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Friday, November 2, 2007

This Week on Drugs

posted by on November 2 at 16:00 PM

Massachusetts: Plans to distribute heroin overdose prevention kits.

Candidates for Cannabis? Nope.

Fifteen Months: Crack sentences commuted.

Four-year-old: Knapsack packed with pot.

They Tried to Make Her Pay a Ticket: She said, “No. No. No.

South Africa: Drug awareness week kicks off with high-school raids.

Were You Aware of Meth in October? Meth Awareness Month is over, but not the derision of the Meth Project’s silly ads.

Drew Cary: Medical marijuana man.

300 Empty Beer Cans on the Floor: Mother admits she neglected her two kids to death.

It’s Not a Tumor Drug: Schwarzenegger says pot’s no drug. “That is not a drug. It’s a leaf.” Uh, whatever…

Caught the Boat: DEA announces symposium on prescription drug abuse.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Vineyards groovin’ to Vivaldi.

Heads vs. Feds: NORML and Drug Czar’s office duke it out on NYT blog.

On Fire: Illegal cigarette market booming in Canada.

Mile High City: Denver’s pot-initiative debate asks Seattle.

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1

You know, it's not a drug in Canada per se. It's a cash crop.

Posted by Will in Seattle | November 2, 2007 4:13 PM
2

Thomas Carr + Dominic Holden = Seattle

Posted by matthew fisher wilder | November 2, 2007 4:27 PM
3

I love the link to the article about Canadian teens smoking black market cigs...especially given some posts hereabouts a while back regarding how great it was that Canada had increased tobacco taxes so much, and how that had led to a reduction in teen smoking. Right.

Posted by gnossos | November 2, 2007 6:37 PM
4

oh, and what the fuck is up with Seattle? Seventeen years ago we were leading the pack when it came to harm reduction efforts in the US...and now? Even Mass-a-fuckin-chew-sets is implementing heroin OD prevention efforts and we're told not to talk about it? Argh.

Posted by gnossos | November 2, 2007 6:40 PM
5

I don't get it. Don't we /want/ heroin addicts to overdose and die so that they're no longer a danger to society and their own families? Maybe I'm off the page here, but it's a drug that makes humans turn inhuman, the need for the drug turns them against the entire human race -- they'll kill anyone, do anything, if it will feed the addiction -- surely death (and heroin O.D. is a painless death) is the best thing that can happen for them and for society. But like I said, maybe I'm not on the same page as John Q Citizen. I have never seen anyone turn back from a heroin addiction. It's a one-way ticket.

Posted by Donovan | November 3, 2007 8:10 AM
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Hey, Donovan @5. That's right, nobody has ever recovered from an addiction and all addicts should die. Same with alcoholics--no more detox, just let 'em die. Asshole.

Posted by Dominic Holden | November 3, 2007 10:24 AM
7

It's Carey, not Cary.

Posted by Andy Niable | November 3, 2007 10:30 AM

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