Skunk cannabis may be reclassified
19-May-2005, United Kingdom, Guardian Unlimited
Drug experts will begin debating today whether stronger "skunk" varieties of cannabis should carry higher penalties for possession.
The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs, which meets in London, has been asked by the home secretary, ...
AFL players use drugs, says Anderson
18-May-2005, Australia, National Nine News
AFL players used illicit drugs such as ecstasy "from time to time", the league's football operations manager Adrian Anderson has said.
But Anderson refused to say whether former Carlton player Laurence Angwin was right or wrong when claiming ...
Dutch therapists 'prescribing ecstasy'
17-May-2005, Netherlands, Expatica
Dutch therapists are allegedly treating psychiatric patients with the illegal party drug ecstasy.
Ecstasy is said to help patients break through mental barriers, allowing them to more easily talk about dramatic events in their lives. People ...
Man gets life sentence for selling designer drugs ...
17-May-2005, United States, Newsday.com
An Arizona man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for selling designer drugs over the Internet that led to the overdose death of a New York teenager.
David Linder, also known as Dr. Benway, was convicted in February of 27 counts, including ...
Marijuana policy just right
17-May-2005, United States, USA Today
By John Walters
Assertions that our nation's drug policy minimizes cocaine and heroin while focusing on marijuana are misleading. The fallacy involves interpreting drug arrests as signals of changed drug policy, rather than as indicators of drug ...
Study: Kudzu helps curb binge drinking
17-May-2005, United States, CNN.com
The hardy, invasive kudzu vine, introduced to this country decades ago to control soil erosion, could have what it takes to curb binge drinking, new research suggests.
Kudzu, an ever-expanding plant considered a pest in much of the South, appears ...
Coke-addicted cop should keep job, appeal panel ...
16-May-2005, Canada, CBC News
A Toronto Police officer who says his cocaine addiction resulted from undercover work should be allowed to keep his job, a review board said Monday.
The decision by the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services (OCCOPS) reverses an earlier ...
Controversial drug Ecstasy might be used in ...
16-May-2005, Canada, Northern Life
The illicit psychedelic party drug Ecstasy, probably best know for its connection to gatherings called raves, may have some therapeutic value, says a scientist studying the chemical known scientifically as MDMA ...
Mother who smuggled drugs to prison jailed
16-May-2005, United Kingdom, Cambridge Evening News
A WOMAN who tried to smuggle cannabis to her boyfriend in Littlehey Prison was led sobbing "my children, my children" from the dock at Peterborough Crown Court as she was jailed.
Margaret O'Reilly, 21, who was sent down for 14 months, stood to ...
America's drugs plan in tatters as cocaine and ...
15-May-2005, United States, The Independent
Washington's "war on drugs" in Colombia is collapsing in chaos and corruption, and the drug producers are winning. The so-called Plan Colombia, which has cost the US more than $3bn (£1.6bn) in the past five years, is being abandoned, Secretary of ...
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