Surgeon in strife after cocaine bust
22-September-2005, Australia, The Courier-Mail
A DRUG-fuelled night of partying in Surfers Paradise could cost one of the nation's top neurosurgeons his job.
Dr Timothy Steel, 41, was caught at The Drink nightclub with 1g of cocaine early on Monday.
On Tuesday afternoon the socialite ...
Drug war fuels crime
19-September-2005, United States, The Charlotte Observer
How should North Carolina respond to the growing use of methamphetamine? During the crack epidemic of the '80s, New York City chose the zero tolerance approach, opting to arrest and prosecute as many offenders as possible. Meanwhile, Washington, ...
Use of synthetic drugs should not be viewed as ...
18-September-2005, Singapore, Channelnewsasia
Synthetic drugs should not be viewed as "soft" lifestyle drugs, and therefore, their use seen as permissible and acceptable, or worse still, "cool" and "hip".
Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng warned that if a new generation of Singaporeans ...
Smoked Out
12-September-2005, United States, AlterNet
In a November 2002 letter to the nation's prosecutors, the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) didn't bother beating around the proverbial bush. "No drug matches the threat posed by marijuana," began the letter from Scott ...
New Orleans
03-September-2005, United States, The New York Times
Quote: In the radio interview, Mayor Nagin blamed much of the widespread crime on crazed drug addicts cut off from their fixes.
Two Words For You: YELLOWED JERSEY
25-August-2005, United States, ESPN
We were all fooled."
That's the sensationalizing money quote from the head of the Tour de France in today's follow-up smear job by the French sports tab L'Equipe.
And yet this story has no serious traction in the U.S. sports media, far more ...
Winning drug war depends on parents
25-August-2005, United States, readingeagle
The Issue: More than half of U.S. secondary students will be returning this fall to schools where drugs are readily available.
Our Opinion: Too many parents expect teachers and others to protect their children from drugs, but the parents are the ...
The war on the War on Drugs
22-August-2005, Venezuela, The American Thinker
Hugo Chavez, the left wing dictator of Venezuela, is declaring war on America's War on Drugs, ending all bilateral antidrug cooperation, and expelling Drug Enforcement Administration employees. The Boston Globe reports:
On Wednesday, the head of ...
Rocky calls war on drugs 'a disaster'
20-August-2005, United States, The Salt Lake Tribune
The war on drugs has been an "absolute unmitigated failure - a disaster in this country."
Strong words spoken by Salt Lake City's Mayor Rocky Anderson during a panel discussion Friday night at the Harm Reduction Conference.
In the two ...
Court slams door on Corby
04-August-2005, Indonesia, Herald Sun
SCHAPELLE Corby was dealt a shattering blow when three Balinese judges shut down her reopened drugs trial yesterday and refused to grant lawyers more time to find new witnesses.
Another judge also ruled out the possibility of Australian ...
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