Drugs in Canada
10-February-2005, Canada, The Economist
LITTLE by little, Canada is groping towards a distinctive approach to drugs, one that focuses on harm reduction rather than the repression favoured by the United States. The federal government is mulling over a bill to decriminalise possession of ...
Canada has a radical plan for social costs of ...
07-February-2005, Canada, seattlepi.com
By MIKE LEWIS
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Gina R. is small and sick, 100 pounds of furtive need. Sitting in a coffee shop in East Downtown, her collar covers the abscess in her neck where a handful of times this day -- ...
We're rather sniffy about our drugs
06-February-2005, United Kingdom, Telegraph
by Oliver Pritchett
The new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, said last week that he would pursue "middle-class drug users, the people who take cocaine at dinner parties and at the weekend". This is going to make dinner party ...
This foolish hard line on drugs
05-February-2005, United Kingdom, The Independent
The debate about drugs was rekindled this week. Sir Ian Blair, the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, set the tone on Tuesday with some ill-judged remarks about cocaine. He decided to use the first day of his new job to grab headlines with a ...
Crackdown on dinner party drugs
02-February-2005, United Kingdom, Guardian Unlimited
The new head of Scotland Yard took a swipe at London's white collar and celebrity drug culture yesterday by threatening to arrest weekend consumers of cocaine at dinner parties and in clubs and bars.
Sir Ian Blair, who took over as the UK's most ...
Force Fires First Shots in Drugs Raid
01-February-2005, United Kingdom, Scotsman.com
Armed police opened fire for the first time in their force’s history as they arrested a man, believed to be a former police officer, during a drugs raid, it emerged today.
The shots were fired by officers as they swooped on the scene in Lincoln ...
No changes for drogs dog use in SC
27-January-2005, United States, WISTV
(Lexington) Jan. 25, 2005 - Lexington County Sheriff's investigator Derek Applegate and his partner Spyro, a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, were on the hunt for cocaine on Tuesday evening.
In a new ruling, the US Supreme Court says during traffic ...
The great pot debate
27-January-2005, United States, The Stanford Daily
The line dividing recreational drugs and legitimate medical drug is growing increasingly blurry. Legal drugs can be abused, and illicit drugs can often be successfully used to treat medical conditions.
Heroin, for example, was once sold by the ...
TV celebrity Tashiro faces 4-years prison for ...
27-January-2005, Japan, Mainichi Interactive
Prosecutors on Thursday demanded former TV personality Masashi Tashiro be sentenced to prison for four and a half years for using illegal drugs.
Tashiro, 48, bought illegal drugs from a foreign dealer around spring last year and used them with a ...
Governor Seeks Increased Penalties for Certain ...
26-January-2005, United States, sitnews
Juneau, Alaska - Governor Frank H. Murkowski delivered to the legislature Friday two crime bills that would increase the consequences for drug-related crimes, including the manufacture of methamphetamines ("meth"), and the penalties for possession ...
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