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A dozen of cases where discovered by police in October alone

The economic recession has led many in Spain to start growing their own marihuana, with the Police describing what is going on as a ‘boom’.

typicallyspanish.com

Es ist einer der größten Drogenfunde in der Geschichte des Landes: Die australische Polizei hat in einer Ladung Holztüren knapp 170 Kilo Heroin entdeckt. Der Marktwert liegt bei 290 Millionen Euro.

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Under pressure to combat endemic corruption and the rich trade in illicit drugs, Afghanistan announced on Monday it had jailed 11 government officials including a senior policeman for links with the narcotics trade.

Afghanistan has long been the producer of about 90 percent of the world's opium, a thick paste harvested from poppies to produce heroin. U.S. and Afghan officials worry that profits from the industry are used to fuel Afghanistan's raging insurgency.

reuters.com

The National Police in Madrid have arrested a 74 year old woman and her two sons, aged 46 and 42, for selling cocaine from their home in the Hortaleza district of the capital and from a small moped.

typicallyspanish.com

Rapid Fire Marketing (Pink Sheets: RFMK) d.b.a. Medical Cannabis Management (MCM) (http://medicalcannabismanagement.com) has received an enormous amount of inquiries from business owners and investors leading up to this month's election, which could make cannabis legal in the State of California. Proposition 19, which will allow the recreational use of cannabis in the State of California, is expected to pass this week. As a result, businesses that are positioned to handle this exploding sector are poised for rapid growth.

Proposition 215, passed in November of 1996, already makes medical cannabis legal in the state of California and is being considered in other states. MCM is in the business of providing full service marketing, consulting and management services to this newly emerged industry, which includes medical doctors, cultivation and cannabis dispensaries. Many of the businesses MCM is seeking to manage are run by small business entrepreneurs. MCM's plan is to integrate tailored management services with dispensaries as well as helping physicians with marketing and office space to manage increasing patient loads

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Britische Forscher haben eine neue Drogen-Rangliste vorgestellt - Alkohol liegt auf Platz eins, was die Zerstörungskraft für Mensch und Gesellschaft angeht, noch vor Heroin und Crack. Die Wissenschaftler fordern ein radikales Umdenken im Umgang mit Drogen.

Geht es um Alkohol und Tabak, greift David Nutt gern zur verbalen Keule. "Das Drogenbewertungssystem ist durchweg krank und willkürlich", ist einer der Sätze, die von dem Pharmakologen der University of Bristol überliefert sind. Schon 2007 machte er mit einer Untersuchung über das Schadenspotential von psychoaktiven Substanzen auf sich aufmerksam: Nicht illegale Drogen wie Cannabis, LSD und Ecstasy, sondern Alkohol und Tabak seien die wirklichen Gefahren für Mensch und Gesellschaft.

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