Wie eine englische Zeitung meldet, versucht die Drogenfahndung der Nordenglischen Grafschaft Lancashire, Marihuana-Anbauern durch ungewöhnliche Einkäufe in Baumärkten auf die Schliche zu kommen. Wer zum Beispiel große Mengen Dünger im Winter kauft, muss dort künftig mit Polizeibesuch rechnen.

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Die Richter sahen es als erwiesen an, dass der Kneipenbesitzer gegen Drogengesetze verstoßen hat. Das Gericht legte eine eher symbolische Haftstrafe von 16 Wochen fest, die gleich mit der Untersuchungshaft verrechnet wurde.

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Even in this freewheeling land of tolerated soft drugs, the Checkpoint marijuana bar went too far. A Dutch judge fined it euro 10 million ($13.34 million) on Thursday for overstepping the rarely enforced limit on how much weed can be held in stock, in what as seen as a test case in a growing effort to rein in drug tourism.

At the height of its popularity, the euphemistically called "coffee shop" in the southern town of Terneuzen close to the Belgian border sold drugs to 3,000 people a day - many of them crossing specifically to buy marijuana and hashish.

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When California voters head to the polls in November, they will decide whether the state will make history again — this time by legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults.

The state was the first to legalize medicinal marijuana use, with voters passing it in 1996. Since then, 14 states have followed California's lead, even though marijuana remains illegal under federal law.

"This is a watershed moment in the decades-long struggle to end failed marijuana prohibition in this country," said Stephen Gutwillig, California director for the Drug Policy Alliance. "We really can't overstate the significance of Californians being the first to have the opportunity to end this public policy disaster."

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232 Kilogramm Marihuana mit einem Marktwert von 750 000 Euro haben Kemptener Zollbeamte bei Leipheim in einem albanischen Lastwagen entdeckt. Die 222 Päckchen waren hinter einer Zwischenwand versteckt.

Der Lastwagen auf der A 8 war leer - zumindest auf den ersten Blick. Aber hinter einer Zwischenwand entdeckten Beamte der Zollfahndung Kempten 232 Kilogramm Marihuana, fein säuberlich abgepackt in 222 Päckchen. Wie das Zollfahndungsamt München gestern mitteilte, hatten die Beamten den albanischen Lastwagen bereits am 9. März auf der A 8 bei Leipheim kontrolliert. "Erfahrung und der richtige Riecher" habe die Zöllner dazu veranlasst, den Lkw für eine Kontrolle auszuwählen, der in Richtung Stuttgart unterwegs war, schreibt das Zollfahndungsamt. Und zunächst schien der Lastwagen, der mit einem albanischen Kennzeichen unterwegs war, auch unauffällig: Er hatte nichts geladen. Der Fahrer gab an, dass er unterwegs sei, um eine Ladung Zwiebeln in Holland zu holen.

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The latest trend at teen parties isn't warm beer or prescription medicines pilfered from parents' medicine cabinets. Instead, increasing numbers of youths are turning to an herb-based product to get high, and unlike marijuana, it's perfectly legal.

It's known as K2 or Spice, a synthetic substance that, when smoked, gives users a marijuana-like high, according to drug authorities. Its growing popularity is causing increasing alarm among health care professionals, law enforcement authorities and lawmakers, with one Drug Enforcement Agency official calling its use the equivalent of "playing Russian roulette."

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Do you suffer from psoriasis or eczema and even using the ointment and creams prescribed by the doctor is not helping anything? In addition to these diseases, there are corticosteroids and other means.

PSORIASIS is basically an accelerated process of reconstruction of the skin, which in this disease scales up to seven times faster.
From eczema in the world suffer 15 to 20% and from psoriasis about 3% of people. They often face the gaze of others.
The reason for peeling the skin during psoriasis is that the cells suddenly grow up to seven times faster than normal skin.
ECZEMA in turn can manifest as a gross “scrapy’ skin, blisters and heavier forms, there might even be some bloody cracking scales.

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Amid slick pages and artsy, up-close photography of flowering marijuana buds, Humboldt Grow magazine raises some serious questions.

Writer-photographer Kym Kemp examines domestic violence amongst a male-dominated pot-growing culture. Another piece asks whether cultivators want their children to grow up in the family trade.

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