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In Video, Teens Force Toddler
to Smoke Pot

Two Ohioans charged after camcorder ends up in a pawnshop

WCSH (Portland, Maine) WCSH (Portland, Maine) Apr 16, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Ohio teens have been arrested after police acquired a video in which they forced a toddler to smoke pot, NBC reports. The video, in which the smoking babysitters pass the pipe to the 18-month-old, was recovered after it was left inside a camcorder sold to a pawnshop. The teens face charges of child endangerment and distributing narcotics to a minor. More »

More about:  drugs • Ohio • smoking • marijuana • toddler • recreational drugs

Viagra Linked to
Reduced Fertility

New concern for fertility clinics that provide drug to male partners

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Feb 24, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Popular sexual potency drug Viagra has been linked to sperm effects so dramatic that it could seriously affect male fertility, researchers have discovered. The findings are particularly troubling because in-vitro fertilization clinics often provide Viagra to men to increase sperm production. The new studies show that while Viagra increases sperm activity, it also damages the enzymes that allow the sperm to enter and fertilize an egg. More »

More about:  Great Britain • scientific study • prescription drugs • Viagra • in vitro fertilization • sperm • eggs • recreational drugs • off label drug use

Absinthe's Back but Thrill's Gone

Hallucinogenic ingredient has all but disappeared

Time Time Dec 2, 07 5:49 AM CST
(Newser) - The "Green Fairy" may have led Van Gogh to cut off his ear, but don't expect newly legal absinthe to cause anyone to do the same, reports Time magazine . New federal regulations allow the anise-flavor liquor only a trace of thujone, the chemical from wormwood that supposedly causes hallucinations. Scientists accusing absinthe retailers of "playing pretend" say the original version contained 25 times that amount. More »

More about:  alcohol • liquor • absinthe • recreational drugs • hallucination

Packed Prisons 'Costly Failure'

Report calls for shorter sentences, quicker paroles, aid on release

Reuters Reuters Nov 20, 07 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - America's prisons, crammed with 2.2 million inmates, are an expensive failure, according to a report by a Washington criminal justice research group. The JFA Institute calls for shorter sentences and parole terms, alternative punishments and decriminalizing recreational drugs—steps that would cut the prison population in half and save $20 billion a year, reports Reuters. More »

More about:  Department of Justice • prison • parole • George Soros • prison population • recreational drugs

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