Body in suitcase was full of heroin packets, cops say

"WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) -- An autopsy has revealed that a man found dead in a suitcase in a suburban park was a drug "mule" who had 50 packets of heroin in his body and probably died when one or two of them broke open. Investigators expressed surprise that the man's body...

Reports link Karzai's brother to Afghan heroin trade

" Reports link Karzai's brother to Afghan heroin trade ""WASHINGTON: When Afghan security forces found an enormous cache of heroin hidden beneath concrete...

Brazil third largest consumer of amphetamines

The consumption of ATS has skyrocketed in Brazil, making it the world's third most hyperactive country:"Brazil has become the third largest consumer of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) in the world, according to a...

It Is Time For Equality Now

Cases of human rights abuses are a growing problem. I would like to highlight the case of Kobra Najjar, an Iranian woman sentenced to death in her home country. Kobra's crime ? Suffering domestic violence at the hands of her, late, heroin addict...

Crimes of Silence, The Ignominy of Marijuana

The inhumanity of drug laws in the United States are a disgrace. Particularly when it comes to marijuana, a substance with a toxic limit that is virtually unreachable in its inhalable form.When our most disabled,...

British Columbia CrackGate Payola Scam: Methadone Kickbacks Investigated for ...

Opinion Barry Artiste And this surprises WHO? Certainly another case for the Barry Artiste, "No Shit Sherlock Files". It has been reported at least one Pharmacist, who like medical professionals have a code of...

China: Elephant cured of drug addiction

"      An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin after being fed bananas spiked with the drug is to return home after undergoing a detox programme. The four-year-old animal, called...

Heroin addicted elephant kicks habit

The plot line has all the characteristics of a dramatic Hollywood thriller: villians capture an innocent victim, who they forcibly control with drugs; when police bust the renegade group, the victim is liberated and...

How Sonny Defeated the Dragon - Amy Winehouse pulls out of Paris show

Amy Winehouse seems to lurch from one chemical induced crisis to another with news this weekend that she is to be sued for pulling out at the last minute from her high profile Paris appearance.  Those that have...

Past Tense: Harm Reduction, '50s Style

In the recent hullabaloo over Insite, Vancouver’s safe injection site for drug users, critics of the facility are doing their best to create the impression that harm reduction is the recent product of radicals....

Another Drug Trafficking Suspect Freed To Leave Maldives

"Abdul Waheed, 29, one of three people arrested in March over a US $1 million drug bust, fled to India this month after a court ruled he should not be kept in detention pending trial, police have said. Under the...

My Last Day As A Junkie

Nicole Guice was a heroin addict. She'd steal and lie to her family, all for another fix. Here is an account from her last day of using."My back hurts. This has been my first thought upon waking every morning for...

Public supports closing safe injection site, Ottawa says

Canada's health minister recently claimed at an international conference that Canadians want to shut down Vancouver's safe injection site, but critics say his comments are ideologically driven and...

I Am Become Death: Atomic Bomb Dropped 8/6/1945

"Am Become Death: Atomic Bomb Dropped 8/6/1945 Posted on 06 August 2008 by Kevin Today in history, on this day August 6, 1945, U.S. bomber, the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima Japan...

Past Tense: “The Dope Craze that’s Terrorizing Vancouver”

I recently heard a senior city planner say that economic decline in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside preceded the drug problem now associated with the area. The point he was making was valid – that the drug trade...

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