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War on Drugs

"If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a 'fix' of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine." -Rob Stampfli

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May 2008
- Indoor Pot Farms Sow Calif. Discord
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 31, 08 12:13 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Indoor pot farms are sprouting up around California and causing some bad vibes in the Golden State, the Los Angeles Times reports. In one northwest community, authorities estimate that 1,000 of 7,500 homes are devoted to cultivating marijuana, cutting into the housing supply and raising safety concerns. Many residents complain that out-of-staters are flooding in to take advantage of liberal laws about medical marijuana. More »
- CSI Star Avoids Jail in Drug Bust
  
  Associated Press | May 29, 08 11:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - CSI co-star Gary Dourdan sidestepped 3-4 years in jail yesterday by copping a plea in a case involving cocaine and ecstasy, the AP reports. Dourdan, whose character was killed off in the season finale, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony drug possession after an arrest last month near Palm Springs, Calif.; a heroin charge was dropped after he agreed to a 30-hour diversion program. More »
- 'Legal Weed' Beer Slogan Has Feds Hopping Mad
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 28, 08 8:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The feds are cracking down on a small brewer in Weed, Calif., because they're very much unamused by the slogan on his bottle caps: "Try Legal Weed." A bureau of the Treasury Department says the phrase not only alludes to marijuana but misleads consumers about the ingredients of Weed Ales, reports the Los Angeles Times . The 61-year old brewer faces big fines and sanctions but isn't budging. More »
- 7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle
  
  CNN | May 28, 08 4:23 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A gun battle in Mexico's drug capital of Culiacan ended with seven federal police officers and a civilian lying dead, and four officers wounded. Drug dealers opened fire and hurled a grenade as police raided a drug house in the city, where 1,000 people have died in drug-related violence since the beginning of the year, reports CNN. More »
- Watchdogs Say Hollywood Going to Pot
  
  Christian Science Monitor | May 20, 08 1:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Production of cannabis-centric films is hitting a high, reports the Christian Science Monitor . Once pigeonholed with Cheech and Chong and low-budget cult films such as The Big Lebowski , movies that feature pot-smoking characters now tend toward mainstream frat-house humor. This summer alone will see four marijuana-tinged releases, including the Judd Apatow-produced Pineapple Express . More »
- Battle Brews Over Medical Marijuana, Organ Transplants
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 19, 08 2:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Potential organ recipients who are using medically prescribed marijuana are being removed from transplant waiting lists, raising serious questions about transplant programs' screening processes, reports the LA Times . A Seattle man died last month after being denied a donor liver, and a critically ill man in Washington state has been bumped from two lists because he uses pot prescribed by a doctor. More »
- Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die
  
  Associated Press | May 19, 08 8:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are running a campaign of warnings and death threats to police who won’t join them, the AP reports. Banners across roads, hit lists, and messages on cops' two-way radios work to intimidate “those who still don’t believe” in the cartels’ power. Four top Mexican police officials, including the acting federal police chief, have been killed this month. More »
- Taliban 'Narco Terrorist' Convicted in US Court
  
  Reuters | May 16, 08 4:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Taliban militant has become the first person convicted under a "narco-terrorism" provision of the Patriot Act, Reuters reports. The Afghan man was busted by DEA agents for plotting to ship heroin to the US and use the proceeds to buy weapons to use against American and coalition forces. He was brought to the US last year to stand trial, and now faces 20 years to life in prison. More »
- Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War
  
  BBC | May 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A third key police officer was assassinated yesterday in the intensifying war between Mexican officials and drug cartels, the BBC reports. The deputy police chief of the border town of Juarez was killed when gunmen peppered his car with bullets as he left home. The head of Mexico's anti-kidnap unit was killed Friday, and the chief of police operations against drug trafficking was shot dead the day before. More »
- Mexico's Top Drug Cop Assassinated
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 8, 08 5:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The official leading Mexico's anti-drug efforts was gunned down early this morning, the Los Angeles Times , shot eight times after arriving at his Mexico City home from work. Mexican outlets reported that the so-called Sinaloa cartel is behind the death of Edgar Millan Gomez, 42; he's the third high-ranking federal law-enforcement official shot in the capital in the past week. More »
- 96 Arrested in San Diego State Drug Bust
  
