KIDS USING CANNABIS UP BY 1,300 PER CENT
06-June-2005, United Kingdom, Mirror.co.uk
Alarm over 'huge rise'
By Bridget Carter
THE number of young schoolchildren taking cannabis has rocketed by more than 1,300 per cent, claims a report.
Some 26 per cent of boys and 27 per cent of girls aged 14 and 15 said they had taken the ...
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 ...
'War on drugs' not meant to be won
04-June-2005, United States, Norwich Bulletin
With remarks to a civic group in Enfield recently, Superior Court Judge Howard Scheinblum engaged in what is seldom forgiven in Connecticut's public life: candor.
The judge asserted what can neither be denied nor acknowledged -- that public ...
A Letter to My Friend Who Supports the Drug War
03-June-2005, United States, lewrockwell.com
My friend, we’ve been discussing this war on drugs for quite a while, and whether or not it is doing anything to reduce drug use. We both agree that most drugs, particularly “hard” drugs, have a harmful and debilitating effect on most persons who ...
Bali police chief declares 'war' on drugs
31-May-2005, Indonesia, ABC News
Bali's police chief has declared an "all out war" on drugs on the resort island but insists the crackdown will not hurt tourism, because tourists will always be welcome in Bali and enjoy full police protection.
On Friday, a court in Denpasar ...
Signs of drug-war shift
27-May-2005, United States, The Christian Science Monitor
Evidence is beginning to build that the approach to the war on drugs in the United States could be changing - by shifting attention away from small-time drug dealers and individual users toward major drug traffickers.
The nation's drug czar, for ...
Working classes turned on to hard drugs by cheap ...
27-May-2005, United Kingdom, Times Online
A HUGE increase in cocaine use was cited yesterday for the number of people on hard drugs in England and Wales rising to a record one million.
More than half a million people are now using Class A drugs every month and the number of young people ...
The Drug War: Back with a Vengeance
25-May-2005, United States, City Pages
by Beth Hawkins
May 25, 2005
If you think the congressional Republicans' war on the judiciary can't get any more shrill or irrational, you obviously haven't read up on House Resolution 1528, Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to ...
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 ...
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