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Denver attorney and others named in superseding indictment alleging money laundering related to marijuana cultivation and distribution

Tuesday, 29 April 2014 09:41 CEST

Money was being wired from bank accounts in Colombia to bank accounts in Colorado for purchase of marijuana grow facility
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New Zealand: Numbers seeking help to quit already soaring

Monday, 28 April 2014 23:23 CEST

The number of people seeking help to quit synthetic cannabis has soared and is expected to rise further next month when 42 "legal highs" lose their interim state approval.
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India: Two ministers allegedly involved in multi-million dollar international drugs trade

Monday, 28 April 2014 18:21 CEST

Two ministers, one of them a close relative of Shiromani Akali Dal presiden tand Punjab´s powerful Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, are facing heat due to their alleged involvement in the multi-million dollar international drugs trade operating from Punjab
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Swedish EU hopefuls confess to drug use

Monday, 28 April 2014 17:41 CEST

As Swedish media reveal their 'Who should you vote for?' tests on Monday, tabloid Aftonbladet has singled out eight European parliament candidates who have all confessed to using narcotics.
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Good news from Florida: State Sheriff’s Assoc. to begin push against legalizing medical marijuana

Monday, 28 April 2014 13:17 CEST

When Florida voters go to the polls this November to cast their ballot on the legalization of medical marijuana, the state's Sheriff's Association wants them to vote no. The Florida Sheriff's Association is set to make a large push against legalization.
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Mayor in Mexico's Michoacan state accused of kidnapping, extortion

Tuesday, 29 April 2014 09:07 CEST

Arquimides Oseguera, mayor of Lazaro Cardenas, a major commercial port city in Mexico's troubled Michoacan state, has been arrested and accused of kidnapping, extortion and links to organized crime, officials said Monday.
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Colorado medical marijuana raid charges may involve money laundering

Monday, 28 April 2014 19:27 CEST

The suspects arrested in connection with the largest-ever federal raids on Colorado's medical-marijuana industry are expected to appear in court Monday, and one federal court record indicates at least one of the charges involves money laundering.
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Australian ice problem is reaching pandemic proportions and is threatening entire communities

Monday, 28 April 2014 17:45 CEST

The Australian Crime Commission have warned the nation the size of the ice problem is reaching pandemic proportions. Victoria Police deputy commissioner Graham Ashton has an equally chilling warning to all parents in country Victoria about the ice plague."It is clear that an entire generation of rural youth is at risk, threatening the future prosperity of those communities."
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Marijuana is harmful: Debunking 7 myths arguing it's fine

Monday, 28 April 2014 15:18 CEST

Don't believe the hype: marijuana legalization poses too many risks to public health and public safety. Based on almost two decades of research, community-based work, and policy practice across three presidential administrations, my new book "Reefer Sanity" discusses some widely held myths about marijuana
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Ex-convicts: gangs, drugs a bad life choice

Monday, 28 April 2014 13:10 CEST

Dressed up in orange prison uniforms and shackled at the wrists and ankles, former convicts took to the streets of Beacon Valley with the message that "crime doesn't pay".
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