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  • April 2007

    • West Coast Breeds Weed Snobs, Too

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Apr 23, 07 9:10 AM CDT

      West Coast Breeds Weed Snobs, Too

      (Newser) - Cannabis is accruing its own class of sophistocates, particularly in California, where medical legalization and lax enforcement have made connoisseurship marginally acceptable. Advanced palates judge their weed on taste, smell and quality of high, reports the Chronicle— a far cry from the 70s, when users joked that there "were two kinds of pot, good and bad." More »

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      California  • drugs  • marijuana  • drug use  • medical marijuana  • cannabis  • weed

    • Draft Prospects Admit To Smoking Pot

      NBCSports.com  |  Apr 18, 07 10:17 PM CDT

      Draft Prospects Admit To Smoking Pot

      (Newser) - Three of the most highly regarded prospects in the upcoming NFL draft—Calvin Johnson, Amobi Okoye, and Gaines Adams—admitted in interviews at the combine that they have used marijuana. Nevertheless, all three are considered to be free of the kind of dramatic character problems that have plagued the NFL recently. More »

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      NFL  • football  • drugs  • marijuana  • Calvin Johnson

    • Detox is Second (or Only) Home for These Addicts

      New York Times  |  Apr 17, 07 3:54 PM CDT

      Detox is Second (or Only) Home for These Addicts

      (Newser) - Drug addicts who check into New York hospital detox units dozens of times per year cost the state more than $300 million annually. These frequent fliers are often homeless or mentally ill people who see detox as a source of food and housing. People use it instead of the shelter system, said Sam Tsemberis of the nonprofit Pathways to Housing. More »

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      New York City  • drugs  • housing  • rehab  • hospitals  • drug addiction  • addiction  • homeless  • treatment  • shelter

    • Mexican Drug Wars Fought in Cyberspace

      Washington Post  |  Apr 9, 07 4:41 PM CDT

      Mexican Drug Wars Fought in Cyberspace

      (Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are making themselves at home on YouTube, posting music  videos that show off the bloodied bodies of their tortured and executed competitors. The gangs have turned to the Internet to recruit members, plan attacks, and intimidate and threaten rival gangs. The result is an al-Qaeda–like virtual network that the tech-lite Mexican police have been slow to tap for information. More »

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      Internet  • YouTube  • Mexico  • drugs  • law  • organized crime  • drug cartel  • War on Drugs  • law enforcement

    • Cheap Anticancer Drugs Are Ignored

      New York Times  |  Apr 5, 07 9:51 PM CDT

      Cheap Anticancer Drugs Are Ignored

      (Newser) - Ralph Moss writes about why inexpensive cancer treatments get no research dollars. The publisher of a newsletter that covers both conventional and alternative cancer therapies, Moss blames the inability to patent already discovered and available chemicals and drugs for the situation. More »

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      health  • cancer  • drugs  • medicine  • research  • medical breakthrough  • treatment

    • Keith Richards: "I Snorted My Dad"

      BBC  |  Apr 4, 07 10:20 AM CDT

      Keith Richards: &quot;I Snorted My Dad&quot;

      (Newser) - Legendary rock guitarist and professional strange person Keith Richards—still alive against all apparent odds—admitted yesterday to snorting cocaine laced with his own father's ashes. "He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared," he told British music magazine NME. More »

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      music  • drugs  • cocaine  • entertainment  • weird  • Rolling Stones  • rock stars  • Keith Richards  • cremation

  • March 2007

    • HGH Isn't Worth the Hysteria

      Slate  |  Mar 27, 07 11:47 AM CDT

      HGH Isn't Worth the Hysteria

      (Newser) - Crusaders against performance enhancing drugs should lighten up about Human Growth Hormone: In the sports version of the war on drugs, anabolic steroids are heroin and HGH is marijuana, writes Daniel Engber. Studies haven't shown any definitive increase in athletic abilities resulting from taking HGH, and they have minimal harmful side effects. More »

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      drugs  • steroids  • sports  • medicine  • athlete  • human growth hormone  • hormones  • War on Drugs

    • IT WAS AN OVERDOSE

      CNN  |  Mar 26, 07 1:44 PM CDT

      IT WAS AN OVERDOSE

      (Newser) - Anna Nicole overdosed on prescription painkillers and sleeping meds, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Smith reported today, calling the death accidental. There were nine different drugs in her system at the time of her death, including three antidepressants or anti-anxiety drugs—methadone, Lexapro and Zoloft. More »

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      celebrity  • obituary  • drugs  • autopsy  • Anna Nicole Smith  • overdose

    • Bong Case 4 SCOTUS

      New York Times  |  Mar 20, 07 10:51 AM CDT

      Bong Case 4 SCOTUS

      (Newser) - A student glorifying illegal drug use shouldn't be protected by the First Amendment, Ken Starr argued before the Supreme Court yesterday in the case of a high school student suspended for displaying a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" during the Winter Olympics Torch Relay in Juneau, Alaska in 2002.  More »

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      US Supreme Court  • drugs  • Alaska  • Olympic Games  • John Roberts  • drug use  • First Amendment  • Samuel Alito  • Kenneth Starr  • Juneau

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