State Senate OKs limits on cold medicine
03-March-2005, United States, The Business Journal
The Minnesota Senate passed a bill Thursday limiting the sale of popular cold remedies that contain an ingredient found in the narcotic methamaphetamine. The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Linda Berglin, DFL-Minneapolis, would only allow the ...
Washington state groups offer 'exit strategy' for ...
03-March-2005, United States, seattlepi.com
A group of Washington doctors, religious leaders and lawyers offered an "exit strategy" for the war on drugs Thursday, a proposal that would aim to dry up the black market for heroin, marijuana and other substances by having the state regulate their ...
Drugs arrests hit record
02-March-2005, United Kingdom, ThisisLondon
Dinner parties with cocaine and cannabis on the menu have sent drug arrests soaring to a new record, official figures showed yesterday.
The growing social use of illegal substances was blamed for a quarter rise in the number of people caught ...
UK Has One of Europe's Worst Drugs Problems - UN
02-March-2005, United Kingdom, Reuters
Britain ranks in the top three for heroin and ecstasy abuse in Europe and has the biggest amphetamine problem in the region, a United Nations drugs watchdog said on Wednesday.
"Cocaine abuse appears to be increasing in the United Kingdom and, to a ...
A New Kind of Drug War
28-February-2005, United States, Business Week
The conventional one has been highly costly, with little return. Making narcotics legal -- and very expensive -- can reduce addiction and crime
Starting with Richard Nixon, every U.S. President has declared war on drugs. The FBI, CIA, DEA, ...
Who paid for the drugs?
27-February-2005, United Kingdom, The Independent
They buy fair-trade coffee, recycle their papers and worry about the environment. Then they buy a gram of coke that leaves children's blood on their hands. Steve Bloomfield travels to Colombia to see the horrific cost of Britain's middle-class ...
DEA also involved with legal drugs
26-February-2005, United States, Billings Gazette
By ALLISON BATDORFF
Gazette Wyoming Bureau
CODY - The Drug Enforcement Administration is a "two sided house," according to 20-year DEA agent Bill Weinman.
On the enforcement side, DEA works to keep drugs out of the wrong hands. On the ...
Pop singer, producer investigated for drugs
25-February-2005, Korea, The Korea Herald
Police said yesterday they are investigating a famous pop singer and a producer on charges of drug use.
The singer, identified only by the initial K, and the DJ-turned-producer, identified only as H, are charged, respectively, with using marijuana ...
US seeks Colombian help on drugs
23-February-2005, United States, Financial Times
US counter-narcotics authorities are examining controversial policies used in Colombia, the world's top cocaine producer, to formulate efforts to combat the flow of drugs from Afghanistan, the world's leading supplier of heroin.
John Walters, ...
War on drugs finds ally in K-9 ruling
13-February-2005, United States, The Monitor
Local law enforcement is declaring the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that a trained dog’s cold, wet nose does not infringe on man’s inalienable right to privacy a crucial victory in the "War on Drugs."
"The ruling basically at present ...
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