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Beyond Fluoride: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Public Health

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Law, Philosophy, Lithium, Green, Violence, Suicide, Prozac, Drugs, Green Living, Peter Kramer, Dentistry, Texas, Politics, Pharmaceutical Industry, Human Rights, Health, Water, Ethics, Environment, Utilitarianism, Japan, Tobacco, Libertarianism, Bioethics, Medicine, Michigan, Healthcare, Cocaine, Politics News

If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.

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Brittany Murphy Was Recent Subject of Controversy

Danny Groner | Posted 12.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Snl, Brittany Murphy, Drugs, Saturday Night Live, Cocaine, Death, Simon Monjack, Brittany Murphy Drugs, Brittany Murphy Dead Drugs, Brittney Murphy, Brittany Murphy Cause of Death, Brittany Murphy Cocaine, Brittany Murphy Eating Disorder, Brittany Murphy Death, Britany Murphy, Brittany Murphy's Death, Britanny Murphy, Brittney Murphey, Brittany Murphy Died Drugs, Brittany Murphy News, Brittany Murphy Drug, Was Brittany Murphy on Drugs, Cause of Brittany Murphy's Death, Brittany Murphy Drug Use, Entertainment News

There's bound to be speculation about the cause of Murphy's death. Initial reports cite cardiac arrest, the same cause that was attributed to Michael Jackson's death this summer.

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Buju Banton Arrest: Reggae Star Arrested For Cocaine Possession

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Buju Banton, Reggae, Buju Banton Arrest, Buju Banton Arrested, Crime, Cocaine, Home News

MIAMI — Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing a drug charge in Florida. Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, has been in U.S. fe...

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Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Charge Ahead

Anthony Papa | Posted 12.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Addiction, Rockefeller Drug Laws, War on Drugs, Ondcp, Cocaine, Mandatory Minimums, New York News

The dismantling of the Rockefeller Drug Laws is picking up steam. The New York State Assembly held a key hearing to press forward with implementation of the reforms.

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Face the Facts -- and End the War on Drugs

Johann Hari | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Heroin, War on Drugs, Cocaine, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Legalize Marijuana, David-Nutt, World News

The unofficial slogan of the prohibitionists for decades has been: The facts will only undermine the war, so invent some that show how successful we are, fast. Look at the United States.

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Cocaethylene Studied: Cocaine, Alcohol Mix To Create Toxic 3rd Chemical

The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Uk, Social Drinking, Beer, Addiction, Liver, Drugs, Coke, Heart Problems, Liquor, Social Drug Use, Cocaethylene, Health, Alcohol, Wine, Us, Medicine, Heart Failure, Cocaine, Living News

Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...

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La Familia Cartel Targeted, Police Arrest More Than 300 Across U.S.

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that d...

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Drugs: Losing the Longest War

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Durgs, Marijuana, Los Zetas, War, Addiction, Failure, Policy, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Politics News

On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs ... again. There have been one or two conflicts in human history that lasted longer -- though we'd better win this before 2012, or we'll find ourselves alone in a league with the Hundred Years' War.

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Big Bank Profits Spark Rally in Cocaine, Hooker Sectors

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Investment Banks, Hookers, Merrill Lynch, Andy Borowitz, Bailout, Banks, Limousines, Mistresses, Cocaine, Comedy News

The historic profits notched by the nation's biggest banks are starting to have a positive impact on the broader economy, with the cocaine and hooker sectors showing striking gains.

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David Paterson Does the Right Thing and Drops the Rock

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Governor David Paterson, Prison, Cocaine, Drug Reform, Drug War, Criminal Justice, New York News

Having felt the sting of the Rockefeller laws firsthand -- serving 12 years under a 15-years-to-life sentence -- I understand the full meaning of the reforms that went into effect today.

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The Evolution of Colombia's Narco-Submarines

Maryam Ishani | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Colombia, Drugs, Narco-Submarines, Colombia Narco-Submarines, Cocaine, Maryam Ishani Huffington Post, Maryam Ishani, Ishani, Colombia Submaines, World News

For over 20 years Captain Mario Rodríguez has worked to counter the steady advancement of the transportation technologies employed by Colombian traffickers to smuggle cocaine into Mexico and the U.S.

