Er verpraßte das Millionenerbe seines Vaters und stürzte sich in die Abhängigkeit von Crack und Heroin. Zur Kontemplation arbeitete er als Nutte, 2000 ließ er sich kreuzigen. Über einen Mann, der auszog, ein Dandy zu sein.

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Some 75 tonnes of drugs are smuggled into Russia from Afghanistan via Central Asia every year, Russian drug control authority said Wednesday.

Around 30 percent of heroin originating from Afghanistan comes through Central Asia, which serves as a transit area for drug smugglers, said Oleg Safonov, deputy head of Russia’s Drug Control Service.

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Die spanische Guardia Civil demontiert eines der größten Drogennetzwerke in Spanien - Insgesamt wurden im Verlauf der Operation “Mar del Sur” 10 Personen verhaftet. Über 2,6 Tonnen Kokain konnten von der Anti-Drogen-Einheit auf einem Segelboot mit Ziel Santa Cruz (Teneriffa) sichergestellt werden.

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Ukrainian customs officials say they’ve seized $60 million (euro47.5 million) worth of cocaine in the Black Sea Port of Odessa, in the country’s biggest cocaine bust ever.

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Elton John wants the stars of today to learn from his mistakes and to get rid of their drug-using ways while they are young.

The Grammy-winning singer says that getting sober and clean at the age of 43 is his greatest achievement. But if he could turn back time, he would've done it when he was 20 years younger.

"If you can do it, and everyone's going to do it I think because they want to try it, then try and get it over with as quickly as possible, because it's a f***ing waste of time," Sir Elton told media in London.

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IN an operation carried out in Tenerife, Melilla, Malaga and Almeria, Guardia Civil have seized 2,666 kilos of cocaine. The drugs had come from South America and were destined for Europe via Morocco.

They were intercepted on a Spanish sailing boat which had left from Tenerife. This is the largest drugs haul using this particular route, and one of the most important of recent years.

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When it comes to cops and medical marijuana laws, it's not too hard to understand why many of them go cross-eyed and stuttery with confusion and frustration. It's bad enough for them that in states where it's OK to toke up to relieve symptoms of pain and suffering that they are getting their walking orders from the citizens who wrote the laws -- the people they used to bust, in other words -- and not from their long-time chums in the state house. Seeing marijuana openly for sale in storefronts, or growing strong in someone's basement rec room, is an affront to everything the Cop Mind holds sa

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In the 4-2 decision, the council ruled that medical marijuana may not be sold or used within a mile of Belgrade. However, pot stores that opened prior to the Tuesday ban will be "grandfathered" into the new system by the state law, and allowed to maintain their businesses.

Residents would also be permitted to grow their own medical marijuana. The ordinance will take effect on Aug. 5.

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