Archive for the ‘Sorcery’ Category

Scientists suggest fresh look at psychedelic drugs

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Mind-altering drugs like LSD, ketamine or magic mushrooms could be combined with psychotherapy to treat people suffering from depression, compulsive disorders or chronic pain, Swiss scientists suggested on Wednesday.

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California city approves marijuana farming

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for “industrial” cultivation starting next year.

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Mexican drug gangs ‘spread to every region of US’

Friday, March 26th, 2010


Mexican heroin production is growing

Mexican drug gangs have expanded their activities in the US with heroin production doubling in 2008, the US justice department says in a report.

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Marijuana legalization will be on California ballot

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

A California voter initiative that would legalize possession and sale of marijuana has qualified for the November ballot, state election officials said on Wednesday, in what supporters called a “watershed moment” for their cause.

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U.S., Mexico eye new phase in drug war

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010


Tape used to cordon off a crime scene lies surrounded by blood in Ciudad Juarez January 31, 2010.
Credit: REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised on Tuesday to help Mexico broaden a drug war that has failed to curb traffickers’ increasingly deadly power along the U.S.-Mexican border

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Marketing Drugs to Kids: From Cheese to Strawberry Quick

Saturday, March 20th, 2010


Dallas Indep. School district police dept

DALLAS, Texas — Something called “cheese” is killing kids. In August of 2005, no one had even heard of it — so much so, that when a school district police officer first saw a bag of this drug, he thought it was fake. Now officials realize cheese is all too real; at least 21 kids have died from overdosing on it.

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Assembly Plants Seed for Legal Pot in California

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010


The first step to legalize marijuana in California is on a roll.

Lawmakers consider bill to allow pot for pleasure

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Feds to stop prosecuting medical marijuana users

Monday, October 19th, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) – Pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for federal prosecution in states that allow medical marijuana, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.

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Antidepressant use doubles in U.S., study finds

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Use of antidepressant drugs in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2005, probably because of a mix of factors, researchers reported on Monday.

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U.N. crime chief says drug money flowed into banks

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

VIENNA: The United Nations’ crime and drug watchdog has indications that money made in illicit drug trade has been used to keep banks afloat in the global financial crisis, its head was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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