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Synthetic Marijuana Banned In New York State

Posted 03.29.2012

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The sale of synthetic marijuana has been banned in New York following a warning issued by the state's health department. The "legal pot" products ...

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DEA Extends Control Over Fake Pot

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Video, Blaze, Drug Enforcement Administration, Spice, Fake Pot, K2, Drugs, Synthetic Drugs, Dea, Synthetic Pot, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration is extending emergency controls for six more months on five chemicals used to make fake pot pro...

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Synthetic Marijuana: A New Clear and Present Danger

Gregory Bunt, M.D. | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Synthetic Marijuana, Health News, Dangers of Spice, Demi Moore, Spice, K2, Synthetic Marijuana Dangers, Dangers of Synthetic Marijuana, Healthy Living News

What can be done to reduce synthetic drug abuse, of K2 and many other dangerous drugs, is not simply legislation or enforcement. It is education, public awareness and early intervention.

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Rand Paul Made Odd Case For Drug Ban

Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Synthetic Marijuana, Senate, Video, Rand Paul, Rand Paul Synthetic Drugs, Rand Paul Islam, Synthetic Marijuana Ban, Marijuana, Spice, Rand Paul Synthetic Marijuana, K2, Drugs, Bath Salts, Paul, Politics News

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), as part of an ongoing effort to block a federal ban of synthetic drugs, once cited the threat of "radical Islam" as a reason f...

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Death On K2: Russian Team Abandons Winter Climb

AP | Posted 04.07.2012

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman for a Russian mountaineering team seeking to be the first to climb K2 in winter says it has abandoned the attempt after...

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Youth Drug Use: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

R. Gil Kerlikowske | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: K2, Marijuana, Spice, Public Health, Synthetic Marijuana, Drug Policy, Public Safety, Teen Drugs, Teen Drug Abuse, Teen Drug Use, Drug Statistics, Teen Drug Statistics, Health News, Healthy Living News

Last week, I joined officials from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Health and Human Services to announce the results of the largest annual survey on youth drug use in America.

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Greg Mortenson Blames Co-Author For Inaccuracies In 'Three Cups Of Tea'

outsideonline.com | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: K2, 60 Minutes, Three Cups of Deceit, Outside, Pakistan Schools, Greg Mortenson, Mortenson Co-Author, Jon Krakauer, David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea, Stones Into Schools, A Million Little Pieces, Authors, Bestsellers, Books News

In an exclusive series of interviews with editorial director Alex Heard, Mortenson admitted to making mistakes both as a writer and nonprofit manager,...

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'Three Cups Of Tea' Author Greg Mortenson's Stories Called Into Question By '60 Minutes'

Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Greg Mortenson, Central Asia Institute, 60 Minutes, Afghanistan, CBS News, K2, Steve Kroft, Taliban, Jon Krakauer, Greg Mortenson 60 Minutes, Three Cups of Tea, Video, Impact News

After telling his life story, Greg Mortenson sold millions of books and raised tens of millions of dollars for his charity. After "60 Minutes" aire...

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DEA Bans Chemicals Used In Synthetic Marijuana

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Drug Enforcement Agency, Synthetic Marijuana, K2, Fake Weed, Dea, Drug Ban, Fake Weed Banned, Marijuana, Politics News

Fake weed could be going up in smoke. The Drug Enforcement Administration has placed five chemicals used to manufacture synthetic marijuana product...

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8 Awful Drug Trends

Posted 02.13.2011

Read More: Drug Trends, 8 Worst Drug Trends, Worst Drug Trends, Worst Ways for College Kids to Get High, Spice, K2, Worst College Drug Trends, Bath Salts, Worst Ways to Get High, Slidepollajax, College News

Lately, it seems like some college students will try anything to get a thrill -- from fake weed to toiletries to alcoholic whipped cream. We decided ...

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K2 Crackdown: DEA Using Emergency Powers To Ban Fake Pot

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fake Marijuana, K2, US Mexico Drug Wars, Marijuana, Spice, DEA Pot, Dea, Fake Pot, Synthetic Marijuana, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Wednesday that it would use its emergency powers to ban synthetic marijuana for one year, ...

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Expert Climber Reportedly Killed At K-2

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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STOCKHOLM — The Austrian News Agency says Swedish climber and skier Fredrik Ericsson has fallen to his death on K-2 while trying to conquer the ...

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Attempts to Ban Fake Marijuana Are Further Proof of Prohibition's Failure

Mike Meno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K2, California, Jennifer Granholm, Marijuana, Michigan, Proposition 19, John Huffman, Clemson, Pot, Legalize Marijuana, Drug Policy, Prop 19, Politics News

Our country's insane prohibition on marijuana -- a safe, non-toxic, and well-studied drug -- is now leading consumers to experiment with lesser-known, and potentially much more dangerous, alternatives.

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Book Review Roundup: Milan Kundera, Tana French, Adventures On K2

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Encounters, Allegra Goodman, Per Petterson, What the Great Ate, Tana French, K2, Milan Kundera, Mountain Climbing, Book Review, Reviews, Authors, Books News

"Encounter" by Milan Kundera Milan Kundera asks this question in writing about the painter Francis Bacon, one of many cultural figures he addresses ...

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State Moves To Ban K2, 'Legal Pot' Sold At Local Head Shops

RedEye | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Head Shops, Lakeview, Marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration, Chicago Head Shops, K2, Marijuana Legalization, Drug Enforcement, Legalize Marijuana, Chicago News

At Secrets, a Lakeview head shop, it's displayed behind glass and sold in a silver packet. A few doors down at Amigos and Us, it's among the Grateful...

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Spice: Or How To Get Legally High In America

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Andrew Gallo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legal Marijuana, Cannabis, Maricopa County, Marijuana, Asu, Spice, K2, Drugs, Arizona, College News

Produced by HuffPost's College Reporting Team Will -- who asked that his last name be redacted for his own safety -- is a sophomore at Arizona State ...

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The Abandonment of Gerard McDonnell

Freddie Wilkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K2, Mountaineering Disaster, Mountain Climbing, Men's Journal, Sherpas, Nepal, Mountains, Outside Magazine, Green News

It is readily clear that the media owes the family, friends, and loved-ones of Gerard MacDonnell an apology for so misrepresenting his memory. As someone who's written about K2 a lot, I include myself as being partly to blame.

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Bailing Out Dan Quayle

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Bail Out, Financial Bailout, Sherrod Brown, Aozora Bank, George W. Bush, Iraq, Colorado, Democratic Party, Wall Street Journal, Jared Polis, William Ford Sr, Aig, Auto Bailout, Mark Fields, Dan Quayle, Ohio, Real Estate, Republican Party, Gail Collins, Detroit, Steve Feinberg, Citigroup, John McCain, Florida, Gm, Alan Mulally, Private Equity, Ford, Condoleeza Rice, Congress, United Steelworkers, Cerberus, Japan, K2, Robert Rubin, Chrysler, Wall Street, Henry Ford, Michigan, Banking, IAP Worldwide Services, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Senate, Detroit Bailout, Business News

The battle over the bailout of some segments of the US auto industry has become increasingly defined in terms of class, but this hides the fact that the same type of players will benefit from both bailouts.

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Heroes in Fine Print

Freddie Wilkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K2, Men's Journal, Sherpas, Nepal, Mountains, Outside Magazine, Mountain Climbing, Green News

Some extraordinary acts of bravery and selflessness did occur on K2 -- you just might have to read the fine print to hear about it.

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