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drugs stories: 265 news summaries

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OPINION

 We've Lost the War on Drugs 

It's time for a new approach: Kristof

Jun 14, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The war on drugs has been waged for 40 years, but despite spending $44 billion annually, “the drugs have won,” writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times. A former police chief notes that “drugs are more readily available, at lower prices and higher levels of potency—... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • marijuana legalization • legalization • decriminalization

Brits Grab $105M in Drugs From Afghan Taliban

Taliban drug factory found and destroyed in Helmand province

Jun 9, 09 3:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - British troops have seized a huge stash of Taliban drugs after fierce fighting in Afghanistan, the Telegraph reports. Soldiers from the elite Black Watch squad discovered opium, heroin, and cannabis with a street value of some $105 million after attacking a Taliban drug factory in Helmand province. A number of... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • drugs • opium • British military • Helmand province

 Pregnant Brit Gets  
 Life Sentence in Laos 

Convicted of trafficking 1.5 pounds of heroin

Jun 3, 09 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pregnant British woman convicted of drug trafficking in Laos last year has been handed a life sentence, AFP reports. Samantha Orobator, 20, who was nabbed while trying to board a plane to Thailand, had been found found guilty of trafficking 1.5 pounds of heroin, said a UK embassy... More »

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pregnancy • drugs • prison • crime • heroin • Laos • drug trafficking • Britain • life sentence • Samantha Orobator

Cuba Open to US Talks on Migration, Mail

Signals cooperation
on counterterrorism, drugs, emergency aid

May 31, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cuba today said it's ready to restart talks with the US on migration and postal services, the New York Times reports. An American official confirms, meanwhile, that the island nation will also work with the United States on issues including terrorism, drugs, and disaster relief. The development marks another step... More »

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Barack Obama • terrorism • drugs • Cuba • migration • United States • negotiations • postal • disaster relief

 Mexican Heroin 
 Seeps Into 
 Rural US 

Mexican cartels push the drug into the heartland

May 31, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the battle between drug cartels and law enforcement rages in Mexico, traffickers are gaining footholds in America's Heartland. Ohio saw heroin-related deaths spread into 18 new counties between 2004 and 2007, just one indication that dealers aren't limited to big cities. "It's like going to pick up beer,... More »

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drugs • illegal immigrant • Mexico • heroin • drug cartel • drug dealer • heartland

(Newser) - Jimi Hendrix's manager murdered the legendary rocker to cash in on a $2 million life insurance policy, an aide reveals in a new book. Hendrix was "worth more dead to him than alive," according to roadie James Wright. Wright said manager Michael Jeffrey confessed to him that he... More »

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music • drugs • crime • wine • Jimi Hendrix • overdose • rock and roll • life insurance • roadie

Mexican Drug Sweep
Snares 10 Mayors

Officials provided 'protection net' to deadly drug cartel

May 27, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten mayors and several police chiefs were busted in a major drug raid yesterday in Mexico's Michoacan state. The public officials provided a "protection net" for the deadly Michoacan Family drug cartel, said law enforcement authorities. The cartel is linked to the murder of 7 people and wounding of... More »

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drugs • Mexico • corruption • mayor • drug cartel • federal police • public corruption • narcotics

Drug Users Worldwide
Fall into 'K-Hole'

Ketamine remains legal in some places, but can cause severe problems

May 23, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Special K” isn’t part of the most important meal of the day. It’s part of a dangerous trend that’s seeing recreational drug users turn to ketamine, a substance commonly used as a horse tranquilizer, GlobalPost reports. In humans, ketamine induces a hallucinogenic, immobile state. “Everything... More »

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drugs • nightclub • recreational drugs • The Matrix • ketamine • Special K

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett's incarcerated son, Redmond O'Neal, was allowed out of prison to say farewell to his dying mother, reports the New York Daily News. O'Neal, serving time on drug charges, was allowed to visit his mother at her home the evening a documentary about her battle with cancer, Farrah's Story,... More »

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cancer • entertainment • drugs • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal • Redmond O'Neal • anal cancer • Farrah's Story

(Newser) - A dose of ginger or a new anti-nausea drug can make chemotherapy less debilitating, the Los Angeles Times reports. One study showed that capsules of ginger on days before and after treatment reduced nausea in cancer patients by 40%. Normally about 70% of chemotherapy patients endure sickness during treatment. "... More »

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drugs • chemotherapy • cancer research • ginger

