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121 US OR: Column: Is The DEA A-Okay?Thu, 07 Jul 2016
Source:Portland Mercury (OR) Author:Jardine, Josh Area:Oregon Lines:92 Added:07/07/2016

Hold Your Horses, Rescheduling Weed Isn't Happening Just Yet

HEY, YOU GUYS, did you hear? The federal government is about to make weed legal. No, for reals, I saw it on Facebook, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is going to totally make it so doctors have to give it to you, for free! Thanks Obama! I'm gonna make my doctor give me an ounce next week!

Before you start demanding that your podiatrist procure you some shatter, maybe we should do what Americans sort of suck at-taking a pause and examining what's really up.

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122 US NV: Out Of Harm's WayThu, 23 Jun 2016
Source:Reno News & Review (NV) Author:Vagner, Kris Area:Nevada Lines:288 Added:06/23/2016

There's An Antidote for Heroin Overdose, and a Former Addict Is Among Those Working to Spread It Far and Wide

Joshua Livernois woke up hazy, sick and splashed with Dr. Pepper in a hospital bed in Salinas, California. He couldn't piece together the events of the previous day or so, and he's still not even sure which year it was, probably 2005 or '06. He'd been using heroin off and on for about 10 years and almost daily for five.

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123 US MD: Harris Among Federal Lawmakers Pushing for Medical PotTue, 21 Jun 2016
Source:Star Democrat (Easton, MD) Author:Bollinger, Josh Area:Maryland Lines:91 Added:06/22/2016

EASTON - U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, Rmd.-1st, is part of a group of bipartisan congressmen who want to loosen the federal barriers to medical marijuana research.

Harris, a physician who has also conducted National Institute of Health-sponsored research, and several other federal lawmakers plan to introduce bills in both houses of Congress.

According to Harris' office, the House version of the bill would address two major barriers faced by those who want to conduct legitimate medical marijuana research. It allows for the private manufacturing and distribution of marijuana solely for research purposes, in order for the researchers to get the pot they need for their studies. It also aims to reduce approval wait times for studies.

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124US CO: Survey: Pot Use Among Colo. Teens FlatTue, 21 Jun 2016
Source:Denver Post (CO) Author:Ingold, John Area:Colorado Lines:Excerpt Added:06/21/2016

One out of every five Colorado teens admits having used marijuana in the past month, but that rate has not increased since pot was legalized in the state and is in line with the national average, according to a new report from the state Health Department.

Among the other findings of the 2015 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, released Monday:

The large majority of Colorado middle and high school students - 62 percent - say they have never used marijuana.

Alcohol is the drug of choice among Colorado teens, with 30 percent of kids surveyed saying they drank within the previous month.

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125 US CA: OPED: More Freedom With Marijuana Means More ProblemsMon, 20 Jun 2016
Source:Union, The (Grass Valley, CA) Author:Glenn, Gloria Area:California Lines:87 Added:06/20/2016

This is in response to the June 9 opinion piece in The Union by Jonathan Collier, spokesman for the California (Marijuana) Grower Association. Mr. Collier first comments on the sheriff's "inability to eradicate growing related challenges."

He later says that marijuana has been here for decades and you just can't get rid of it. He acknowledges "a rising criminal element" and says that the county has had a "laissez-faire attitude toward land use." I take that to mean that the county has not tried to eradicate illegal marijuana growing, which isn't true.

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126 South Africa: Column: The War On Drugs Has Clearly FailedMon, 13 Jun 2016
Source:New Age, The (South Africa) Author:Lotz, Chelsea Area:South Africa Lines:106 Added:06/14/2016

Decriminalising Drugs Is Straightforward; People Are Empowered With Choice

ONE of the key traits of humanity is the ability to implement laws and change them as new evidence, facts and data become available, thus creating greater awareness.

Such is the evolution of society, to build and refine knowledge due to new findings and information. In 1971, the Misuse of Drugs Act was implemented in the UK, causing a wave of punitive legislation throughout the world. Suddenly, the recreational drug culture of the 1960s had come to an end, bringing with it a darker era of obscured drug use run by crime syndicates holding a monopoly over the masses.

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127 CN ON: Pot Law Could Spark More ChangeSat, 11 Jun 2016
Source:London Free Press (CN ON) Author:Brown, Dan Area:Ontario Lines:61 Added:06/12/2016

The Trudeau government's plans to change the legal status of marijuana may have some unintended consequences, including making more potent drugs harder to find.

That's according to one former dealer in London who, like the other small-time operators who make up the bulk of the city's underground sales force, sold mostly marijuana for about a year before moving on to legitimate pursuits.

"In a sense, it's more of a hobby or a supplementary income," the dealer said.

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128 US IL: Series: Heroin: It's Cheap. It's Pure. It's Everywhere.Sun, 05 Jun 2016
Source:Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) Author:Conn, Justin Area:Illinois Lines:210 Added:06/06/2016

Editor's note: This is day one of a four-day series that examines the impact heroin is having on the community through the eyes of the addicts, their families, law enforcement and the groups that provide treatment.

