Drugs policy up in smoke
15-May-2005, United Kingdom, Times Online
While Mark Lewis-Francis has lost a silver medal after traces of cannabis were found in his urine, blatant cheating over samples is left unpunished.
SOMETIMES you’ve got to laugh at the lengths to which sportsmen go to plead their innocence. ...
Officials: War on drugs simply not working
15-May-2005, United States, The Herald Zeitung
Comal County’s district attorney and one of its district judges agreed this past week that the United States government’s “war on drugs” — and its judicial system — just aren’t working when it comes to stopping abuse of alcohol and illegal ...
HUSBAND JAILED FOR GIVING WIFE ECSTASY PILLS THAT ...
14-May-2005, United Kingdom, Mirror.co.uk
A MAN who took ecstasy with his wife was jailed yesterday after she died from an accidental overdose.
Richard Grimmer was branded "foolish" by a judge as he sentenced him to nine months in prison.
Grimmer, 29, and 23-year-old Rebecca, who had ...
This pill will make you smarter
14-May-2005, United States, NewScientist
HAVING problems performing in the sack? Take Viagra. Got the jitters before that important presentation? Try beta blockers. Need to stay awake to finish that assignment? Pop a Provigil pill.
For those prepared to pay, the growing list of ...
Chinese mass media mobilized for "people's war" ...
13-May-2005, China, People's Daily
Similar special columns will appear on 41 major local newspapers from 28 provinces to support the country's "people's war" on drugs as of June 1, sources with China 's Public Security Ministry said.
It will be the first time that so many ...
Cops, Soldiers Smuggled Drugs
13-May-2005, United States, Join Together
A group of 16 current and former police officers and military personnel were caught in an FBI sting operation and charged with smuggling cocaine from Mexico into the U.S., the Associated Press reported May 12.
The Arizona Army National Guard ...
Study: Ecstasy, Prozac Fight Cancer
12-May-2005, United Kingdom, Sci-Tech-Today
A University of Birmingham study suggests the popular rave drug ecstasy might be effective in treating cancer, the London Daily Mirror reported Wednesday.
The five-year study found ecstasy and many other drugs used as anti-depressants -- including ...
U.N.: Iraq becoming transit point for drugs
12-May-2005, Iraq, MSNBC
A U.N. drug body warned Thursday that Iraq is emerging as a transit point for drugs, with traffickers working with insurgents and terrorists, and called on the international community to tackle the problem before it’s too late.
Drug traffickers ...
Woman jailed over prescription drugs slams UAE
12-May-2005, United Arab Emirates, Reuters
A British woman who spent two months in a Dubai jail after traces of prescription drugs were found in her body returned home on Thursday describing her treatment in the United Arab Emirates as "disgusting".
Tracy Wilkinson, 44, was arrested by ...
Baggage handlers 'paid $300,000' in drug plot
11-May-2005, Australia, Sidney Morning Herald
Qantas baggage handlers were paid $300,000 to smuggle a briefcase of cocaine through Sydney airport, a court was told today.
The allegation was set out in court documents tendered during a bail hearing for Ian Robert Chalmers, 40, charged over an ...
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