Forfeiture a Financial Weapon in Drug War
21-April-2005, United States, The Intelligencer
By SHELLEY HANSON
WHEELING - Vehicles, property and cash used in drug deals can be seized from an alleged offender through due process of law, said Ohio County Prosecuting Attorney Scott Smith on Wednesday.
During an April 5 city council ...
And marijuana for all
07-April-2005, Canada, Now
Moral panic over grow ops ignores fact that more of us puff than play hockey
BY Alan Young
I am becoming embarrassed by the endless pot debate in Canada. Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan recently stated that marijuana smokers are stupid (Was ...
Ex-policeman gets five years in prison in fake ...
04-April-2005, United States, KLTV 7
A jury today ordered five years in prison for an ex-Dallas policeman in the so-called fake drugs scandal.
Jurors on March 31st convicted Mark De La Paz of lying to a judge in a search warrant application.
De La Paz had faced punishment ranging ...
School Stands By Drugs Dog Decision
04-April-2005, New Zealand, xtramsn
An Auckland intermediate school is standing by its decision to have random drug checks by sniffer dogs.
North Shore's Birkdale Intermediate claims it does not have a problem with drugs but is just taking a precautionary measure.
Principal ...
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 ...
Undercover officers buy,sell drugs as part of ...
10-February-2005, United States, Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston police are stepping up efforts to fight the wave of crime that has plagued the West Side and East End by having undercover officers work both sides of the drug trade in sting operations.
As a different strategy, undercover officers are ...
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 ...
Where there's a way, drugs will be inside
31-January-2005, New Zealand, stuff.co
Customs officers are facing a flood of cunning, dangerous and downright whacky drug-smuggling methods as drug imports rise to unprecedented levels. Haydon Dewes reports.
Think of a cavity, any cavity – chances are traffickers have tried ...
GMA hails Duterte for all-out war vs drugs
04-January-2005, Philippines, Philstar.com
President Arroyo hailed yesterday Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for waging his own campaign against the illegal drugs trade and cited the killing "with extreme prejudice" of six suspects in the drug bust on New Year’s Eve in Davao City was part ...
The War On Drugs: One of America Greatest ...
01-January-2005, United States, OpEdNews.com
It is relatively easy to make claims that the United States government is waging war on its own people. It was claimed during Prohibition, the Vietnam War, and now the War on Terror. However, it is in most all instances a significantly more ...
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