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Here Is Your Chance to Help End the Failed War on Drugs

Anthony Papa | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, New Mexico, Marijuana, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Treatment, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Ondcp, Cocaine, Politics News

Our nation's drug policy should be based on reason, compassion, health and human rights, but to do so will take a great deal of strategizing and organizing.

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Four Year Old Handed Out Cocaine At Newark Daycare, Thought It Was Candy

Joe Territo | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Daycare, Drugs, Newark, New Jersey, Police, Cops, Cocaine, New York News

Police said the boy's father, afraid of getting caught with cocaine, had hidden it in his son's pockets and told him it was candy.

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Marijuana Use By The Numbers

Paul Armentano | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?

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Police Seize Rocket Launcher, TNT In Raid

STNG | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Explosives, Rocket Launcher, Marijuana, Guns, Cocaine, Antioch Police, Chicago Crime, Chicago News

Explosives, one live rocket launcher, a cache of guns, marijuana and cocaine were confiscated Wednesday from a home in unincorporated Antioch, and a f...

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Candidates Drug Use Not A Deal Breaker, But Hypocrisy On Issue Should Be!

Tony Newman | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Cy Vance Jr., Rockefeller Drug Laws, Drug Policy Alliance, District Attorney, Marijauna, David Paterson, Richard Aborn, President Obama, Hypocrisy, Treatment, Marijuana Arrests, Cocaine, Manhattan District Attorney, New York City, New York News

We have two candidates running for District Attorney of Manhattan, one the of the most powerful law enforcement jobs in the country, admitting to cocaine use.

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Nearly 1/3 Of Cocaine Seized In US Is Tainted

AP | JON GAMBRELL | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Tainted Cocaine, Levamisole, Cocaine Livestock Deworming Agent, Cocaine, Home News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Nearly a third of all cocaine seized in the United States is laced with a dangerous veterinary medicine – a livestock ...

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Mexico and Argentina Move to Decriminalize Marijuana and Other Drugs

Tony Newman | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Policy Alliance, Latin America, Mexico Drug War, Ethan Nadelmann, Marijuana, Argentina, Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Heroin, Legalization, Mexico Drug Wars, Cocaine, World News

In the last week both Mexico and Argentina made international news by passing a law and making a major Supreme Court ruling calling for low-level drug offenders to receive treatment instead of jail.

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Route 36 In Bolivia: The World's First Cocaine Bar

The Guardian | Jonathan Franklin | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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"Tonight we have two types of cocaine; normal for 100 Bolivianos a gram, and strong cocaine for 150 [Bolivianos] a gram." The waiter has just finished...

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Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday – a move that prosecutors say makes sense eve...

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Up To 90 Percent Of U.S. Paper Money Contains Traces Of Cocaine: New Study

Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paper Money, Money, Cocaine Money, American Chemical Society, Drugs, War on Drugs, Scientific Study, Cocaine, Politics News

On Sunday, the American Chemical Society, a nonprofit scientific society chartered by Congress, released a study claiming that up to 90 percent of U.S...

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Ice Cream Truck Driver Busted For Drugs

AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, Crime, Marijuana, Illegal Drugs, NY Drugs, Mr. Softee, Ice Cream Truck, Westbury, Cocaine, Mister Softee Drugs, Mister Softee, Ice Cream Truck Drugs, Softee, Mr Softee Arrest in Westbury Ny, New York News

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) -- Police have arrested a Long Island ice cream truck driver on charges of buying illegal drugs. Nassau County police say the 22...

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Child Cocaine Use Soars In Britain

Press Association | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Addiction, United Kingdom, Health, Foreign Affairs, England, Cocaine Poisoning, Drugs, Drug Abuse, Child Cocaine Use, Advocacy, Cocaine, World News

hocking rises in the number of children treated in hospital after overdosing on cocaine were revealed today. In less than a decade the number of unde...

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