Authorities seized an estimated 20 tons of marijuana at the border between the United States and Mexico in San Diego. A 600-yard tunnel used to smuggle pot was discovered in a warehouse in the city.

Officials have found 125 underground tunnels along the border built by Mexican drug cartels to elude detection since the early 1990s, ICE officials said. Of those, 75 have been found in the past four years. Many were discovered before they were completed. The majority were found along the California and Arizona borders with Mexico.

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Most Italians thought Silvio Berlusconi could not drag their country's reputation any lower. But yesterday the sleaze allegations against the Italian prime minister plumbed new depths when a call girl claimed that his private jet was used to supply marijuana to sex parties at his villa in Sardinia.

Nadia Macri', 28, has told investigators the billionaire premier paid her euros 10,000 (pounds 8,738) for intercourse when she visited him at Villa Certosa in Sardinia last year and at Arcore, his private residence outside Milan in April.

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It seemed an easy sell in California: The state that gave us medical marijuana would allow pot for recreation.

Then came the ads, newspaper editorials and politicians, warning of a world where stoned drivers would crash school buses, nurses would show up at work high and employers would be helpless to fire drug-addled workers.

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Die Abstimmung zur Besteuerung von Cannabis in Kalifornien hat keine Mehrheit erreicht. Summarisch stimmten 53,8% gegen die Proposition 19. während sich nur 46,2% für die Zulassung von Cannabis als Genussmittel entschieden.

Weltweit schauten Menschen gespannt auf die Wahl – eine Besteuerung von Cannabis wäre quasi das Ende der Kriminalität, da eine Regierung nur auf legale Waren Steuern erheben kann.

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Die einzige als Rauschgiftopfer registrierte Person im Landkreis Miesbach war ein 20-jähriger Italiener. Der Mann war aufgrund seines kostenaufwändigen Konsums von Cannabisprodukten offenbar in eine finanzielle Schieflage geraten. Seine Situation veranlasste ihn, sich im Tegernsee zu ertränken. Da der Drogenkonsum und die daraus resultierende subjektive Ausweglosigkeit ursächlich für den Suizid war, wird dies als Rauschgifttodesfall erfasst.
(Aus dem Sicherheitsbericht der Polizeidirektion Oberbayern Süd, Seite 20)

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Weeks ago, I was excited to see Baked!: 35 Marijuana Munchies to Make and Bake on a list of upcoming releases. And not because I was looking for 35 things to cook with marijuana, but because Ten Speed Press, a great cookbook publisher, was dedicating a whole book to the subject.

Kim Severson wrote about what she dubbed "haute stoner cuisine" earlier this year for The New York Times. She wasn't referring to food cooked with pot but to food cooked by a community of chefs whose experiences with pot have helped shape the way they cook. Would this be an haute stoner cookbook?

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