Decriminalizing Drug Use in Portugal: 5 Years Later Posted: 11 months ago by bingo
While people in the United States endlessly debate what should be done with the country’s drug problem, Portugal went ahead and decriminalize the use and possession of illicit drugs 5 years ago.
So, what happened?
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Wastewater used to map illicit drug use Posted: 8 months ago by kakana
A team of researchers has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated.
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Pediatricians Recommend Cholesterol Drugs for Some Kids Posted: 2 years ago by MeMe
In a further concession to the impact of the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States, a leading group of pediatricians is recommending that kids as young as 8 years old be given cholesterol-lowering drugs in hopes of preventing heart problems later in life.
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Who Uses and Abuses Drugs and Alcohol? Posted: 2 years ago by karenben
U.S. Government survey shows patterns of illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco use.
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Busted! 100 Celebrities Arrested For Drug Possession Posted: 2 years ago by karenben
There’s a common belief that drug laws mostly target the less wealthy, and while that’s probably true as a whole there are still plenty of rich and famous people who’ve run afoul of the law for simple possession.
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Cheeri-Uh-Ohs: FDA Said Cheerios is an Unapproved Drug Posted: 10 months ago by bingo
Did you eat your Cheerios this morning? You may have just inadvertently taken an unapproved drug. Or so says the FDA, who has just sent a warning letter to General Mills, the maker of the cereal.
Promoting them as a drug that can lower cholesterol is going too far. That's what the Food and Drug Administration says the yellow box does.
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Dont be a victim! Drug and Alcohol Rape Statistics Posted: 1 year ago by 1krazykorean
In the United States, someone is the victim of a sexual assault crime every two minutes. In 2006, over a quarter million rapes and sexual assault crimes were reported in the Untied States alone.
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Drugs Won The War Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
Here in the United States, four decades of drug war have had three consequences: 5x the rate of incarceration. Prisoners for drug crimes rose from 41k in 1980 to 500k today. Secondly, we have enriched criminals and terrorist and thirdly we have squandered resources. We spend 7x as much on fighting drugs than we do treating drug addiction. Something must change.
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Drug War Injustices -- Colateral Damage Posted: 5 months ago by nickcobb
We all know the bum rap recreational drugs have received in the United States and other countries. However, many governments are finally making the shift towards more progressive drug policies, treating use as a health matter rather than a criminal matter. There’s good reason for this. Take a short glance into some of the cases we’ve gathered here and you’ll understand why a shift has to be made. Too many families and lives have been torn by mandatory minimums and botched SWAT raids.
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Archaeologists in Portugal net haul of Roman coins Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Archeologists in Portugal have found more than 4,500 Roman coins bundled together inside the wall of a blacksmith's house dating from the fourth century.
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Suicide Warnings for 2 Anti-Smoking Drugs Posted: 8 months ago by nateebiinature
Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental illness, as reports mount of suicides among the drugs’ users.
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Cowlitz Co. couple fools police on fake drug deal Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
A drug snitch who tried to pull a double-cross on federal agents in order to get a reduced sentence almost got away with it.
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The Eagles Have Landed - 30 Years Later Posted: 8 months ago by suebe
Two bronze eagles that were stolen by a drug dealer from Central Park more than 30 years ago have finally returned home.
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Sewage Reveals Patterns of Illicit Drug Use Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
Is your neighborhood using?
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Pics of Mexican Drug Bust (Net $207 Million) Posted: 2 years ago by ogri2003
A BBC story from March 16, 2007 said the raid netted $205-million along with guns, drugs, and smaller amounts of cash in Euros and Mexican pesos. Good thing cops are never crooked in these big busts.
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Drug for sale despite Health Canada warning Posted: 1 year ago by muppet
A drug currently available in some Canadian stores — said to induce the same kind of "high" as the street drug ecstasy — may pose serious health risks, Health Canada says.
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Delay in Drug Recall May Have Caused 22,000 Deaths Posted: 2 years ago by TchEngRox
The drug Trasylol was withdrawn in November at the request of the FDA after an observational study linked the medicine to kidney failure requiring dialysis and increased death of those patients.
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Stone Age man took drugs, say scientists Posted: 1 year ago by fentwin
It has long been suspected that humans have an ancient history of drug use, but there has been a lack of proof to support the theory.
Now, however, researchers have found equipment used to prepare hallucinogenic drugs for sniffing, and dated them back to prehistoric South American tribes.
I guess it should be known as the "stoned" age now
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Life in prison for stealing $2 and smoking a joint Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
A 17-year old african-american pleads guilty to aggravated robbery for stealing $2. He is given 10 years probation. A few weeks later after failing a drug test for marijuana, Judge Keith Dean gives him life in prison, where he still is today.
Dean gave a murderer who was rich and Caucasian the same 10 year suspended sentence. When the white man tested positive for cocaine he wasn't given life in prison and was even exempted from further drug tests.
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Drug denial letter covered in drugs Posted: 12 months ago by Bornbad
A nightclub boss who wrote a letter to police denying that drug use was rife in her club has lost her license, after cops found that the letter itself was covered in cocaine.
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Give drugs to healthy people to boost their brain power, says medical expert Posted: 9 months ago by bingo
Healthy people should be allowed to take Ritalin and other drugs to boost their brain power, a medical expert has argued.*
Professor John Harris said it was unethical to stop the controversial drug being used for this purpose - as students have been known to at exam time.
*Any one read Flower's for Algernon?
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