G8 to step up drugs fight in Afghanistan
17-June-2005, Afghanistan, Hindustan Times
The world's eight major industrialized countries have agreed to step up funding to fight the drugs trade in Afghanistan, British Home Secretary Charles Clarke said, acknowledging that present efforts were heavily inadequate.
"Everyone agreed that ...
AMs shocked to test positive for drugs
16-June-2005, United Kingdom, ic Wales
ALMOST everybody in Wales will have hard drugs on their hands at some point today, according to a cutting-edge detection machine.
The problem has reached the point that bank notes, taps and door handles in pubs, nightclubs and even the offices of ...
Cold pill laws offer little relief to plague of ...
16-June-2005, United States, The Bay City Times
People with the sniffles and the druggists who stock sinus medications may be the ones who pay for Michigan's fight against the illegal manufacture of methamphetamine. The cold pill ingredients ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are used to make meth. ...
Do Nats want to sell party pills to ...
16-June-2005, New Zealand, Scoop
Does the National Party want to sell party pills to ten-year-olds?
The National Party's contribution to the Parliamentary debate on the Misuse of Drugs Amendment No. 3 Bill this morning was chilling because it shows a National-led government would ...
Let's win the war on drugs
16-June-2005, United States, Charlotte Observer
From John Emerson, assistant special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Charlotte District office:
Observer community columnist Bill Reeside Jr. wrote ("Call off the war on drugs," May 26) that deadly narcotics such as ...
California Reins In Clinics Using Marijuana for ...
15-June-2005, United States, The New York Times
The best sellers at the Green Cross medical marijuana dispensary here are whipped up in the kitchen of Kevin Reed, the founder and president.
Some of the treats at Alternative Herbal Health Services, a medical marijuana club in San Francisco. ...
Retired cop rides for change to nations drug ...
15-June-2005, United States, Brush News Tribune
Horseback riders on Hwy 6 between Brush and Hillrose are as common as muck in a barnyard and usually dont rate a second glance. However, on Monday, the sight of a cowboy wearing a t-shirt emblazed with the words Cops Say Legalize Drugs was ...
The staying power of drugs
15-June-2005, United States, MercuryNews.com
Exasperated by pessimism about the ``war on drugs,'' John Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, says: Washington is awash with lobbyists hired by businesses worried that government may, intentionally or ...
Time for a new strategy in the war on drugs
15-June-2005, United States, The Seattle Times
"Is it Time to End the War on Drugs?" The King County Bar Association gave that title to a report in 2001, and now has put out a study that answers, yes. The study, "Effective Drug Control," argues that the use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and ...
UN drugs chief raises alarm on Bolivia crisis
14-June-2005, Bolivia, Reuters AlerNet
By Mark John
BRUSSELS, June 14 (Reuters) - Bolivia needs urgent international help to stop farmers turning to coca production as a political crisis distracts efforts to combat drugs, the head of the U.N. drugs office on Tuesday.
The ...
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