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Man jailed for killing his Hare Krishna mother
Evidence at trial painted a picture of a violent and dysfunctional home, headed by a controlling father and drug-addicted mother, both of whom were adherents of the Hare Krishna faith. Evidence at trial painted a picture of a violent and dysfunctional home, headed by a controlling father and drug-addicted mother, both... more
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Grandmother smuggled £1 million of cocaine in fruit tins
A 76-year-old grandmother tried to smuggle £1 million of uncut cocaine into Britain inside tins of fruit, a court heard.
Ambrozine Heron was caught along with daughter Paulette Chambers, 48, and alleged accomplice Edmund Anderson, 47, as they drove off a ferry at Dover Docks with 16 kilos of the class A drug. The scheme was uncovered by a sniffer dog who searched the vehicle and found two large shopping bags containing 20 cans of fruit, all stuffed with wraps of cocaine in its purest form.
Miss Heron and Mr Anderson both denied smuggling drugs, while Chambers admitted the charge at a hearing. However, it looks like elderly Miss Heron is not as innocent as she claims to be. A mobile phone handset found in her handbag contained text messages between her and unknown European suppliers about arranging the deal. In addition, her car had been recorded making more than 14 previous trips to the continent in the five months leading up the duo's arrest. Miss Heron, who walks with the aid of a stick, also had an account which was used to make 10 bookings with travel companies such as Eurotunnel and various ferry companies between October last year and March this year.
The trial, which is expected to last four days, continues. A 76-year-old grandmother tried to smuggle £1 million of uncut cocaine into Britain inside tins of fruit, a court heard. ... more -
Illegal drug admissions soar in UK hospitals
Apparently it seems some UK teens are caning it a little bit too hard!
A recent study has shown '41% increase in the number of under-16s admitted to hospital with drug poisoning, from 596 admissions to 839.'
And it's not just the teen-boppies getting high, the amount of 16 to 24-year-olds that admitted taking cocaine rose to 6%.
Marjorie Wallace, the chief exec. of mental health charity Sane said that 'the rise in the number of young people admitted to hospital for drug-related mental or behavioural disorders is shocking.
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Television The Drug of the Nation
Was this guy ahead of his time, or right on time? "Television is the new GOD"
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now the largest drug bust in history..
its not pot! it is Ecstasy .. 15 million.... well just read it ;)
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Police Raid Maryland Mayor's Home, Seize Drugs, Kill His Dogs -
A small town mayor whose house was raided and dogs were killed by police appears to be an innocent victim of a drug smuggling scheme, authorities said.
Police kicked in the door and stormed the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, shooting two black Labradors and seizing an unopened package with 32 pounds of marijuana inside. But the drugs evidently did not belong to him or his wife.
Police say Cheye Calvo and his wife appeared to be victims of a plan by two men to smuggle millions of dollars worth of marijuana by having it delivered to about a half-dozen unsuspecting recipients.
The two men under arrest include a FedEx package deliveryman; investigators said the deliveryman would drop off a package outside a home, and the other man would come by a short time later and pick it up.
A furious Calvo said Thursday that he and his wife, Trinity Tomsic, are asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the July 29 raid.
"Trinity was an innocent victim and random victim," Calvo said outside his two-story, red-brick house in this middle-class Washington suburb of about 3,000 people. "We were harmed by the very people who took an oath to protect us."
Calvo insisted the couple's dogs were gentle creatures and said police apparently killed them "for sport," gunning down one of them as it was running away.
"Our dogs were our children," said the 37-year-old Calvo. "They were the reason we bought this house because it had a big yard for them to run in."
The mayor, who was changing his clothes when police burst in, also complained that he was handcuffed in his boxer shorts for about two hours along with his mother-in-law, and said the officers did not believe him when he told them he was the mayor. No charges were brought against Calvo or his wife, who came home in the middle of the raid.
Prince George's County Police Chief Melvin High said Wednesday that Calvo and his family were "most likely ... innocent victims," but he would not rule out their involvement, and he defended the way the raid was conducted. He and other officials did not apologize for killing the dogs, saying the officers felt threatened.
Police announced Wednesday they had arrested two men suspected in a plot to smuggle 417 pounds (189 kilograms) of marijuana, and seized a total of $3.6 million in pot. Investigators said the package that arrived on Calvo's porch had been sent from Los Angeles via FedEx, and they had been tracking it ever since it drew the attention of a drug-sniffing dog in Arizona.
Police intercepted it in Maryland, and an undercover detective posing as a deliveryman took it to the Calvo home.
