Actress Lindsay Lohan was reported on Friday to have failed a drug test imposed as a condition of her early release from a Los Angeles rehabilitation program.

Celebrity news site TMZ.com said the “Mean Girls” actress had tested positive for cocaine in a court-ordered test last week. Under the terms of probation set in August, Lohan would be sent back to jail for 30 days if the reports prove correct.

Lohan’s laywer Ed McPherson told Reuters he had “thus far been unable to confirm any of it, but I am trying to find out.”

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Die Eltern waren völlig ahnungslos, was ihr 23 Jahre alter, arbeitsloser Sprössling so trieb. Ihr Sohn hatte monatelang in Münster mit Drogen gehandelt, die er in seinem alten Kinderzimmer gebunkert hatte.

Als die Beamten im April 2010 zugriffen, staunten sie nicht schlecht. Sie fanden 7000 Euro und Drogen über Drogen. Ecstasy-Tabletten in Überraschungseiern, Speed in Plastiktüten und Marihuana in Bonbondosen. Die Eltern waren offenbar ahnungslos.

In jedem 7, Ei, ein Eggstacy ist mit dabai!

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A gunbattle between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug cartel members left 22 dead at ranch near the U.S. border, the Defense Department said Thursday.

All the dead were suspected gang members, the department said in a statement. One soldier was injured.

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Two South Texas police officers are charged with pot smuggling as part of a federal investigation targeting Mexican drug cartels.

Roma police officers Jose Omar Garcia and his brother, Roel Roberto Garcia, are under indictment for allegedly conspiring to smuggle more than 100 pounds of marijuana since 2006. Five others were also charged, including the father of the two officers.

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An Ohio mother has been accused of teaching her 2-year-old daughter to smoke marijuana after prosecutors said she e-mailed to friends a video of the child puffing on a joint.

Jessica Gamble is charged with child endangerment, evidence tampering and "corrupting another with drugs," according to an indictment returned by a grand jury in Cincinnati. The 21-year-old mother could face up to 11 years in prison if convicted on all charges.

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The march for equal rights often leads to the voting booth. But in California, the black community is divided over a ballot measure to legalize marijuana for adults.

The state NAACP argues allowing counties to tax and regulate cannabis will reduce arrests among minority youth, and advance civil rights. "If you look at the disproportionate number of arrests that happen in our community, the law is not being applied equitably across the board," says California NAACP President Alice Huffman. "We're targeted, which makes this a civil rights issue."

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Sting, 58, is currently touring the country and has played in Moscow and St Petersberg.

While music fans have given him a warm welcome, the Communists of Petersberg and the Leningrad Region have branded him a dangerous drug pusher and public enemy.

"In April 2010, Mister Sting publicly called for 'the worldwide legalisation of marijuana'", the group said in a statement.

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The FBI Uniform Crime Report shows marijuana arrests increased by 10,000 to the 2nd highest-levels ever recorded.

The 2009 FBI Uniform Crime Report has been released. Last year’s report showed a decrease of nearly 25,000 from 2007, but this year we find marijuana arrests increased by over 10,000 to 858,408, the 2nd-highest total ever recorded.

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2009 FBI Uniform Crime Report