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UK: World business, finance, and political news from the Financial Times - FT.com UK
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(UK) In line with the worldwide trend towards revering the local rather than the imported, Chianti is once more enjoying the spotlight of fashion, writes The nanny state has gone to pot The Dutch ban on tobacco smoking b even in b coffee shopsb that serve cannabis b proves yet again that n... (Sat Jul 05 10:55:29 2008 PDT)

UK: More than 400 cannabis plants were seized by police yesterday. Officers targeted a house in Hazelhurst Road, Chell, pictured, but it's not known if anyone was arrested. The plants were...
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More than 400 cannabis plants were seized by police yesterday. (Sat Jul 05 10:33:10 2008 PDT)

UK: Irish News: Pair in drugs arrest
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(UK) A 25-year-old man and 20-year-old woman were last night being questioned by police following the seizure of cannabis and firearms in west Belfast. (Sat Jul 05 10:19:59 2008 PDT)

UK: Children shouldn't brush their teeth after every meal - Mail Online
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(UK) Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to ... (Sat Jul 05 10:06:07 2008 PDT)

BBC NEWS - UK - Northern Ireland - Foyle and West - Charges stem from city drugs raid
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(UK) [Cannabis and cash were seized.] It follows a raid at a house in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast on Friday in which guns, cannabis and cash were seized. The cannabis seized is understood to have had an estimated street value of #30,000, according to a PSNI spokeswoman. ... (Sat Jul 05 09:49:22 2008 PDT)

Sheley prosecutors mull death penalty
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(US) Cause of death in all eight killings was blunt force trauma to the head. (Sat Jul 05 09:04:39 2008 PDT)

Tyneside boxing gym raided in drugs bust
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(UK) Northumbria officers were involved in a joint operation with the Serious Organised Crime Agency probing the cocaine and cannabis racket. (Sat Jul 05 05:18:28 2008 PDT)

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Cannabis dangers from a policemans perspective
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Published only today (July 4th 08) The Canadian Press reports two Toronto police officers and three correctional officers were among almost two dozen people arrested Thursday after 63 search warrants were executed in a crackdown on marijuana grow-ops. (Fri Jul 04 08:50:01 2008 PDT)

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Questions raised about capital case 24 years later
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A woman called one of Bower's attorneys to say her ex-boyfriend and three of his friends were responsible for the slayings, the result of a dope deal gone bad. The defense speculation about drug dealers in this case is just the type of wild speculation that all defense attorneys throw out in all capital appeals to get their client off ... (Sat Jul 05 11:49:54 2008 PDT)

UK: Norwich Evening News 24
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Drug dealers jailed for 26 years Three drug dealers are beginning jail sentences today. (Sat Jul 05 10:53:03 2008 PDT) [also eveningnews2413987]

UK: A court has officially confiscated #390 from a heroin supplier. Delroy Chambers, aged 36, of Chadridge Court, Oulton, Stone, is currently serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence for his part in a...
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(UK) A court has officially confiscated #390 from a heroin supplier. A court has officially confiscated #390 from a heroin supplier. In 2005 police saw him passing a plastic carrier bag full of heroin to... (Sat Jul 05 10:33:10 2008 PDT)

Accrington dealer avoids jail
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(UK) Actually sold the cops tablets which were ketamine. (Sat Jul 05 07:04:32 2008 PDT) [also blackburncitizen7244, lancashiretelegraph8465]

BBC NEWS - Programmes - From Our Own Correspondent - Farmers caught in the poppy trade
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(UK) Much of Afghanistan's Helmand Province is dependent on the poppy harvest - which locks ordinary people into a criminal economy and ends up funding Taleban insurgents, corrupt officials and drug traffickers. "The Holy Koran hated our fields this year," was how one farmer from Helmand described just how bad the opium poppy harvest had be... (Sat Jul 05 04:49:57 2008 PDT)

Reclaim the streets rally planned for Toome
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(UK) "Where it is found that premises are being used for drug dealing and all-night drug and alcohol parties tenancy agreements must be revoked immediately. (Sat Jul 05 04:49:57 2008 PDT)

Tour chiefs vow to keep it clean
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(UK) [S event will be drug free.] THE TOUR de France hits top gear today with big wigs insisting this year’s event will be drug free. And Michael Rasmussen, who led last year’s race before being kicked out for missing a drug test, was given a two-year suspension on Tuesday. Tom Boonen, 2007’s top sprinter withdraw f... (Sat Jul 05 03:49:37 2008 PDT)

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Cannabis dangers from a policemans perspective
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Published only today (July 4th 08) The Canadian Press reports two Toronto police officers and three correctional officers were among almost two dozen people arrested Thursday after 63 search warrants were executed in a crackdown on marijuana grow-ops. (Fri Jul 04 08:50:01 2008 PDT)

Fresno Supervisors to Hold Hearing on Medical Marijuana ID Card ...
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707-575-9870 The Fresno County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing on the local implementation of the statewide Medical Marijuana Identification Card Program. (Fri Jul 04 08:39:16 2008 PDT)

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(US) A comedy about a troubled teenager named Luke (Josh Peck) who forms a bond with a depressed therapist (Ben Kingsley), part of which involves supplying the doctor with marijuana in exchange for free talk sessions. Play such... (Thu Jul 03 17:33:40 2008 PDT)