  CNN | May 6, 08 5:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ninety-six people were arrested today in a massive drug bust at San Diego State University. Seventy-five of those nabbed were students, many of them studying for criminal-justice or homeland-security degrees, CNN reports. Cocaine, marijuana, and ecstasy were being dealt, largely by fraternity members, during a 5-month undercover DEA operation, the agency said. More »
- Cocaine Moves by Submarine
  
  Economist | May 4, 08 10:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cocaine traffickers have embraced a startling new method to transport their product into America, the Economist reports: homemade submersibles. The cartels themselves seem to be producing the small craft, which descend to just below the waterline. They sport large cargo space and fuel tanks that allow them to sail far out to sea before dropping their payloads. More »
April 2008
- 'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs
  
  People | Apr 30, 08 11:11 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Life imitated art for "CSI" star Gary Dourdan when he was arrested Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and prescription pills, People reports. The “disoriented” crime drama star, who plays an audio-video analyst with an addiction-addled past, was picked up by patrol officers who spotted him sleeping in his car shortly after 5am, according the police statement. More »
- Final Trip for LSD Creator
  
  Washington Post | Apr 30, 08 2:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Swiss scientist who formulated LSD and unwittingly helped lay the foundation of '60s drug culture has died of a heart attack at the age of 102. Albert Hofmann, who called LSD his "problem child," discovered its hallucinatory properties while working on heart stimulants, reports the Washington Post . He believed laws eventually banning the drug halted important research into its potential use as a treatment for schizophrenia. More »
- 15 Dead in Tijuana Shootout
  
  Reuters | Apr 26, 08 7:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A gunfight between Tijuana drug cartel rivals left 15 dead and eight wounded near the US border today, Reuters reports. The worst violence in Mexico's 3-year drug war, it filled a city road with bodies and took the lives of two top hit men from the Arellano Felix cartel. "Today shows we are facing a terrible war never seen before on the (U.S.-Mexico) border," said Baja California Attorney General Rommel Moreno. More »
- Dude...Where's My Sponsor?
  
  MSNBC | Apr 17, 08 9:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Major corporations are trying to see dollar signs through the haze of pot smoke hovering over this year's 4/20 stonerpalooza, as the pseudo-holiday gains national attention with its large, (idly) devoted following on college campuses. This year, festivities will include stoner cinema debuts like "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo" and "Super High Me," MSNBC reports. More »
- Bloody Drug Wars Rock Mexican Town
  
  New York Times | Apr 16, 08 4:25 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bloody drug wars are ravaging the Mexican town of Ciudad Juarez—across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas—despite desperate attempts at control by the government. After 210 lives were claimed by the battles between cartels in the first three months of 2008, President Felipe Calderon sent over 2,000 soldiers to the area in late March, the New York Times reports. More »
- In Video, Teens Force Toddler to Smoke Pot
  
  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 »
- UK to Get Tough on Pot
  
  Independent (UK) | Apr 4, 08 9:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The British government is set to tighten the law on marijuana, reclassifying it as a more dangerous drug and imposing a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison for possession. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is determined to designate pot as a class B drug, only three years after Tony Blair downgraded it to class C. More »
March 2008
- More Afghan Families Using Girls to Pay Debt
  
  Newsweek | Mar 30, 08 6:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Besieged by debt, more Afghan farmers are paying lenders by handing over their girls as "loan brides," Newsweek reports. Often taken from their families forever, the girls—some younger than 5 years old—are commonly beaten or pushed to suicide by their fate. "My heart is still with my parents, brothers and sisters," one girl said. "Only my body is with my husband's family." More »

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drug addiction and drug abuse
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