Topic: DRUGS - on July 25, 2009 at 1:20:00 PM CEST
TUNE IN, TURN ON AND CHEER UP - Swiss Psychiatrist Fights Fear with LSD
A Swiss psychiatrist is treating severely ill patients with LSD to alleviate their fear of pain and death. Other psychedelic drugs are being tested on patients in the United States, Britain and Israel. Are psychotropic substances about to make a comeback in therapy?
Nothing's happening, Udo Schulz thought to himself with quiet regret. I must have been given the placebo. He was lying on a mattress in a brightly lit room, waiting for the first real drug experience of his life.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 24, 2009 at 1:18:00 PM CEST
Milliarden-Dollar-Drogenfund in Kalifornien
Drogenfahnder haben in Kalifornien Marihuana-Pflanzen im Wert von über einer Milliarde Dollar beschlagnahmt. Wie der US-Sender CNN am Donnerstag berichtete, gingen den Beamten mehr als 80 Verdächtige ins Netz, viele davon mit Verbindungen zu mexikanischen Drogenkartellen.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 24, 2009 at 1:17:00 PM CEST
$1 billion in marijuana seized in California
Authorities have seized $1 billion worth of marijuana plants and have arrested 82 Mexican nationals with ties to drug cartels in the first week and half of an effort to eradicate marijuana fields from California's Fresno County, the county sheriff's office said Wednesday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 23, 2009 at 11:02:00 AM CEST
Undercover cops arrest undercover cop
In a triumph of covert police work, undercover officers in North Carolina arrested another undercover officer from a different force after buying drugs off him.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 23, 2009 at 10:59:00 AM CEST
Very Important Potheads - Changing the Face of Cannabis
Famous Pot Smoker's Name or Picture to Get the Full Story
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 23, 2009 at 10:53:00 AM CEST
California city taxes weed to escape deficit
Against the backdrop of budget deficits across the Golden State, the Californian city of Oakland votes yes to a proposal to tax the sale of medical marijuana.
Nearly 80 percent of Oakland voters endorsed the idea to make the city the first in the United States to impose taxes on medical marijuana proceeds.
To celebrate the approval, supporters hand-rolled marijuana cigarettes at Oaksterdam University where some students train to work in the marijuana industry.
Cannabis is California's biggest cash crop. It is valued at $14 billion annually.
presstv.com High Stakes: A Call to Legalize Marijuana cnn Video
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 22, 2009 at 11:01:00 AM CEST
Marijuana Is Gateway Drug for Two Debates
Joyce, 52 and a writer in Manhattan, started smoking pot when she was 15, and for years it was a pleasant escape, a calming protective cloud. Then it became an obsession, something she needed to get through the day. She found herself hiding her addiction from her family, friends and co-workers.
“I would come home from work, close my door, have my bong, my food, my music and my dog, and I wouldn’t see another person until I went to work the next day,” said Joyce, who like most others in this article asked that her full name not be published, because she does not want people to know about her past drug use.
“What kind of life is that? I did that for 20 years.”
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 22, 2009 at 10:59:00 AM CEST
Why we say yes to drugs
Not long ago, I was talking with a couple of friends who are about a decade younger than I am. We got onto the subject of recreational drugs and how my friends had recently sworn off Ecstasy. "I know a guy who used to love it, and he's quitting, too," one of them explained. "He's learned a lot about it and says it's just too hard on your body." I remarked that since Ecstasy is the sort of drug most people take only very occasionally, it probably wasn't as dangerous as something like cocaine, which can be addictive, expensive and lethal. "Oh, cocaine's not that bad," said my friend, looking puzzled and leaving me surprised. Hadn't he ever worked for someone who'd gotten so tweaked on coke that he burned out his septum, emptied his bank account and triggered a heart attack? Hasn't every journalist worked with someone like that?
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 21, 2009 at 10:53:00 AM CEST
Harry Potter Star Pleads Guilty To Growing Marijuana
"Harry Potter" star Jamie Waylett has pleaded guilty to illegally growing marijuana.
The 19-year-old actor, who plays Vincent Crabbe in the wizard franchise, was arrested in April after cops allegedly found him driving with eight bags of marijuana in his car.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 21, 2009 at 10:52:00 AM CEST
Cannabis für iPhone und iPod touch erschienen
Im wahren Leben ist die kontrollierte Abgabe von Marihuana oftmals eine medizinisch notwendige Methode, kranken Menschen zu helfen. In dreizehn Staaten ist die Vergabe für Betroffene glücklicherweise legal. Speziell dafür hat es eine iPhone App in den App Store geschafft. Ein Zeichen, dass man bei Apple doch genauer hinsieht und den Freigabeprozeß für Apps verbessert.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 21, 2009 at 10:49:00 AM CEST
Stone me: it's an iPhone app to find marijuana
New location-based software allows users to find legal medical suppliers in the US.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 16, 2009 at 1:03:00 PM CEST
Hasch lässt Farben schmecken: Gewerkschaft der Polizei im Jahre 2009
Wer mal unreflektierte und völlig nonsense Propaganda von vor 50 Jahren lesen möchte, sollte zu dem Organ der Gewerkschaft der Polizei, Ausgabe Juni 2009, greifen.
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