200 Gehirne Drogentoter untersucht - Langfristiger Drogenkonsum führt zur vorzeitigen Degeneration des Gehirns

Drogen können einer Studie der Universität Rostock zufolge im menschlichen Gehirn komplexe Netzwerke von Nerven und Blutgefäßen zerstören oder zumindest schwer schädigen. Dies sei das Ergebnis einer Untersuchung von mehr als 200 Gehirnen Drogentoter im Alter zwischen 15 und 45 Jahren, sagte der Rostocker Rechtsmediziner Andreas Büttner am Freitag.

derstandard.at

For generations, pro-marijuana Californians have hid their dope preference from their parents, their teachers and their co-workers.

And now, perhaps, from their pollsters.

The campaign team behind Proposition 19, which is working to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana for Californians over 21, has noticed an odd trend among public and internal polls on the measure: People are less likely to tell a live person that they support legalizing pot than an automated pollster.

sfgate.com

According to Gallup , 46 percent of Americans favor legalizing pot. Doesn't that suggest that if California's Prop 19, the ballot initiative to legalize marijuana, passes that other states will follow suit? After all, what state isn't facing hard budgetary times and wouldn't like some extra taxes from pot sales rolling in.

nypost.com

Of all the arguments that have been used to demonize marijuana, few have been more powerful than that of the "gateway effect": the notion that while marijuana itself may not be especially dangerous, it ineluctably leads to harder drugs like heroin and cocaine. Even Nick Kristof — in a column favoring marijuana legalization — alluded to it this week in the New York Times.

time.com

I dropped in on a marijuana shop here that proudly boasted that it sells “31 flavors.” It also offered a loyalty program. For every 10 purchases of pot — supposedly for medical uses — you get one free packet.

“There are five of these shops within a three-block radius,” explained the proprietor, Edward J. Kim. He brimmed with pride at his inventory and sounded like any small businessman as he complained about onerous government regulation. Like, well, state and federal laws.

nytimes.com

The specialized dog team discovered 19 bundles of marijuana, weighing more than 1,150 pounds with an estimated value of more than $920,000. A thorough search of the area indicated that the smugglers had fled.

azcentral.com

An attempt to distill the active ingredient from marijuana caused a refrigerator-demolishing explosion at a home on Monday, fire investigators in Coos County have concluded.

The Charleston Fire Department got a report at about 1:05 p.m. of a loud explosion on Jerome Road, Coos County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Pat Downing wrote in a news release. Fire crews found that a refrigerator at the home had exploded, shattering a window, dislodging cupboard doors and drawers, and scattering food around the kitchen. Firefighters called for the help of the sheriff's department and the state fire marshal's office to figure out what happened.

mailtribune.com
kcby.com

Bei einer gemeinsamen Verkehrskontrolle mit der Hamburger Polizei trugen niedersächsische Beamte am Dienstag Abzeichen, auf denen neben dem Schriftzug „Polizei - Drogenerkennung“ ein großes Hanfblatt und das niedersächsische Landeswappen zu sehen war.

sueddeutsche.de
tz-online.de