Cops win small battle, but U.S. is blowing drug ...
08-April-2005, United States, Chicago Sun Times
Tim Trevier is a big man with 15 titanium earrings, a diamond nose ring, a leather do-rag and a modified fu manchu. If you saw him on the street, you'd look twice, but it would never cross your mind that he is cop.
At 42, he has been a police ...
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 ...
Parents ‘ostriching’ on drugs
07-April-2005, United States, Fort McMurray Today
Because consuming drugs like marijuana and cocaine is illegal and federal legislation forbids identifying young offenders, the names of the students in this story were changed. Adults are quoted in the story by their real names.)
Each of the 10 ...
Four months off Bhatia's jail term
06-April-2005, Singapore, TODAYonline
Former Internet entrepreneur Dinesh Bhatia started his eight-month jail term yesterday after a High Court judge slashed four months off his original jail term.
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Bhatia, the son of former Nominated MP Kanwaljit Soin and former High Court Judge ...
China wages "people's war" against drugs
05-April-2005, China, Xinhua
A senior secutiry official Monday vowed to launch a "people's war" against drugs, aiming at checking the sources of drugs, curbing the harmful influence of drug crimes and keeping the number of drug addicts from growing.
"The nationwide ...
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 ...
Report: Colombia drug war failing
01-April-2005, Colombia, CNN
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A new White House report showed that a massive aerial spraying offensive last year failed to dent the area of coca under cultivation in Colombia.
But President Alvaro Uribe vowed on Friday to press ahead with ...
Current Thinking On Medicinal Marijuana? Seeing ...
29-March-2005, United Kingdom, emediawire
As the debate still rages over the use of Cannabis, hundreds of people who are sick and disable all over the UK who use Cannabis for Medicinal purposes are speaking out through an organisation called People Helping People ( P.H.P.) to give a more ...
Medicinal Marijuana on Trial
29-March-2005, United States, The New York Times
Medical marijuana is now legal in 11 states, and bills to legalize it are pending in at least 7 more. The drug is also at the heart of a case being considered by the United States Supreme Court.
Yet there remains much confusion over whether ...
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