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Dubya to raise "Private Army" in Drug War |
| July 22, 2001
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President Bush is planning to escalate the US war against drugs from South America with new legislation that its critics say will allow him to deploy a 'private army' of former US servicemen across the region.
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Vermont cuts welfare aid for OxyContin |
| July 22, 2001
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The governor ov Vermont says his state will stop paying for OxyContin for welfare recipients because of the prescription painkiller's growing link to crime and addiction. According to the article, Oxycontin has been attributed to 100 deaths across the USA since 1998. 100 deaths in three years -- I wonder how that compares to the noumber of people who die each year from acetaminophen-induced liver failure? Or alcohol? Or cigarettes?
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Drying Opium Using A Microwave Oven |
| July 21, 2001
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A rapid method for estimating moisture in opium samples was being looked for to enable rapid payment to Indian opium cultivators. Efforts were made to replace the traditional “hand parakh” system and conventional oven method with a method that would provide rapid, simple, precise and reproducible results. Results obtained with the microwave oven were within the acceptable limit, with a maximum standard deviation of only ±0.28, compared with the standard electric oven method.
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More Photos added to the Gallery |
| July 20, 2001
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A new gallery has been added for forum member Molly Maguire in the User Galleries. Molly has some great pics of her giganthemums, india raj, and some great tazmanians! Check it out in the gallery
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More Variety in Store |
| July 20, 2001
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In order to better server the power-growers out there, all Opium Poppy seed varities in the Somni-Store are now available in three, five, and ten gram quantites. The Nigrum and Persian White varities are also available in 100 gram batches, at a discount. To check it out, visit the Somni-Store.
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Portugal Decriminalizes Drug Use |
| July 20, 2001
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Portugal has forced back the frontiers of drug liberalisation in Europe with a law which, at a stroke, decriminalises the use of all previously banned narcotics, from cannabis to crack cocaine. The new law, which came into effect on 1 July, takes a socially conservative country with traditional Catholic values far ahead of much of northern Europe, including Britain, in treating drug abuse as a social and health problem rather than a criminal one.
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The Poppy Paradox |
| July 20, 2001
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Beware: Reading This Article Could Make You Into A Felon, But Not Reading It Could Get You Arrested. At least that's the tagline from this 1998 story from the San Luis Obispo County NewTimes. Interesting stuff, although a bit dated. Archived for posterity of course. :-)
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Iran Waging a Losing Drug War |
| July 19, 2001
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Iran is waging one of the world's most violent and hard-fought campaigns against drug trafficking. A nation that Washington labels a sponsor of international terrorism, Iran has become the critical bulwark between the globe's largest opium supplier and consumers in Europe, the Middle East and, increasingly, the United States.
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