Der Berner Andrea Stafforte war der erste Mensch, der vor rund 20 Jahren in Europa einen Hanfladen eröffnete. Obwohl er für zwei Jahre ins Gefängnis müsste, gelang ihm die Ausreise.

bernerzeitung.ch

We should know by Friday afternoon whether the campaign to legalize marijuana in Washington has a good chance of making it to the November ballot.

What time Friday? 4:20 p.m., of course.

The secretary of state's office says that's when supporters of Initiative 1068 plan to turn in petition signatures, 40 minutes before the deadline.

thenewstribune.com

Military checkpoints line the long and winding road from the airport in Cali, Colombia, to the coastal city of Buenaventura.

These are expected sights in the long-running conflict we know as the "war on drugs."

Plan Colombia, legislation passed during the Clinton administration, provided billions in military aid to Colombia to help halt the cultivation and transport of cocaine. It has had only mixed success.

27:40

cnn.com

Russia should criminalize drug use, confiscate land used for the cultivation of cannabis and close the Central Asian border in order to combat drug trafficking, the head of the Federal Drug Control Service, Viktor Ivanov, said Wednesday.

Ivanov, speaking in the State Duma, also welcomed deputies to a cautionary exhibit of wax figures of prominent drug users like grunge musician Kurt Cobain and John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman.

themoscowtimes.com

Der ukrainische Präsident Viktor Janukowitsch hat am Donnerstag in einer Beratung zu Problemen der Drogensucht Kokain und Marihuana vorgeführt, die auf seine Anordnung hin im Internet gekauft wurden.

rian.ru
vienna.at
bild.de