Former U.S. drug czar says drugs are bigger ...
12-January-2005, United States, SignOnSanDiego.com
Retired U.S. Gen. Barry McCaffrey, drug czar under former President Bill Clinton, said Wednesday the war against drugs is a bigger problem than the war against terror. Speaking at a news conference in Mexico City, McCaffrey said 52,000 people ...

Watchdog Group: Avoid 181 Prescription Drugs
12-January-2005, United States, my.webmd.com
There are 181 popular prescription drugs on a "Do Not Use" list issued by the watchdog group Public Citizen on Wednesday. The drugs, including the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor, the birth control pill Yasmin, and controversial pain relievers ...

French Chef Jailed in Singapore Drugs Case
10-January-2005, Singapore, Scotsman.com
Award-winning French chef Francois Fabien Mermilliod was sentenced to the minimum term of one year in prison today in connection with a high-profile drug case in Singapore. Mermilliod, 29, was one six foreigners charged in the case, including the ...

GELDOF HITS OUT AT COCAINE STORIES DURING LIVE ...
09-January-2005, United Kingdom, contactmusic.com
SIR BOB GELDOF has rubbished reports he was high on cocaine while he organised charity event BAND AID in 1984. Gelfof, who co-founded the phenomenally-successful fundraiser alongside MIDGE URE, was suffering from such intense back pain he admits ...

Observer: Cocaine now cheaper than a cappuccino
09-January-2005, United Kingdom, Hard Dance London
A news report from the Observer claims the failure of the government's policy to stem drug imports is revealed today by research which shows that Britain is awash with cheap drugs, with a line of cocaine now costing less than a cappuccino. The ...

Scariest drugs are legal ones
09-January-2005, United States, New York Daily News
In 1969, as a hippie kid at Woodstock, I sat in the mud with a score of Brooklyn pilgrims from Prospect Park's Hippie Hill listening to festival organizers shouting over the loudspeakers to the 400,000 zonked-out druggies, "Beware of the brown acid, ...

Tell Congress to Keep Electronica Concerts Legal
09-January-2005, United States, synthopia.com
Congress is considering a sequel to the RAVE Act that is even more draconian than the first. If enacted, the Ecstasy Awareness Act would throw people in jail who organize raves or similar electronic dance events if some of their customers used ...

The Ending of the Rockefeller Drug Penalties Is ...
09-January-2005, United States, The New York Times
By LESLIE EATON Published: February 9, 2005 EDFORD HILLS, N.Y. - If any group of prison inmates has attracted public sympathy, it was the women whose first brush with the law left them locked up here for 15 years or more on drug ...

Number of deaths blamed on drugs falls
07-January-2005, Germany, FAZ Weekly
The number of deaths caused by illegal drug use fell during 2004 to its lowest level since 1989, a survey conducted by the Associated Press showed this week. A total of 1,324 people died as a result of illegal drug use, the survey found. That ...

Tories Urge Compulsory Drugs Tests in Schools
06-January-2005, United Kingdom, Scotsman.com
Schools should be able to force pupils to be tested for drugs, the Tories said today. A Kent school has introduced random drug-testing, but only those students willing to take part will be tested. But shadow education secretary Tim Collins ...

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