 This Ain't Your  
 Dad's Weed:  
 Pot Potency Jumps 

THC concentration has been climbing for decades

May 14, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Marijuana’s average potency, as measured by the concentration of psychoactive component THC, has broken 10% for the first time after decades of steady increase, a government report says—and is expected to keep increasing, CNN notes. Potency will likely plateau at some 15% in the next 5-10 years, though... More »

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drugs • marijuana • weed • potency • THC

Drugs Czar Calls for End to 'War on Drugs'

Change in terminology signals shift in drug policy towards treatment instead of jail

May 14, 09 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration's newly confirmed drug czar wants to ditch the term "War on Drugs," the Wall Street Journal reports. The combative term is a barrier to dealing with the issue properly, said Gil Kerlikowske, highlighting the administration's plans to deal with drug abuse as a public... More »

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War on Drugs • drugs • Office of National Drug Control Policy • Obama administration • Gil Kerlikowske • Jay-ZTV

Stanford Was a Drug Informant: Report

Fraudster was likely shielded from SEC in 2006 for his trouble

May 11, 09 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Allen Stanford may have received earlier protection from the SEC by working as a drug trade informant, a BBC investigation has found. The accused fraudster’s bank paid $3.1 million to the DEA a decade ago as a middleman for a Mexican drug lord, and in 2006 an SEC... More »

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fraud • drugs • DEA • SEC • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug trade • Ponzi scheme • bank fraud • Robert Allen Stanford • Securities and Exchange Commission

(Newser) - A young pregnant Londoner could face a firing squad in Laos if she's convicted of drug smuggling charges in a trial that begins today, reports the Guardian. Samantha Orobator, 20, has not been allowed legal representation in the nine months she has been languishing in notorious Phonthong prison, and it's... More »

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drugs • London • prison • Laos • drug smuggling • Samantha Orobator

 Oakland Proposes 
 Nation's First Pot Tax 

City council approves pot levy; voters to decide in July

Apr 30, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oakland’s city council has approved a provision to apply a 1.8% tax to marijuana sold at medical dispensaries. If voters endorse the measure in July, Oakland would be the first city in the US to tax pot, reports the Wall Street Journal. Backers say it would bring in... More »

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California • drugs • medical marijuana • budget • marijuana • Oakland • taxation

Legal 'Party Drug' Blamed for 20 British Deaths

British government slammed for failing to ban GBL

Apr 30, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government is facing calls to ban a substance doctors blame for at least 20 deaths, the Daily Telegraph reports. GBL—an industrial solvent banned for personal use in the US years ago—is metabolized into banned drug GBH when ingested. Doctors warn that even tiny amounts can be... More »

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drugs • drug abuse • Britain • GBL

WWJD? OK Medical Pot: Pastors

60 Ill. clerics push lawmakers on  cannabis measure

Apr 29, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 60 Illinois religious leaders want state lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana, saying their faith compels them to show mercy, the Chicago Tribune reports. "Jesus lived his life healing those where he could and bringing those to the absence of pain," said one minister. "This... More »

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drugs • medical marijuana • religion • Illinois • marijuana legalization

(Newser) - Portugal decriminalized drug possession 8 years ago, so it must have high abuse rates, right? Not according to a new study from the Cato Institute, Time reports. Teen drug use and HIV infection from needles have declined, and more addicts now enter treatment programs. "Judging by every metric, decriminalization... More »

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drugs • drug addiction • HIV • Portugal • treatment • drug possession • decriminalization

 Bad Vitamin Killed Polo 
 Horses: Team Captain 

Common drug was tainted, he claims

Apr 22, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A tainted vitamin supplement killed the 21 horses that collapsed before a polo match in Florida last weekend, the captain of the Venezuelan team claims. He notes that five horses not given the drug are fine. The French drug, called Biodyl, is commonly administered in Europe but not approved for... More »

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drugs • vitamins • horse • death • tainted • vitamin B • selenium • polo • US Open Polo Championship • Biodyl • supplements

OPINION

 Case on 
 Vaccines 
 Far From 
 Closed: Carrey 

Scant, biased evidence not enough to rule out dangers

Apr 22, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The media act as though questions about vaccines’ potential harm to children have all been answered, but that’s based on “a huge leap of logic,” Jim Carrey writes for the Huffington Post. The court convened to rule on the vaccine cases said vaccines hadn’t caused autism... More »

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drugs • autism • public health • vaccine • side effects • Jim Carrey • Campbell Brown • Jenny McCarthy

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