DECATUR Eric Buntain described the feeling of injecting heroin into his vein as "warm, euphoric, comfortable and relaxing: It feels great."

About 30 seconds after injecting heroin, there's a surge of warmth coming from the low spinal area, a rush of sensation and an overriding sense of well-being.

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129 US CA: Snitching Game: Confidential Informants Risk Danger onThu, 02 Jun 2016
Source:New Times (San Luis Obispo, CA) Author:McGuinness, Chris Area:California Lines:398 Added:06/03/2016

A group of men met among the tombstones of a Paso Robles cemetery sometime in 2014.

Two of them were lawmen from the SLO County Narcotics Unit, a multiagency group dedicated to tackling drug crime in the county. The third was a civilian. A man with a wife and kids and a past checkered by drug use and criminal charges.

They were there for different reasons. The lawmen knew drugs were flowing into the county. They wanted to root out the criminals responsible for selling them and put the dealers behind bars. The third man was just looking to stay away from the wrong side of those same bars.

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130 UK: OPED: The Legal Highs Ban Will Have Only One Result - MoreWed, 01 Jun 2016
Source:Guardian, The (UK) Author:Nutt, David Area:United Kingdom Lines:112 Added:06/02/2016

This Act Drives Users Back Towards Illegal Drugs and Alcohol, the Most Dangerous Substance of Them All

With the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, ministers last week banned the sale or procurement of any substance that has psychoactive activity, regardless of whether it is harmless or even useful. The sole exceptions are alcohol, nicotine products and caffeine.

The main justification for this draconian piece of legislation is to make it easy for the police and local authorities to close down "head shops", or at least to stop them selling so-called legal highs: drugs such as nitrous oxide; some synthetic cannabinoids, salvia, and some weak stimulants known as bubbles or sparkle. The act is based on the false premise that legal highs are responsible for up to 100 deaths a year, when in fact the true number is fewer than 10. Media hysteria about the use of nitrous oxide by a few footballers and a dislike of young people doing something different from their parents has also played a part.

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131 US UT: Medical Marijuana Debate Focuses On Feds And ResearchMon, 30 May 2016
Source:Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) Author:Chen, Daphne Area:Utah Lines:165 Added:05/31/2016

SALT LAKE CITY - Medical marijuana advocates, stymied in their recent efforts to legalize medical cannabis in Utah, are taking the fight to the nation's capital.

They are calling on Utah's congressional delegation to support a bill that would downgrade marijuana from a schedule I controlled substance to a schedule II substance - something that state legislators urged Congress to do in a resolution sponsored by state Sen. Brian Shiozawa, R-Salt Lake City.

That would open the way for more research on the substance, something both advocates and those concerned about the potential harmful impacts of marijuana support.

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132 UK: The Party's Over? Legal High Ban Could End Shop SalesThu, 26 May 2016
Source:Guardian, The (UK) Author:Travis, Alan Area:United Kingdom Lines:129 Added:05/26/2016

Critics of Law Say Trade Will Simply Shift Underground

Whipped Cream Chargers May Come Under Suspicion

The blanket ban on the trade in legal highs which comes into force today is expected to end their sale through high street "head shops" and UK-based websites almost overnight, police and trading standards officers have said.

But there are fears that the trade in new psychoactive substances (NPS) as they are officially known will move underground to illegal street markets and the darknet, the network of untraceable and hidden websites.

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133US OH: OPED: Marijuana Policies Are the Problem, Not the DrugSun, 22 May 2016
Source:Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) Author:Camargo, Efrain Area:Ohio Lines:Excerpt Added:05/23/2016

Over the years, people have been taught that marijuana was an evil drug. This drug is so evil that approximately 750,000 people are arrested every year and some of them convicted and fined for its use in the United States. So evil that every 42 seconds someone gets arrested for it.

America is so convinced of marijuana's evils, that we are willing to root out this drug wherever it is used, bought, and sold, right?

Wrong.

in our nation's capital, before legalization, 91 percent of arrested marijuana dealers were African-American. What about the other 9 percent? Well, before Washington voters legalized its use, only 4 percent of Washington, D.C.'s arrested marijuana dealers were Caucasian.

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134 US TN: OPED: There's Something Missing From Our Drug Laws:Sun, 22 May 2016
Source:Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Author:Piper, Bill Area:Tennessee Lines:101 Added:05/23/2016

Congress and President Obama are under pressure to reschedule marijuana. While rescheduling makes sense, it doesn't solve the state/federal conflict over marijuana (descheduling would be better). But more important, it wouldn't fix the broken scheduling system. Ideally, marijuana reform should be part of a broader bill rewriting the Controlled Substances Act.

