This would allow the police to confiscate suspected substances and the UK Border Agency to seize shipments entering the country.

'Legal highs' including naphyrone, mephedrone, GBL and synthetic cannabinoids have already been banned, but the government said that the new system of temporary bans would allow for a faster response.

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Around 13 black bears strolled around the fields but police soon realised that they showed no signs of aggressive behaviour and were in fact tame.

They are thought to have been lured into the British Columbian farm by dog food and officers said they might have to be put down if they’ve become used to living around humans, the BBC reported.

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In a November 3, 2009, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Report on the state of Texas Profile of Drug Indicators stated a total of 129,192 arrests for drug possession in 2008 with a total of 70,578 arrests for possession of marijuana. Arrests mean the courts, in the vast majority of the cases, searches and seizures. In some cases, forfeitures of cash and vehicles.

According to the report, ‘marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug throughout Texas”.

-More than 8 million (43.90%) of Texas citizens reported that using marijuana was a “great risk”

-As of October 31, 2008, there were 87,216 full-time law enforcement employees in Texas (52,589 officers and 34,627 civilians)

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Flower Magic Powder wird auf diversen Internetseiten als "Legal High" verkauft, wie unsere Analyse ergeben hat, ist das Pulver weder legal noch risikofrei.

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The kidnapped mayor of a northern Mexican town was found dead Wednesday, extending a rash of deadly attacks on political figures in an area besieged by drug gang battles.

Santiago Mayor Edelmiro Cavazos' body was found near a waterfall outside his town, a popular weekend getaway for residents of the industrial city of Monterrey, said Nuevo Leon state attorney general Alejandro Garza y Garza.

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Eine Woche nach Bekanntwerden des Verkaufs der Droge Mephedron in einem Grazer Geschäft ist dieses geschlossen worden. Die Behörden sperrten den Shop, das offiziell als Düngemittel verkaufte Rauschgift wurde beschlagnahmt.

Nach einem Bericht des ORF Steiermark und auf Weisung des Bundesamtes für Ernährungssicherheit beschlagnahmten Mitarbeiter der steirischen Agentur für Ernährungssicherheit (AGES) am vergangenen Freitag den gesamten Lagerbestand an Mephedron, bestätigt AGES-Sprecher Roland Achatz.

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Mind-altering drugs like LSD, ketamine or magic mushrooms could be combined with psychotherapy to treat people suffering from depression, compulsive disorders or chronic pain, Swiss scientists suggested on Wednesday.

Research into the effects of psychedelics, used in the past in psychiatry, has been restricted in recent decades because of the negative connotations of drugs, but the scientists said more studies into their clinical potential were now justified.

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A major drug raid in the San Gabriel Valley by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department turned up $4.5 million worth of marijuana.

Deputies said they seized a total of about 2,000 marijuana plants and made arrests in Temple City, San Gabriel, Rosemead and East Pasadena.

Asian Gang Task Force detectives served five search warrants and dismantled what they consider a sophisticated growing operation.

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