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Pot Plan Goes to Uruguay's Congress
Semi-legalization scheme would give the state a monopoly on marijuana
Mexican "Drug Queen" Extradited to US To Face Charges
Sandra Avila, known as "The Queen of the Pacific", is facing cocaine smuggling charges in Miami.
Leukaemia Drug Given the Green Light
FDA declined a marketing application for the drug in 2005.
Marijuana Legalization Gains Popularity in Colorado
Ballot measure is gaining support, but tokers will have to remember to vote
Judge Advocates Legalization, Then Sentences Pot Dealer
"Just legalize it," said Indiana Judge John Marnocha, before sending Guy McDaniel to the slammer for a year
Smoking-Substitute Vaporizer Gets Thumbs-Up
Review calls the pocket device for consuming the plant matter of your choice "the iPod of vaporizers"
Pot More Available Than Ever, But Where Is It Grown?
Unable to find growing operations, authorities are eradicating fewer live marijuana plants, but bulk quantities are up and prices are down
Anti-Drug War Caravan To Leave San Diego August 12
Six thousand mile journey will go through twenty cities across the US.
Pro-Pot Legalization Campaign Airing Ads in Washington
New Approach Washington has spent $1 million on air time ahead of the upcoming legalization ballot initiative.
ANOTHER Athlete kicked Out of the Olympics
Judoka Nicholas Delpopolo has been expelled after testing positive for marijuana.
Drug Addicts Banned From Driving Licenses in China
Applicants will be cross checked with list of "registered drug addicts".
How a Single Oxycontin Pill Nearly Ruined One Man's Life
Jail may be the worst thing that can happen to a drug offender, but it's not the only thing.
Peru Lights Up 50 Tons of Grass
Police in a nation better know for cocaine say they've torched a record haul of marijuana
How the National Institute for Drug Abuse Helped Create the Dangerous Marijuana Alternative Known As "Spice"
More than a decade after NIDA spent an unreported amount creating Spice, the Drug Enforcement Administration spent millions destroying it.
Want Meth? Ask the Sheriff
A former Kansas sheriff pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine
DOJ Closes Two Marijuana Dispensaries
Federal Officers threatened the owners of the two dispensaries with property seizure if they did not leave the premises.
Tens of Thousands of Mexican Children Are Involved in Organized Crime
It is estimated that as many as 50,000 children are involved in the drug trade and human trafficking.
Colombia Changes Stance on Drugs
The government has decided drug addiction should be treated as a public health issue, not a crime.
Medical Marijuana Patients to Get Their Day in Court
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has agreed to hear arguments against the federal government's classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug.
Malaysian Drug Laws are Unfair to Australians
Australians are not presumed innocent when charged with crimes that could see them executed, says a Malaysian legal reform advocate.
Huge Drug Bust Down Under
Australian authorities have seized more than half a billion dollars worth of meth and heroin in Sydney.
Scenes from the Drug War: DEA Secretly Commandeers Truck, Gets Driver Killed
Company owner did not authorize use, is trying to get reimbursed and fears for his family.
