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George Soros claims the drug war is a failure

Saturday, 17 May 2014 21:38 CEST

Marijuana use involved in more fatal accidents in Colorado

Saturday, 17 May 2014 21:02 CEST

The proportion of marijuana-positive drivers involved in fatal motor vehicle crashes in Colorado has increased dramatically since the commercialization of medical marijuana in the middle of 2009, according to a study by University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers.
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5 ways to accurately cover marijuana policy issues in the media

Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:53 CEST

The world of marijuana is changing. And that means the world of marijuana-related news stories is also changing. With two states having legalized the drug, there is certainly a lot to write and talk about. At least two deaths have already been attributed to legal marijuana cookies in Colorado, and poison control centers continue to report increasing calls related to the drug. Publications sympathetic to legalization (like the HuffPost and Rolling Stone) continue to publish articles that obscure the science behind marijuana use and the increasing concern of public health officials over the experience of legalization in places like Colorado. These articles make grand, often unfounded assumptions about marijuana and marijuana legalization. It is not just the pro-marijuana media outlets that sometimes misrepresent what is happening with pot. Here are some considerations any fair-minded writer should take into account when writing about the complicated world of weed
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U.S: Deadly mix of heroin blamed for 28 deaths in Philadelphia

Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:46 CEST

Health officials in Philadelphia are warning about a deadly mix of heroin and the powerful narcotic fentanyl that has killed dozens of people in recent months. The city Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability said Monday that the drug cocktail is being blamed for the deaths of least 28 people in the city this year, with most of the fatalities happening between March 3 and April 20.
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UK: Drug gangs target Range Rover lights

Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:13 CEST

Gangs are stealing headlights from Range Rovers and Land Rovers for use in cannabis factories. The £800 units have very bright lights but radiate less heat than conventional 12-volt lights, which means their use in the illicit indoor farms is harder to detect.
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First legalization, then lawsuits - Can marijuana retailers survive the tort bar?

Saturday, 17 May 2014 21:09 CEST

The legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington has spawned reports of increased use, declining perception of risk, increased neonatal risk, drug tourism, diversion of public assistance to fund use, creation of significantly more powerful forms of the drug, and new financial rules to permit money from drug sales to enter the banking system. President Obama, moreover, proclaims marijuana use is no more dangerous than drinking alcohol or smoking tobacco—virtually assuring that the legalization of marijuana will be a defining domestic policy of his presidency. That is a matter for politics and history. A more pressing question for us is how families and communities can protect themselves from this unfolding debacle.
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DEA chief dials back drug war bluster after talk with Holder

Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:59 CEST

Drug Enforcement Administrator Michele Leonhart and her boss, Attorney General Eric Holder, appear locked in a bureaucratic staring match over the Obama administration's attempt to reform the way the federal government approaches criminal justice and punishment.
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Cannabis abuse rife in college kids with mental illness

Wednesday, 14 May 2014 10:01 CEST

Cannabis use in college students with psychiatric disorders is high and appears to have a significantly greater negative impact on function in this population, new research suggests. Investigators at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, found that almost 25% of college students being treated for a mental illness also abused cannabis, which was linked to significant functional impairment and a greater likelihood of medical leave from school compared with their counterparts who used cannabis but did not have a mental illness.
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Interview with Uruguay´s President José Mujica

Tuesday, 13 May 2014 14:22 CEST

U.S: Feds in Spokane seek prison for family of pot growers

Tuesday, 13 May 2014 13:12 CEST

The green-cross storefronts of medical marijuana dispensaries are common in much of Washington, and the state is plowing ahead with licensing people to grow and sell recreational pot to adults. But a federal trial scheduled to begin in the coming weeks for five people in Spokane suggests not all is OK with weed in the state.
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