The sad news has been confirmed. Jack Herer, author of Emperor Wears No Clothes and renowned around the world for hemp activism, has died at 11:17 a.m. today, Thursday April 15th 2010, in Eugene, Oregon.

Jack Herer suffered a heart attack last September just after speaking on stage at the Portland HempStalk festival. The last seven months have proven to be a huge challenge to the man, with several health issues making his recovery complicated.

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The biggest news on people’s minds in Egypt is not last week’s pro-democracy demonstrations in front of parliament during which some 90 people were arrested. It’s not Mohamed ElBaradei’s shakeup of the political scene. It’s not the president’s health, which remains ambiguous. It’s not even spiraling meat prices.

The biggest topic of conversation here in Egypt is the disappearance of hashish from the local market, a shortage that has become known, at least in some quarters, as “the hash crisis.”

In many ways Egypt is a very conservative Muslim society. But that doesn’t mean people don’t love to get stoned.

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As a retired clinical psychologist, Clark Martin was well acquainted with traditional treatments for depression, but his own case seemed untreatable as he struggled through chemotherapy and other grueling regimens for kidney cancer. Counseling seemed futile to him. So did the antidepressant pills he tried.

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Continuing with our coverage of election party manifesto commitments on drug policy, today its the turn of the Lib Dems. (see Labour here and the Conservatives here). Unlike Labour and the Conservatives, the 2010 Lib Dem manifesto, published this morning, opts for a more functional title: 'Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010'

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Ausgerechnet "Trust me" stand als Aufschrift auf den kleinen Tütchen, die ein Achtjähriger im amerikanischen Wilkingsburg an Klassenkameraden verteilte. Inhalt der Päckchen: Heroin.

Ein acht Jahre alter Schüler hat in Wilkinsburg im US-Staat Pennsylvania mehr als 60 Tütchen mit Heroin an seine Klassenkameraden verteilt.

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Seine Fußball-Karriere begann hoffnungsvoll. Jetzt sitzt Ex-Bundesliga-Spieler Kevin Hansen (30) wegen Drogenhandels im Knast – er steht im Verdacht, 1,33 Tonnen Kokain nach Deutschland geschmuggelt zu haben.

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Steve DeAngelo, executive director of Oakland's Harborside Medical Center, featured in today's Sacramento Bee, is traveling east this weekend to introduce a new medicinal pot strain he says is unlikely to get anyone stoned.

DeAngelo is to introduce a "non-psychoactive" cannabis developed by Harborside's patient-cultivators.

He will appear at the "Cannabis - the Medicine Plant Forum" at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, RI to discuss a specially-developed "True Blueberry" and "OG Kush" pot hybrid.

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Continuing with our coverage of election party manifesto commitments on drug policy, today the new Conservative 2010 manifesto is published, titled 'Invitation to Join the Government of Britain'.

The first mention of drug policy actually comes in the first chapter titled 'change the economy' in a subsection called 'ensure the whole country shares in rising prosperity' under the subheading 'create a modern transport network':

"We will stop central government funding for new fixed speed cameras, and switch to more effective ways to make our roads safer, including authorising ‘drugalyser’ technology for use in testing for drug-driving. "

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