Jury Finds No Guilt in Shipped Cocaine
16-June-2004, United States, St. Petersburg Times
TAMPA - The federal government took a hit Tuesday in its ongoing efforts against overseas drug smuggling.
After a six-week trial involving 16 people from Lithuania and Ukraine accused of smuggling drugs, jurors deliberated for three days and ...
The Stars Come 'Out'
14-June-2004, Afghanistan, Alternet
What do Rodney Dangerfield, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Kerry, Bing Crosby, Newt Gingrich and Margaret Mead have in common? They've come clean about pot and they want others to as well
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield's new autobiography, It's Not ...
Canadian Marijuana Reformers
11-June-2004, Canada, Drug Reform Coordination Network
Thousands of people flooded onto Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada's capital, Saturday to demand the legalization of marijuana. The event came three weeks before Canadians go to the polls to elect a new national government, and while it was ...
It's OK to smoke dope, England fans told
11-June-2004, Portugal, Guardian
Portuguese police officers will turn a blind eye to England supporters who openly smoke cannabis during Euro 2004, having decided that a stoned crowd is easier to control than a drunk one.
Lisbon police confirmed yesterday that England fans will ...
Swiss Doctors Want Prescription Cocaine
11-June-2004, Switzerland, Drug Reform Coordination Network
A little more than a decade ago, Switzerland embarked on what is by all accounts a successful program of prescribing heroin to addicts. Now, some doctors are calling for that program to be expanded to include prescribing cocaine as well, the Swiss ...
Senate Hopeful Lobbies for Legal Pot
09-June-2004, United States, Sacramento Bee
NEWPORT BEACH - If any other U.S. Senate candidate proposed legalizing marijuana, voters might question what that politician had been smoking.
But the California hopeful making that pitch does not get those questions -- at least not very ...
Study Sees Pot of Gold in Illegal B.C. Crop
09-June-2004, Canada, Globe and Mail
Vancouver ?The grass really is greener in British Columbia ?to the tune of $7-billion a year, according to a landmark study by the Fraser Institute.
In fact, so much, so-called ''B.C. bud'' is harvested illegally in the province, with police ...
NY: Talks on Drug Laws Stall as State Deadline ...
08-June-2004, United States, New York Times
ALBANY, June 7 - New York's top officials have agreed for several years that the state's Rockefeller-era drug laws are too harsh, but their efforts to overhaul them appeared to founder yet again Monday when talks broke down without an ...
Police hunt the 'opium vampires'
07-June-2004, Spain, The Guardian
Police have uncovered a drug scam involving professional thieves who target fields in southern Spain where farmers have been cultivating opium poppies under licence for the government.
The thieves, many of them Italians, make night-time raids to ...
Former New Jersey Cop Speaks Out for Marijuana ...
06-June-2004, Canada, Associated Press
OTTAWA -- A retired drug cop found an attentive crowd gathered on Parliament Hill on Saturday to protest marijuana prohibition and advocate regulation.
Jack Cole is not the type of person you would expect to see at a rally to legalize pot. ...
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