Supreme Court Ruling Imminent in Medical ...
28-March-2005, United States, commondreams
A Supreme Court ruling is imminent in the medical marijuana case Raich v. Ashcroft. Experts from the nation’s leading drug policy reform organization will be available for comment on the ruling.
The Drug Policy Alliance has fought and ...
Teacher admits trying to buy drugs from student
25-March-2005, United States, Newsday.com
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) _ A substitute teacher admitted trying to buy marijuana from a student and could be sentenced to up to a year in jail.
Todd Christensen, 34, of Penn Yan, pleaded guilty Wednesday to endangering the welfare of a child, a ...
Drugs expert warns: cannabis as dangerous to ...
13-March-2005, United Kingdom, Sunday Herald
By Aideen McLaughlin
A LEADING Scottish drugs researcher has claimed that cannabis could be as big a danger to society as cocaine and heroin.
In a comment piece written for the Sunday Herald, Professor Neil McKeganey, of the Centre for ...
Milanzi gets drugs ban
06-February-2005, United Kingdom, BBC News
Zambia striker Harry Milanzi has been handed a suspended six-month ban by the South Africa Football Association (Safa) for failing a drug test.
Milanzi was also fined US$2,500 after traces of marijuana were recently found in his blood.
But ...
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 ...
Anti-Reefer Madness Makes Drug War Victims Turn ...
05-January-2005, United States, RedNova News
Three decades before the current medicinal marijuana debate now before the U.S. Supreme Court, Illinois did the right thing. It passed a state law in 1978 making it legal for some sick people to seek medical relief by smoking a little ...
Warrant out for 'no show' Sri Lankan in cocaine ...
16-December-2004, Singapore, Todayonline
A warrant of arrest has been issued for a suspect in the high profile cocaine bust after he failed to turn up in court yesterday.
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In a fax tendered through his lawyer, Sri Lankan Jeremy Mahen Chanmugam, 40, said he was unable to attend the ...
Bill Murray cannabis smuggling cost him medical ...
14-December-2004, United Kingdom, femaleforst.co.uk
Bill Murray claims being caught smuggling 9lbs of cannabis through customs cost him his chance of becoming a doctor.
The Hollywood actor was caught with the drug at Chicago's O'Hare Airport in 1970, and Bill says he had to quit Denver's Regis ...
College Fails in Bid to Grow Marijuana
14-December-2004, United States, The New York Times
A longstanding request to grow marijuana at the University of Massachusetts so it can be tested for medical uses has been turned down by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The decision was faxed to the university on Friday and made public ...
D'Angelo Busted for Drugs
12-December-2004, United States, RollingStone.com
Neo-soul star D'Angelo was arrested Sunday and charged with drunken driving, possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance (believed to be cocaine) after police pulled him over in a suburb of his hometown of Richmond, Virginia. ...
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