Just Say No to Drug Dogs
29-August-2004, United States, Alternet
Down boy! A California community faces the prospect of drug-sniffing dogs searching its schools. What kind of message are we sending to our kids?
We can all agree that we don't want drugs in our schools. But how best to keep them out is another ...
In Brazil, Alcohol Is the Main Cause of Crime
28-August-2004, Brazil, Brazzil
National anti-drug policy is being debated in regional forums with various sectors of Brazil's civil society. The idea is to discuss proposals for a national policy with representatives from all spheres of government (federal, state, and municipal), ...
New super strain of coca plant stuns anti-drug ...
27-August-2004, Colombia, Scotsman.com
DRUG traffickers have created a new strain of coca plant that yields up to four times more cocaine than existing plants and promises to revolutionise Colombia’s drugs industry.
The new variety of coca, the raw material for cocaine, was found in ...
Viagra abusers "should be warned of STI danger"
24-August-2004, United States, uk.gay.com
The anti-impotence drug Viagra could be reclassified in the USA, in a bid to limit the links between gay men who use it and sexually transmitted diseases.
According to the Reuters news agency, San Francisco's Department of Public Health has ...
Teenagers fake drug use for image
23-August-2004, United States, Bluelight
One-fifth of teenagers say their friends pretend to take drugs to look "cool", new research reveals.
The teenagers said their friends were pressured into faking drug-taking in order to fit in with their peers.
The report, by confidential drugs ...
Fees for medical-marijuana create budget surplus
22-August-2004, United States, StatesmanJournal.com
Advocates want more of the funds to go toward patients
By CRYSTAL LUONG, Statesman Journal
August 20, 2004
As the number of medical-marijuana patients continues to rise in Oregon, the accompanying licensing fees have generated a substantial ...
Drug runner needed cash to fund his lifestyle
18-August-2004, New Zealand, The New Zealand Herald
Auckland entrepreneur David Shaida, who smuggled drugs while sitting on the board of King's School in Auckland, was struggling to pay his children's fees at the private school and his business ventures were crumbling.
Shaida has told friends ...
Mental Marijuana
18-August-2004, United States, Seattle Weekly
Smoking marijuana, the federal government constantly reminds us, is dangerous in every way. It impairs cognitive functioning, makes you high, and, because it’s smoked, is a demon in a bong hit—and so on. A counterargument is that pot has helped ...
Gov. Kernan admits past marijuana use
17-August-2004, United States, Indianapolis Star
by Matthew Tully
What started as four Democrats holding a news conference to raise questions about Mitch Daniels' 1970 marijuana arrest ended today with two of the Democrats and Gov. Joe Kernan acknowledging they also used the drug years ...
Vancouver heroin clinic clears hurdle
17-August-2004, Canada, mytelus.com
VANCOUVER (CBC) - Plans for a controversial prescription heroin study has been been given tentative approval by Health Canada.
The North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) wants to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade heroin to 150 users for ...
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