Der Prozess gegen die vermutlich älteste Drogendealerin Deutschlands ist am Dienstag nach rund zwei Stunden vertagt worden. Zu dem Verfahren vor dem Landgericht Wuppertal war einer der fünf Angeklagten nicht erschienen, wie ein Gerichtssprecher mitteilte. Obwohl der 29 Jahre alte Mann auf einen Rollstuhl angewiesen ist, ist er nach Ansicht eines Gutachters unter Einschränkungen verhandlungsfähig. Der Angeklagte soll nun zum nächsten Prozesstag am 23. Februar vorgeführt werden.

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206 Kilo Kokain im Wert von 40 Mio. Euro haben Suchtgiftfahnder in Niederösterreich sichergestellt. Dabei handelt es sich um die größte jemals in Österreich entdeckte Menge der Droge, sagte NÖ-Sicherheitsdirektor Franz Prucher.

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In the wake of the massacre of 16 students at a birthday party in Ciudad Juarez, Mexican politicos pointed fingers at each other and stonewalled journalists while civilians all over the country reaffirmed their lack of confidence in their government at all levels.

The massacre of 16 young men gathered to celebrate a birthday party on Sunday January 31, 2010 in a working class neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez left many unanswered questions.

How can a convoy full of armed men move around unnoticed in a city patrolled by 10,000 soldiers and a few thousand more federal and state police? How can they roam around the neighborhood and shoot at a group of young people celebrating a birthday party, get back in their vehicles, and escape in a timely matter just a few minutes before the arrival of the military? And how can a journalist cover a story when the journalist himself fears getting killed –either by drug cartels or the authorities - if he comes too close to the story?

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A recent brouhaha between Starbucks Coffee and marijuana legalization advocates raises an important question for the broader business community: Can major national companies be successful absent the patronage of marijuana consumers and others who support marijuana policy reform?

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A 74-year-old woman from Hamilton, Ont., who attempted to cross the border into New York state earlier this week learned the hard way that the United States does not take kindly to drug charges — no matter how old.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection say Homenella Cole advised border officers at the Lewiston-Queenston border crossing Monday that she was inadmissible to the U.S. because of previous criminal convictions in Canada.

"She said she wanted a waiver to enter the U.S., which is not uncommon," said CBP spokesman Kevin Corsaro.

A routine criminal record check revealed that Cole was the subject of active felony warrant issued on April 1, 1980 by the New York City Police Department.

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BRITISH authorities today warned drug users that heroin in London was highly likely to be contaminated with anthrax, after a first confirmed case there and following nine deaths in Scotland.

"While public health investigations are ongoing, it must be assumed that all heroin in London carries the risk of anthrax contamination," said Dr. Brian McCloskey, who is director of the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in London.

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Trailer for the pilot episode of the documentary series, "The Secret Life of..." featuring host Dan Glass, as he uncovers the lesser known stories behind various psychoactives in cities around the world.

The pilot episode looks at Mazatec ritual use of psilocybin mushrooms in Huautla de Jimenez, Mexico.

An international conference offering continuing medical education (CME) credits.
Open to physicians, healthcare professionals, and the general public

Featuring dozens of world-renowned presenters including:

Stanislav Grof, M.D., co-founder of transpersonal psychology
Michael Mithoefer, M.D., Principal Investigator for MAPS Flagship US MDMA/PTSD Study
Alex and Allyson Grey, visionary artists
Andrew Weil, M.D., integrative medicine proponent (by video)
David Nichols, Ph.D., medicinal chemist and pharmacologist
Charles Grob, M.D., UCLA psilocybin researcher
Roland Grifiths, M.D., Johns Hopkins psilocybin researcher
Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., consciousness researcher and psychotherapist
Earth and Fire Erowid, founders of Erowid.org
Rick Doblin, Ph.D., founder and executive director of MAPS

And dozens of other experts discussing ayahuasca, ibogaine, LSD, MDMA, psilocybin, and salvia divinorum.

Plus a special banquet to honor the lifetime of achievements of psychedelic luminaries Sasha and Ann Shulgin.

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