Calvo's defenders — including the Berwyn Heights police chief, who said his department should have been alerted ahead of time — said police had no right to enter the home without knocking.
more click on link.... A small town mayor whose house was raided and dogs were killed by police appears to be an innocent victim of a drug smuggling scheme, ... more -
Questionable use of antidepressants to treat PMS
A small new study shows antidepressants work within hours to dampen premenstrual anger and irritability. It usually takes several weeks for the drugs to start working in depression, and months before a maximum effect is achieved. A small new study shows antidepressants work within hours to dampen premenstrual anger and irritability. It usually takes several week... more
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New drug fights PTSD by suppressing memories
Barry Roma, a postal worker and a disabled Vietnam veteran, tells people not to be afraid of him. He is joking, sort of. He knows how veterans -- and postal workers -- are seen by many people, and luckily he has a sense of humor. By night, he works as a mail handler in Chicago and by day, as national coordinator for Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He helps to put out a biannual publication, The Veteran, and works closely with members of Iraq Veterans Against the War. His achievements are hard-earned.
More than 40 years ago, as an officer in Vietnam, he witnessed wartime atrocities that could easily be classified as war crimes. The events occurred decades ago, but they continue to haunt and nearly overwhelm him with remorse. He watched American soldiers demolish villages, burn houses, and shoot civilians. After seeing friends blown up by landmines, he enlisted the help of local farmers, asking them to walk ahead of U.S. troops to look for hidden bombs. No one was hurt during these particular incidents, he says, but he cannot shake the memory of what he did. In May 1968, he left Vietnam to bring home the body of his nephew, a teenager who, he says, "was like my brother."
Back in San Bernadino, California, Roma enrolled at a local college and tried to get on with things, but he discovered that he could not sleep. "I had a tremendous amount of adrenaline," he says. "A couple hours of sleep a night was just perfect." Roma, who is now 60, says he began to drink heavily. (He remembers lots of "sangria with dry ice.") And, though he did not know it at the time, he showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), including anxiety and nightmares.
For the rest of the article follow the link. Barry Roma, a postal worker and a disabled Vietnam veteran, tells people not to be afraid of him. He is joking, sort of. He knows how ... more -
Girl Scout Camp Marijuana Farm Busted
MAkes you wonder what they're putting in the cookies these days.....
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Aussie TV reporter in Singapore drug arrest
An Australian television journalist has been arrested in Singapore for alleged drug possession and faces up to 20 years in jail and 15 strokes of the cane, police and his employer said Friday.
The Central Narcotics Bureau said the man was arrested Wednesday but did not identify him. Australia's national television network, Australian Broadcasting Corp., said it was their New Delhi-based South Asia correspondent, Peter Lloyd.
Officers seized a packet of methamphetamine weighing approximately 0.03 ounces, an improvised smoking pipe and six syringes, the narcotics bureau said in a statement. Lloyd, 41, was expected to be charged in court Friday.
Singapore imposes severe penalties for drug use and possession, including a mandatory death penalty for anyone caught with more than 0.5 ounces of heroin or more than 17.6 ounces of marijuana. The death penalty does not apply to synthetic drug possession.
A statement from the director of ABC News, John Cameron, said Lloyd was on leave in Singapore. The reporter has been the face of ABC's coverage from India and Pakistan, appearing regularly on the network's nationally broadcast daily news.
The narcotics bureau said Lloyd was arrested during a follow-up search after a Singaporean man was arrested earlier in the day for alleged possession of methamphetamine. An investigation revealed that Lloyd had supplied the Singaporean with the drug, it said.
Lloyd faces five to 20 years in prison and five to 15 strokes of the cane if found guilty. An Australian television journalist has been arrested in Singapore for alleged drug possession and faces up to 20 years in jail and 15... more -
Doctors Warn Amy Winehouse "Quit Drugs or Die"
Amy Winehouse receives a chilling warning from her doctors saying she must quit drugs or she will die.
The doctor’s orders came while Amy Winehouse was in a central London hospital undergoing testing after her recent fainting episode on Monday.
After blacking out at her Camden home, she was taken in to the clinic by her father, Mitch, as a precautionary measure.
Now Winehouse has received the stern warning that she will continue to be ill unless she gives up the hard drugs immediately.
A source told The Sun, “Eventually she won’t get up again. The only thing to stop that happening is if she quits drugs.”
Winehouse’s spokesman denies the doctors orders of “quit drugs or die”.
Her rep did state that the singer is still undergoing tests in London.
He said, “She seems to be fine in herself, but they are taking their time to be sure.” And that, “She’s staying there for the time being. They are still not quite sure what happened and the tests were inconclusive.”
Winehouse’s father, Mitch, says Amy to stay in the hospital for as long as is needed. Amy Winehouse receives a chilling warning from her doctors saying she must quit drugs or she will die. ... more -
Completely legal designer entactogenic drug: 2-C-U-2
This is a new and completely legal designer entactogenic drug marketed as GOLD.
