Im niederländischen Wahlkampf haben angesehene Alt-Politiker und Wissenschaftler gefordert, alle Drogen zu legalisieren. In einem öffentlichen Brief sprachen sie sich dafür aus, den Drogenmarkt staatlich zu regulieren. Der überwachte Handel mit Kokain und Heroin soll Steuer-Millionen in die Staatskassen spülen.

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krone.at

Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maizière hat heute die Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2009 vorgestellt. Entgegen den Trends hat die Zahl der verfolgten Cannabiskonsumenten zugenommen.

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Aziz Ahmad is a deeply worried man. With two wives and seven children at home, the 30-year-old farmer depends entirely on his opium-poppy crop to make a living.

This year, it's proving to be an increasingly difficult task. First, falling water tables stunted his crop. Then a mysterious blight emerged to destroy most of what remained.

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Der Politiker wollte offenbar zwei Kilo Kokain in seinem Körper von Nigeria nach Deutschland bringen. Er wurde am Flughafen in Lagos festgenommen. Er wollte sich mit dem Schmuggel seinen Wahlkampf finanzieren.

diepresse.com

Holmes, 28, set up three foil-lined tents each containing marijuana plants cultivated under a battery of halogen lamps.

The powerful lights sent the temperature in his home soaring to more than 100°F (38°C), an inquest heard.

thesun.co.uk

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said Monday it arrested 52-year-old Eme Zuru Ayortor at Lagos' Murtala Mohammed International Airport. The agency says the pharmacist-turned-politician was trying to board a flight to Germany when a scanning machine detected an abnormality in his stomach.

newser.com

Reports of a "mysterious" fungus that has damaged opium poppy crops in Afghanistan have hit international headlines but on the ground the "mystery" is an open secret. Helmand farmers interviewed by BBC Pashto service for the early-morning news programme a couple of days ago were convinced that "they" had deliberately destroyed the crops.

The pronoun "they" is a euphemism for US secret agents, whom farmers suspect of having sprayed the crops with the fungus. Afghan farmers have been cultivating opium poppies for a considerable period of time. This allows them to distinguishing between natural causes and artificially induced problems.

guardian.co.uk
old zack [Mystery fungus smacks Afghan opium poppies]

Flucht aus dem Drogengefängnis: In Vietnam haben fast 600 Rauschgiftabhängige das Sicherheitspersonal einer Entzugseinrichtung überwältigt und das Reha-Zentrum verlassen. Nach 400 von ihnen wird noch immer gesucht.

spiegel.de