Ibogaine advocate Howard Lotsof, 66, died January 31 in Staten Island, New York. Liver cancer killed him.

In 1962, Lotsof, a Bronx native, was strung out on heroin when he ingested a sample of the West African psychoactive substance ibogaine. Rocked by the hallucinatory experience, Lotsof was even more stunned when he realized that after ibogaine he no longer felt compelled to use heroin.

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Voters are disgusted by the reckless spending of politicians in Washington. The backlash is coming, so policymakers are now scrambling to do something, or at least be seen as doing something, about the enormous federal debt. Now is a good time for Congress to abolish government agencies that are outdated, dysfunctional or just unnecessary.

A prime candidate for abolition is the office of the so-called "drug czar."

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Mom Mieko Hester Perez will be a special guest at the THC EXPO (Talking Hemp and Cannabis) at the Berlin (WI) Public Library this Saturday, Feb. 6, from 12pm-3pm. Hester Perez's story of how she turned to medical cannabis, legal in her home state of California, after her 10 year-old autistic son's weight plummeted to 48 pounds has been featured on Good Morning America, Fox News and other media. The T.H.C. Expo (Talking Hemp & Cannabis) will be held in the Berlin Public Library, located at 121 W. Park Ave., Berlin.

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The timing may be a little off for a hemp and cannabis expo in Berlin Saturday, coming on the heels of a major drug bust of some 30 illegal drug manufacturers and dealers in the city, but the coordinators of the event make no apologies.

The T.H.C Expo is being held to tout the wonders of medical marijuana and the economic potential of hemp farming.

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A former New York City counterterrorism detective who says he was unfairly fired as a result of a failed drug test he blamed on his wife's marijuana-spiked meatballs has lost a court bid to get his job back.

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Solange sie im Hoden sind, schlummern sie still vor sich hin. Im Einsatz aber sind Spermien äußerst aktiv. Jetzt haben Forscher den lange gesuchten Schalter entdeckt - und herausgefunden, dass auch Marihuana ihn betätigen kann. Das hat allerdings nicht nur Vorteile.

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Russia on Thursday hailed a new agreement with the United States intended to boost joint anti-drug efforts, but urged the U.S. and NATO to do more to stem a flow of drugs from Afghanistan that has sickened millions of Russians.

The deal signed by Gil Kerlikowske, director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Russia's drug control chief Viktor Ivanov, envisages setting up groups of experts to plan joint action in combatting drugs and also steps to curb demand for drugs and toughen law enforcement and coordinate legislation.

denverpost.com

A SAN Francisco man figured out how to get marijuana through airport security - eat it.

Kinman Chan, 30, was so high on a double dose of legal pot brownies that his US Airways flight had to make an emergency landing to get him off when he started behaving oddly, according to the FBI.

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