Art Industry pioneer, Zero X, powers the latest in non-substantive psychoactive information products: hallucination by suggestion.
Our ultimate goal is to undermine the sensible symantic essence of consumer marketing by breaking free from the assumption that a product needs to be real in order to be sold. This is a new and completely legal designer entactogenic drug marketed as GOLD. ... more -
Libri /«Cocaparty» storie di ragazzi fra sballi, sesso e cocaina
Un libro che prende a pugni e schiaffi. Perché a parlare sono loro, capitolo per capitolo: i ragazzi che odiano e ingannano genitori e professori, ma si raccontano di fronte all'"autorità che non hanno conosciuto", che sia un giornalista o un vip. Un libro che prende a pugni e schiaffi. Perché a parlare sono loro, capitolo per capitolo: i ragazzi che odiano e ingannano genitori e... more
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Supplying Meth Chemicals in Canada is legal?
U.S. drug convict pleads to stay in Canada, argues his actions are legal in Canada.
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Death strikes New Orleans heroin users circle
Seven heroin-addicted youths have died of overdoses within the past few months in New Orleans. The oldest was 27, the youngest 16. "So much for the indestructibility of youth."
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/death_struck... Seven heroin-addicted youths have died of overdoses within the past few months in New Orleans. The oldest was 27, the youngest 16. ... more -
DRUG WAR?? OR DRUG CONTROL
Great Documentary Video on the Drug War long over 2hrs, but worth the watch.
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How America Lost the War on Drugs
Great new read by Ben Wallace-Wells in this month?s Rolling Stone that exposes how the $500 Billion spent on the Drug War over the last 35 years has been all but a complete waste of time and money, and an absolute failure by any standard of measure.
[A]fter U.S. drug agents began systematically busting up the Colombian cartels - doubt was replaced with hard data. Thanks to new research, U.S. policy-makers knew with increasing certainty what would work and what wouldn?t. The tragedy of the War on Drugs is that this knowledge hasn?t been heeded. We continue to treat marijuana as a major threat to public health, even though we know it isn?t. We continue to lock up generations of teenage drug dealers, even though we know imprisonment does little to reduce the amount of drugs sold on the street. And we continue to spend billions to fight drugs abroad, even though we know that military efforts are an ineffective way to cut the supply of narcotics in America or raise the price.
All told, the United States has spent an estimated $500 billion to fight drugs - with very little to show for it. [?]
Even by conservative estimates, the War on Drugs now costs the United States $50 billion each year and has overcrowded prisons to the breaking point - all with little discernible impact on the drug trade. ?(read on)
That is a truly one great article every policy maker should have to read. I can?t ever read a word on this topic without remembering how Col Oliver North was involved in smuggling cocaine into the U.S. under Reagan, circumventing Congress to pay for an illegal proxy war, which coincided with the birth of the crack epidemic at the very same time the President had declared a ?War on Drugs? (Remember Nancy?s ?Just Say No??) and the great expansion in the building of prisons and increasing sentences that has resulted in the disenfranchisement of generations of disproportionately black would-be voters to this very day. But of course all that was just another unintended but electorally significant consequence of Ronald Reagan?s. Great new read by Ben Wallace-Wells in this month?s Rolling Stone that exposes how the $500 Billion spent on the Drug War over the las... more -
UK's first heroin "Shooting Galleries" are a success
A trial scheme which set up "shooting galleries" in three cities, enabling heroin users to obtain drugs and inject them under supervision, has dramatically cut crime rates and stopped addicts buying their supplies on the streets.
According to official figures, 10 per cent of drug addicts commit 75 per cent of the acquisitive crimes in the Britain. But the number of offences committed by the heroin addicts taking part in the shooting gallery scheme fell from an average of 40 each per month before they were admitted to "about half a dozen a month" after six months of intensive therapy, according to Professor John Strang who is leading the study. A trial scheme which set up "shooting galleries" in three cities, enabling heroin users to obtain drugs and inject them unde... more -
Cannabis drug available in the UK
The drug is a mouth spray containing two chemicals found in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol.
Sativex has already been licensed for use in Canada to relieve pain in people with MS.
The Home Office has now said the drug can be imported to the UK for individual patient's use.
"This is a move in the right direction"
Mike O'Donovan, MS Society
Not available in California yet. :( The drug is a mouth spray containing two chemicals found in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol. ... more -
Blackwater anti-drug task force in US?
Blackwater has bids in for up to $15,000,000,000 in anti-drug contracts. Blackwater. Does this trend frighten any one else as much as it does me? Especially when combined with certain legislation signed by Bush that makes it easier for him to declare martial law and deploy troops in our own country for use against civilians. Blackwater has bids in for up to $15,000,000,000 in anti-drug contracts. Blackwater. Does this trend frighten any one else as much as ... more
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