Crack vs. Cocaine: Confusion at the Supreme Court?

" It's always possible to crack a good cocaine joke — I'm as guilty as the next person — and there were more than a few of them in a recent syndicated column from the Washington Post about the Supreme Court's somewhat bumbling deliberations over a case involving...

Addict or Bipolar? Examining the 'Passion' of Charlie Sheen

"Charlie Sheen's public meltdown–media blitz continues, with riveting interviews aired on morning shows on NBC and ABC; a volatile, rambling conversation streamed on TMZ.com; and a more restrained appearance on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight. Also on Monday, Feb. 28: Sheen...

How text messages help to fight Malaria in Nigeria and Ghana

" Mobile phones could soon be helping re-assure Nigerians and Ghanaians they are getting genuine medicine. A pilot scheme in the two nations has begun putting unique scratch codes on more than 500,000 medicine bottles and packets of pills. When the code is texted to a free...

Aspirin 'helps protect against bowel cancer'

" A daily aspirin tablet may help prevent bowel cancer, a study suggests. Oxford University found it cut cases by a quarter and deaths by more than a third in a review of 14,000 patients. Aspirins are already widely used to help protect people against strokes and heart...

Mexico forces seize huge marijuana haul in Tijuana

" Mexican security forces have seized 105 tonnes of marijuana with a street value of at least $340m (£214m) - the biggest such haul in the country in years. Heavily armed troops and police raided several homes in the city of Tijuana, on the border with the US, exchanging...

Anna Nicole Smith trial, No Verdict Yet!

"Jurors in the drug trial of Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern and two doctors begin their fifth day of deliberations Monday. Stern and Drs. Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich are charged with conspiring to feed the reality TV star and Playboy model's...

Supervised injection site, Insite, may be heading back to court

Coming again to the forefront of Canadian news, is Vancouver's Insite facility, which is known as North America's only safe, supervised injection site for illegal drug users.  A facility located in the...

Pepper spray can kill coke users

There have been number of lethal cases involving pepper spray and now the culprits have been identified -- cocaine plus pepper spray is equal to poison. " Police officers around the world often use pepper spray to...

India's tourism havens and Drug traffkiling hot spot

New Delhi: India's popular tourism havens and drug traffkiling hot spot state like Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan have emerged as the "hot spots" for cocaine, ecstasy and LSD besides other synthetic drugs....

6 Severed Heads Left By Mexican Drug Cartels

The severed heads 5 police officers and 1 prosecutor were found outside a church in Durango Mexico.  The suspected criminals are drug cartels who are well know for gifting severed heads to send message to rivals. Mexican police say that the beheading appeared to be a...

Gen Julian Aristides Gonzalez, Honduras Anti-drug Chief Shot Dead

Honduras anti-drug chief Gen. Julian Aristides Gonzalez was shot dead in a car by attackers on a motorcycle. Gen Aristides was the director general of the national office for combating drug trafficking. Just yesterday, Gen Aristides presented a report about drug trafficking,...

Drug and people-trafficking tunnel is found

Another underground, well actually under border, tunnel has been discovered under a building in Tijuana, Mexico.  The incomplete, elaborate walkway measuring a completed length of almost 1000 feet was just...

Psych Meds Keep You "Sick" & Make You WORSE

Evidence is mounting that psych meds are making people (& populations) worse, not better. Nations that don't keep their patients on meds have a higher recovery rate than, the "rich & modern" nations like...

US raids hit Mexican drug cartel -Breaking News

" More than 300 people have been arrested in a series of drug raids targeting a Mexican drug cartel operating in the US, American officials have said. The two-day operation, which involved thousands of police...

Britain's Youngest Mother Grows Marijuana 'To Escape Stress'

A teenage girl once dubbed "Britain's youngest mom" has been caught growing marijuana in her home. Amy Crowhurst became Britain's youngest mom when she fell pregnant at the age of 12. Now 19 and the single mother of two from Crawley, West Sussex, Crowhurst admitted producing...

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