The DrugSpot

We created this blog to highlight some of the many news stories out there involving drugs in some form or another. We plan on posting local, national, and world news articles, both stories that you may have heard about and stories that were probably overlooked or not reported by the mainstream media (which is what often happens). Basically, we think it would be nice to have an archive of some of the drug news stories we stumble across on a daily basis, and we'd like to share it with you.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Japan roasted for planting drugs to test airport sniffer dogs

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Dispatchonline 2008/05/27 Japanese customs officers were sharply criticised today for planting 142 grams of cannabis in the bag of a Hong Ko...
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Molecular Fingerprint Of Cocaine Addiction Revealed

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ScienceDaily ScienceDaily (May 27, 2008) — The first large-scale analysis of proteins in the brains of monkeys addicted to cocaine reveals ...
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Monday, December 25, 2006

Cocaine on 94 Percent of Spanish Banknotes

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The New York Times Madrid (Reuters) - Traces of cocaine can be found on 94 percent of banknotes in Spain, a country that has one of the worl...
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Friday, December 01, 2006

Afghanistan Opium Crop Sets Record

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WashingtonPost.com Opium production in Afghanistan, which provides more than 90 percent of the world's heroin, broke all records in 2006...
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Marijuana-like Drugs Help Treatment of Nervous System Diseases

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Sofia News Agency Many scientists believe marijuana-like drugs might be able to treat a wide range of diseases. Researchers have already pre...
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Test Strips For The Rapid Detection Of Cocaine

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Medical News Today Saving the life of a poisoning victim is often a matter of minutes. It is best when the emergency doctor can perform a re...
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Marijuana fan wants to roll the biggest joint

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IOL Los Angeles - A medical marijuana user plans to see in the new year on an all-time high - by rolling the world's biggest joint. Los ...
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Ecstasy study turns dance floor into lab

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ABC Science Online The idea of being followed around a nightclub by a researcher bent on taking a blood sample and measuring your temperatur...
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Marijuana petition drive for 2008 ballot is under way

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WLNS Lansing, Mich. Michigan residents could legally use marijuana on private property for under a measure proposed for the 2008 ballot. T...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

15 Arrested at Calif. Marijuana Clinics

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Red Orbit California (UPI) - Recent raids on marijuana dispensaries in the San Diego area have angered people who use the drug as medicine. ...
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ACLU Seeks to Intervene in Suit Challenging Medical Marijuana Use

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Metropolitan News The American Civil Liberties Union, Drug Policy Alliance and Americans for Safe Access moved Friday to be allowed to inter...
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Kenya: Why Fresh Cocaine Probe is Necessary

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All Africa Nairobi - Attorney General Amos Wako should immediately order fresh investigations into the Sh6.4 billion cocaine case. The full ...
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Afghanistan reels under bumper harvests

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Asia Times Online Afghanistan boasts two bumper crops this season, and both could be lethal to the already fledgling authority of its govern...
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Use of heroin and crack soars

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Times Online The number of people using crack cocaine and heroin has risen by more than a third over the past two years, according to a Home...
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More Spiked Heroin in Delaware?

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WPVI Newark, Del. (AP) - Five heroin overdoses in a 24-hour period are leading to suspicions that heroin laced with a powerful painkiller ha...
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Deadly heroin has likely hit area

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Times Leader County coroner says pain killer fentanyl mix is probably cause of Luzerne man’s death. Wilkes-Barre - Fentanyl is the new rat p...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Marijuana use ‘is highest in 30s’

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The Border Mail Australia - Marijuana use is highest among those aged in their 30s, while teenagers are taking notice of advertising campaig...
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Ineptitude rescues would-be LSD maker

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Delaware Online Wilmington - A former chemistry student's lack of skill in chemistry saved him from a harsh prison sentence Friday, acco...
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Medical marijuana dispensaries charged with drug trafficking

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The Mercury News San Diego (AP) - Federal prosecutors accused six people Thursday of illegally trafficking pot under the cover of California...
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Namibia: Now Human Hair Joins Cocaine Smugglers' Bag of Tricks

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All Africa A joint operation by Namibian and South African customs authorities and the Namibian Police's Drug Law Enforcement Unit this ...
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Flower power, love-ins - and lies

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The Guardian 50-somethings embellish experiences in 1960s to impress children History records that it was the Swinging Sixties. A...
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State's meth lab drop tops nation

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KTEN Oklahoma (AP) - A new federal study shows the drop in meth labs in Oklahoma from 2004 to 2005 was the largest decrease in the nation. ...
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Half U.S. ecstasy comes from B.C.

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The Tri-City News Ecstasy smuggling across the B.C. border has exploded, according to a cross-border team of law enforcers. “Blaine is a hot...
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Judge hears arguments over new state marijuana law

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KTVA A Superior Court judge heard arguments Wednesday in a constitutional challenge of a new law to recriminalize marijuana possession in ...
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LSD Set To Remain Class A Drug

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NewsWire New Zealand - LSD is set to remain a Class A drug following discussion by the country's Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs....
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Russia Will Not Legalize Marijuana — Putin

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Mosnews.com “Russia is a member of international agreements under which marijuana is a prohibited drug. Russia will adhere to its internatio...
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Marijuana martyr

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Straight.com Toronto - It wasn’t the marijuana that made Tommy Chong paranoid. It was the jail time. The world’s most famous stoner figures ...
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Drug stand angers Democrat

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The Australian Australian Democrats national president Richard Pascoe may quit the party over his South Australian parliamentary leader'...
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Saturday, July 08, 2006

More marijuana and cocaine but fewer party drugs

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cbc.bb Barbados - Marijuana and cocaine seizures have increased, but law enforcement officials have not seen any signs of party drugs like e...
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Drug smugglers 'getting more creative'

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The Nation Newspaper Drug smugglers are using ingenious ways to bring illegal drugs into this country. This warning has come from act...
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Opinion: Campos: Prohibition hangover colors view of all drugs

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Rocky Mountain News My office at the University of Colorado is a three-minute walk from the Coors Events Center, built by the makers of Coor...
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Cannabis effects on MS trialled

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BBC News Patients are being recruited for a trial to determine whether chemicals in cannabis can slow the impact of multiple sclerosis. Evid...
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Vicious drug war looms for Mexico election winner

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Reuters Tijuana, Mexico - Hitmen strafe two women with machine guns, severed heads are dumped in garbage bags near the U.S. border and outsi...
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Press Release: New Radio Ad Calls Out Politicians Who Have Used Marijuana

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Marijuana Policy Project Washington D.C. - A potentially controversial new ad campaign from the Marijuana Policy Project names prominent p...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Afghans Bonfire Consumes 40 Tons of Drugs

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Newsvine Kabul - Afghan officials destroyed more than 40 tons of confiscated narcotics worth an estimated $500 million on Wednesday in a gia...
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