The Controlled Substances Act created a five-category scheduling system for most legal and illegal drugs (although alcohol and tobacco were notably omitted). Depending on what category a drug is in, the drug is either subject to varying degrees of regulation and control (Schedules II through V) - or prohibited, otherwise unregulated and left to criminals to manufacture and distribute (Schedule I). The scheduling of various drugs was decided largely by Congress and absent a scientific process - with some strange results.

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135 US IL: Heroin Deaths: Tragedy or Murder?Sun, 15 May 2016
Source:Chicago Sun-Times (IL) Author:Dumke, Mick Area:Illinois Lines:256 Added:05/15/2016

Authorities Are Filing More Drug-Induced Homicide Charges, but Complex Cases Show It's Hard to Decide Whether Offenders Deserve Prison or Treatment

When police and paramedics arrived at her aunt's apartment in Carol Stream, Adrianna Diana told them she and her friend Christopher Houdek had cooked and shot up heroin the night before.

Diana, 20, said she awoke covered in vomit, with Houdek, 21, next to her, unresponsive and "cool to the touch." Her aunt called 911.

Paramedics rushed Houdek to a hospital, where he died. The DuPage County coroner ruled his 2013 death an accident by "heroin intoxication." But prosecutors decided it was homicide- and charged Diana and two heroin dealers.

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136 CN ON: New Machine More Powerful Than Airport ScannersSun, 08 May 2016
Source:Ottawa Sun (CN ON) Author:Seymour, Andrew Area:Ontario Lines:111 Added:05/08/2016

"If I look at five inmates I'm going to definitely find one of them that is bringing in some kind of contraband"

The new high-tech body scanner coming to the Ottawa jail is touted as the "ultimate substitute for strip searching" and will give correctional officers a glimpse at an inmate's insides after it is installed within the next month.

The Soter RS is a full-body X-ray that the manufacturer promises will "reveal everything" in about 10 seconds. The 918-kilogram machine takes a high definition picture of inmates who stand on a moving platform that passes through a narrow X-ray beam. The images are so highly detailed that correctional officers will be able to see everything from what's under an inmate's clothes to what's in their stomachs or rectums.

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137 Australia: Safe TripSun, 08 May 2016
Source:Age, The (Australia) Author:Marshall, Konrad Area:Australia Lines:333 Added:05/08/2016

What if LSD could treat PTSD, or magic mushrooms could help you quit smoking? Overseas research is advanced, but trials of psychedelic drugs can't get approval in Australia. Are we missing out on cures? Konrad Marshall reports.

When Martin Williams' research plan was first rejected by an ethics committee in 2012, he understood why.

The medicinal chemistry researcher could see some valid sticking points. For one, the psychiatrist attached to his detailed protocol didn't quite have the requisite clinical trials experience.

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138 CN BC: Benefits Sought From 'Psychedelic Renaissance'Wed, 27 Apr 2016
Source:Vancouver 24hours (CN BC) Author:MacKenzie, Eric Area:British Columbia Lines:63 Added:05/02/2016

Researcher believes clinical trials of psychedelic drugs would show even greater impact

People with a history of psychedelic drug use are less likely to commit acts of domestic violence, according to a new study co-authored by a University of B.C. researcher.

Zach Walsh, co-director of UBC Okanagan's Centre for the Advancement of Psychological Science and Law, found that male inmates in an Illinois county jail who took drugs such as LSD, MDMA or psilocybin (magic mushrooms) prior to their incarceration were arrested for domestic battery within six years of their release 27% of the time.

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139US CO: OPED: What's Missing in Drug Laws: ScienceSat, 30 Apr 2016
Source:Denver Post (CO) Author:Piper, Bill Area:Colorado Lines:Excerpt Added:04/30/2016

Congress and President Obama are under pressure to reschedule marijuana. While rescheduling makes sense, it wouldn't fix the broken scheduling system. Ideally, marijuana reform should be part of a broader bill rewriting the Controlled Substances Act.

The Controlled Substances Act created a five-category scheduling system for most legal and illegal drugs (although alcohol and tobacco were notably omitted). Depending on what category a drug is in, the drug is either subject to varying degrees of regulation and control (Schedules II through V) - or completely prohibited (Schedule I). The scheduling of various drugs was decided largely by Congress and absent a scientific process - with some strange results.

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140 US DC: Editorial: What Needs to Happen Before We LegalizeSat, 30 Apr 2016
Source:Washington Post (DC)          Area:District of Columbia Lines:70 Added:04/30/2016

Congress Should Create a New Federal Research Classification for Scientists.

JUNE 30 could be a red-letter day for federal policy on marijuana: The Drug Enforcement Administration has promised to decide "in the first half of 2016" whether to change the drug's status under the Controlled Substances Act. At present, it is on Schedule 1, meaning it has "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse" and is among "the most dangerous drugs . . . with potentially severe psychological or physical dependence," according to the DEA. Other Schedule 1 drugs include heroin and ecstasy; and for many people, including those who have petitioned the DEA to "reschedule" pot, marijuana simply doesn't belong in that category-because it isn't that dangerous, and because, they argue, it has medicinal uses.

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