Even if you're not going to be attending SXSW, I'd recommend watching the trailer for Etienne Sauret's film below, as it looks to be a bittersweet examination of one man's life and work; a man who is an underground hero to an entire culture of people (some call him "The Godfather of Psychedelics") and a drug-making villain to others.

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Authorities arrested Guatemala's anti-drug czar and national police chief Tuesday in a case involving stolen cocaine and slain police, acting just two days before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives to discuss the drug war.

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Known for the DVD, Never Get Busted Again, former Texas narc Barry Cooper ended up on the wrong side of the law on Mar. 2 when he was arrested on charges of filing a false report to police and marijuana possession.

Barry Cooper’s arrest warrant
Police raid Never Get Busted HQ, Barry Cooper arrested

KopBusters Leader Speaks Out About Arrest 3/4/10

Teens are getting high on an emerging drug called "fake weed," a concoction also known as K2 and "spice" that is also causing hallucinations, vomiting, agitation and other dangerous effects.

In the last month, Dr. Anthony Scalzo, a professor of toxicology at Saint Louis University, has seen nearly 30 cases of teenagers experiencing these adverse effects after smoking the fake weed, a legal substance that reportedly offers a marijuana-like high.

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4:20 statt Spice

A gang that became Britain’s biggest importers of high grade skunk cannabis made so much money that they left tens of thousands of pounds to rot in hidden safes.

The three "directors" of the organised gang made "grotesque profits" of up to £200 million, so much that they were unable to spend it fast enough.

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