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Wines over Two-Fours on Victoria's Weekend
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blogs.canada - Marijuana, Opium, Coca (raw cocaine) and chloroform ... (Wed May 16 12:24:21 2012 PDT)
Peterborough police seize drugs, cash in raid
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mykawartha - (Canada) Police seized $1,480 in cash, 12 grams of cocaine and 24 grams of marijuana. Andrew Lyle Joseph Dafoe, 25, of Crystal Drive, is charged with possession of proceeds of crime; possession for the purpose schedule 1 – c... (Wed May 16 11:11:10 2012 PDT)
98 pounds of BC marijuana seized in St. John's
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cbc - (Canada) B.C. marijuana seized in St. The RCMP drug section has seized about 98 pounds of marijuana in St. Those include possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking in a controlled substance, conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance, possession of the proce... (Wed May 16 09:52:54 2012 PDT)
Two charged after drug raid
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thepeterboroughexaminer - (Canada) Two charged after drug raid - Peterborough Examiner - Ontario, CA Two charged after drug raid ... (Wed May 16 08:26:07 2012 PDT)
Traffic Stop - Driver Arrested
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thefountainpen - (Canada) The driver was spoken to and the strong odour of burnt cannabis emanated from the interior of the vehicle. (Wed May 16 08:26:07 2012 PDT)
Drug charges for couple
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lfpress - (Canada) Two people face a slew of drug charges after the London Police guns and drugs section executed a search warrant on Greenwood Ave. Police say they seized cultivated marijuana and marijuana plants, methylphenidate pills, methadone a... (Wed May 16 07:06:17 2012 PDT)
CB police bust grow-op
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thechronicleherald - (Canada) A man faces charges after police in Cape Breton raided a marijuana growing operation. Inside, they found a marijuana growing operation, several guns and ammunition, Cape Breton Regional Police said. Officers arrested a 50-year-old man on charges of possessing drugs for the purpose of... (Wed May 16 03:49:49 2012 PDT)
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Miss Bala
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nowtoronto - (Canada) The traffic cop she asks for help delivers her to the drug gang responsible for the shooting, and from then on she’s dragged ever deeper into their all-out war with the federal drug squad. ... (Wed May 16 18:56:11 2012 PDT)
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mobile.salon - S official news agency says police have found a cocaine-processing lab near where a small Mexican-registered plane crashed over the weekend with $1.3 million in cash aboard. (Wed May 16 15:50:31 2012 PDT)
Failed police investigation into Robert Pickton a 'major embarrassment ...
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vancouversun - (Canada) VANCOUVER b The fact that Robert Pickton's victims were poor, drug-addicted sex workers from Vancouver'... (Wed May 16 14:54:13 2012 PDT)
Failed police investigation into Pickton a 'major embarrassment': former mayor
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globalwinnipeg - VANCOUVER - The fact that Robert Pickton's victims were poor, drug-addicted sex workers from Vancouver's blighted Downtown Eastside contributed to the slow police response, a former mayor told a public inquiry Wednesday. ... (Wed May 16 14:38:30 2012 PDT)
Armstrong wants doping questions to stop
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sportsnet - (Canada) Is reportedly under investigation by federal prosecutors for possible wire and mail fraud connected to a defence fund he set up in his unsuccessful fight against doping charges. (Wed May 16 14:26:07 2012 PDT)
In drug-approval race, US FDA ahead of Canada, Europe
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medicalxpress - (US) Addiction (Wed May 16 14:26:07 2012 PDT)
Sniffer dog nabs heroin hidden in butt
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cnews.canoe - (Canada) Sniffer dog nabs heroin hidden in butt - Weird News - Canoe.ca Sniffer dog nabs heroin hidden in butt A package of heroin weighing just under five ounces is seen in this U.S. (Wed May 16 13:40:20 2012 PDT)
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Willie Nelson is one of the Heroes
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windsorstar - (Canada) Today, Nelson appears to be as at home in Hollywood as he is on his horse ranch in Texas, and he's as popular for his m... (Tue May 15 11:24:29 2012 PDT)
Diaz injunction denied; hearing set for Monday
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sportsnet - (Canada) Nick Diaz got at least a hearing to end the temporary suspension for his positive drug test. Diaz, who had his fight licence suspended indefinitely by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) as a result of a positive test for marijuana metabolites following his UFC 143 loss to While a more favourable ruling f... (Tue May 15 10:24:15 2012 PDT)
No jail time for courier
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leaderpost - (Canada) A British Columbia man who suffers from a range of serious health problems walked away from a Regina court with a conditional sentence on Monday - despite having b... (Tue May 15 00:32:21 2012 PDT)
No jail time for drug courier arrested in Sask.
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leaderpost - (Canada) REGINA b A British Columbia man who suffers from a range of serious health problems walked away from a Regina court with a conditional sentence Monday b ... (Mon May 14 18:05:47 2012 PDT) [also leaderpost7734]
CBC.ca
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cbc - (Canada) Most trials testing medical marijuana have focused on oral forms. (Mon May 14 09:11:10 2012 PDT)
Three held after bust
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lfpress - (Canada) Armed with a search warrant, police allegedly discovered heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and medicinal marijuana pills worth about $4,000 in total. Armed with a search warrant, police allegedly discovered heroin, meth... (Mon May 14 05:33:50 2012 PDT)
CANADA: Maple Ridge man found with 700 grams of pot - Local News - Whistler Question, Whistler, BC
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whistlerquestion - (US) Despite having medical marijuana licence A 28-year-old man from Maple Ridge is facing charges of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. (Sat May 12 03:58:01 2012 PDT)
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UBC researcher wins 2012 Trudeau Foundation scholarship
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publicaffairs.ubc - (Canada) Daniel Werb, senior research assistant at the Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative (UHRI) at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), has been awarded the 2012 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship for his PhD research project investigating initiation and cessation of injection drug use among street youth in Vancouver. ... (Tue May 15 11:54:20 2012 PDT)
Danger lurks in Sault Ste. Marie
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saultstar - (Canada) Bouma said that APH and the Group Health Centreb s downtown location both have a needle exchange two days a week b on different days so that four of the seven days of the week are covered b for all needle users. (Sat May 12 09:33:56 2012 PDT)
CANADA: Parksville Qualicum News - Pot isn't necessarily safe, says doc
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pqbnews - Were marijuana to be legalized? One of the issues that is very topical is the legalization of marijuana. (Sat May 12 03:19:05 2012 PDT)
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