Let's win the war on drugs
16-June-2005, United States, Charlotte Observer
From John Emerson, assistant special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Charlotte District office:
Observer community columnist Bill Reeside Jr. wrote ("Call off the war on drugs," May 26) that deadly narcotics such as ...
New drugs raising concern
13-June-2005, United States, deseretnews.com
By Pat Reavy
Deseret Morning News
Abuse of the popular painkiller Oxycontin has caused problems for law enforcement and doctors for years. Now the rising popularity of two other drugs is causing added concern along the Wasatch Front.
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Mexico Emerges As Primary Source of U.S. ...
06-June-2005, United States, Newhouse A1
America's methamphetamine crisis is now rooted in Mexico, where drug cartels are illicitly obtaining tons of pseudoephedrine, the key ingredient needed to make the potent stimulant.
Mexico's imports of the cold medicine have jumped to 224 tons ...
Indonesian demonstrators demand the death ...
05-June-2005, Indonesia, Sidney Morning Herald
About 40 people protested in Jakarta yesterday to demand the death sentence for Schapelle Corby.
Carrying signs reading "Corby, drugs dealers, must die" and "Intervention, no! Australia is supplier of drugs", the crowd picketed the Australian ...
Vanity Plate Spells Out Methamphetamine
24-May-2005, United States, sfgate.com
Most drivers may be puzzled by the vanity license plate C9H13N, but plenty of crooks likely nod their heads knowingly.
It's the chemical compound for methamphetamine, and despite a state law that prohibits references to alcohol or illegal ...
Skunk cannabis may be reclassified
19-May-2005, United Kingdom, Guardian Unlimited
Drug experts will begin debating today whether stronger "skunk" varieties of cannabis should carry higher penalties for possession.
The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs, which meets in London, has been asked by the home secretary, ...
Mother who smuggled drugs to prison jailed
16-May-2005, United Kingdom, Cambridge Evening News
A WOMAN who tried to smuggle cannabis to her boyfriend in Littlehey Prison was led sobbing "my children, my children" from the dock at Peterborough Crown Court as she was jailed.
Margaret O'Reilly, 21, who was sent down for 14 months, stood to ...
The War on Pot
10-May-2005, United States, National Review
As the nation's "drug czar," John Walters is supposed to be saving us from the ravages of hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. At least that was the original sales pitch for the "war on drugs" in the 1980s. But the war has evolved into largely a ...
Singapore finally finds a voice in death row ...
08-May-2005, Singapore, The Observer
John Aglionby in Singapore
Sunday May 8, 2005
The Observer
The Canton meeting room at Singapore's drab Furama Hotel is an unlikely venue for history to be made. But on Friday night this bland setting hosted an unprecedented event for the ...
Marijuana: The Myths Are Killing Us
26-April-2005, United States, DEA
When 14-year-old Irma Perez of Belmont, California, took a single ecstasy pill one evening last April, she had no idea she would become one of the 26,000 people who die every year from drugs.1 Irma took ecstasy with two of her 14-year-old friends in ...
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