Forensic Science International recently published an eye-opening study on a new generation of synthetic cannabinoids that have become popular as 'legal highs', provided by a highly organised neuroscience-savvy industry that is ready and waiting with new compounds before the law changes.

The study concerns several legal smoking mixtures, 'Spice' being the most well-known (pictured), which were recently found to contain synthetic cannabinoids.

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4:20 statt Spice

Seltsame Blüten treibt der Verfolgungs- und Kontrollwahn, der so manche Vollstrecker der Cannabisprohibition reitet. Auch anno 2009.

X.S. wird von der Polizei eines Dorfes in Oberösterreich per Telefon zu einer Befragung zitiert, weil ein 20-jähriger Verdächtiger nach der ersten Nacht in Polizeihaft unter vielen anderen auch ihn als Abnehmer von ca 50 gr Cannabis genannt hat. X.S. gibt an, in den letzten zwei Jahren ca zwei Mal pro Monat geraucht zu haben, im vergangenen Winter etwas mehr, zuletzt vor drei Wochen. Zwei Wochen nach der Vernehmung flattert eine „Ladung“ der Bezirkshauptmannschaft ins Haus, in der es heißt, X.S. solle wegen der Anzeige der Polizeiinspektion Z. „persönlich in unser Amt“ kommen. Keine Angabe des Grundes in der Ladung, auch keinerlei Androhung von Konsequenzen, wenn die Ladung nicht befolgt wird.

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Faszinierendes Dokument: Bei seinen Recherchen über Marilyn Monroe erstand ein US-Sammler einen vierminütigen Film, auf dem die größte Sex-Ikone aller Zeiten dabei zu beobachten ist, wie sie an einer selbstgedrehten Zigarette zieht - und inhaliert.

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Which Europeans are most likely to have tried cannabis?

OVER a fifth of Europeans have taken cannabis at some point in their lives, according to new report on illegal drug use from the EMCDDA, the EU's drug-monitoring arm.

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Last week, employees at a goodwill store in Ohio opened a donated water jug and found almost a pound of pot. The donation was anonymous, and police estimate the amount to be worth around $1,500.

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People who smoke potent skunk are more at risk of psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia than those who use other types of cannabis, scientists suspect.

According to new research, regular users double their risk of psychosis but heavy skunk users increase theirs seven-fold.

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They say cannabis is a healthier option while detoxing from alcohol, illegal or prescription drugs, by offering fewer negative side-effects or problems withdrawing.

Britain is the perfect place to try the ‘radical’ approach because of our ‘heavy alcohol use’, according to researchers at the University of California.

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The movie star legend, Marilyn Monroe, is shown in a silent home movie that dates back to 1958 or 1959. Read more below and see the video of Marilyn Monroe smoking marijuana below.

The friend of Marilyn that took the video did not wish to be identified but confirms that Marilyn Monroe was smoking marijuana.

“I had it up in my attic all this time,” says the woman who reg

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