 AM CEST
War on drugs 40 years on
First announced by President Nixon in 1969, the war on drugs’ forty-year old effort of aggressive criminalization, interdiction and eradication has left a high body-count.
Critics argue that it has driven the drug trade underground, fueling transnational organized crime, corruption, and narcoinsurgency around the world. And many blame the war on drugs for the heavy US incarceration rate, the highest in the world.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 28, 2009 at 9:55:00 AM CEST
California mulls legalising marijuana
In 1996, voters in California approved a referendum that made it legal for the first time in decades in the US for people to consume cannabis for medicinal purposes.
More than a dozen states have followed suit since and several others - the most recent of which is Massachusetts - have approved laws decriminalising the possession of small amounts of the drug.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 27, 2009 at 10:18:00 AM CEST
Artificial Cannabis JWH-018 - The Taste Test
With all the news surrounding the still-legal cannabis-replacing psychoactive substance which is romantically named JWH-018, there are a lot of people who may be inclined to think they are missing out on something?
For those out the loop, JWH-018 is the laboratory-synthesized substance which has been designed 'from the ground up', just to get people high. At least that was the explanation JW Huffman gave it. He's the fella who invented this stuff as well as the man who put the JWH in JWH-018.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 26, 2009 at 12:23:00 PM CEST
The Future Of Medical Marijuana :)
American pot smokers have been punished with everything from life in prison to having one's "mellow harshed." Like their early 20th Century teetotaling counterparts, marijuana prohibitionists appeal to public health and safety.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 24, 2009 at 10:09:00 AM CEST
Vancouver Protests Prince of Pot's Imprisonment
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Vancouver on Saturday as part of 'The Worldwide Rally for the Prince of Pot', a global rally held in over 100 cities to demand freedom for marijuana activist Marc Emery.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 22, 2009 at 10:24:00 AM CEST
4 year old passes out cocaine at daycare thinking it was candy
Shaheed Wright feared police were closing in on him, authorities say, so he hid his bags of cocaine in his son’s jacket pockets, telling the child that it was candy.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 21, 2009 at 1:29:00 PM CEST
Krieg gegen Drogen seit 40 Jahren ohne Erfolg
Am 21. September 1969 wurde an der Grenze zwischen den USA und Mexiko alles anders. Um zwei Uhr Nachmittag verkündete US-Präsident Richard Nixon übers Radio eine neue Initiative im Kampf gegen illegale Drogen. Am selben Tag nahmen zweitausend Polizisten und FBI-Beamte in der Region ihren Dienst auf. In Tijuana und an anderen Grenzübergängen wurde jeder Wagen durchsucht. Im Visier der Beamten: Marihuana
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 21, 2009 at 1:26:00 PM CEST
Important cannabis haul recovered from crashed van in Estepona
The 1.7 tons of the drug are amongst 6 tons seized by the Civil Guard in Málaga province this month.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 18, 2009 at 11:19:00 AM CEST
ABC, CBS, Fox Reject Medical Marijuana Ads
Two new TV ads featuring patients who have benefited from medical marijuana began airing today in media markets covering key New York Senate districts. Rejected by ABC, CBS and Fox, the spots will nevertheless air on WNBC in New York City and on cable outlets around the state, including the New York City, Buffalo and Rochester metropolitan areas, Westchester and Rockland counties and the rest of the Lower Hudson Valley, Watertown, Oswego, and Ogdensburg.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 18, 2009 at 11:15:00 AM CEST
Marijuana on High Street
Maybe this is why they call it High Street. Police confirm the odd-looking plants they pulled last week from a flower basket in Millville's business district were indeed marijuana. The plants were discovered by a passer-by. Police responded to the scene with a ladder and confiscated the 3-foot-tall plants, which were growing in a basket hanging from a lamp post.
... Link
Topic: DRUGS - on September 16, 2009 at 11:21:00 AM CEST
A Popular Plant Is Quietly Spreading Across TV Screens
Tips for cultivating marijuana. Testimonials by patients about its medical benefits. Cannabis cooking lessons. Even citations for award-winning strains of pot. Viewers here can now watch, every week, what amounts to a pro-weed news program.
... Link
