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World's oldest marijuana stash totally busted

Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.

Seattle-based Coast Guard cutter busts cocaine sub

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, home-ported in Seattle, helped bust cocaine smugglers off the coast of Guatemala on Wednesday. Service members seized 295 bales of cocaine, worth more than $196 million, from a self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel 400 miles south of the Mexico border.

Weight Loss drug battle royal: Alli vs. supplements

GlaxoSmithKline, marketers of the over-the-counter weight-loss drug alli, which we profiled in last month's issue, is asking the FDA to force weight-loss supplement sellers to conduct clinical trials on their products. With fewer supplements on the market, GSK would face significantly less competition for its product, which the company hopes to turn into profit

Steven Tyler admits he entered rehab for drug addiction | NME.COM

Steven Tyler has admitted that he entered rehab last month to recover from drug addiction.

America s Chemically Modified 21st Century Soldiers | AlterNet

Amphetamines and the military first met somewhere in the fog of WWII, when axis and allied forces alike were issued speed tablets to head off fatigue on the battlefield. More than 60 years later, the U.S. Air Force still doles out dextro-amphetamine to pilots whose duties do not afford them the luxury of sleep.

Russian state TV suggests USA involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan - RAWA News

Russian state-controlled Channel One TV has broadcast a report containing allegations that US forces are involved in drug-trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe. It also highlighted the problem of drug abuse in the British army.

Medication Under a Microscope

A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems.

Politics | ACLU, Rick Steves launch marijuana campaign

Steves, the Edmonds-based travel guru who five years ago openly acknowledged that he uses marijuana while visiting Europe, says he's not "pro-marijuana," but in favor of discussing the laws that affect the 830,000 Americans who are arrested annually under existing marijuana laws. About 90 percent of the arrests are for possession.

Heavy cannabis use 'damages gums'

They found heavy cannabis smoking was responsible for more than one-third of the new cases of gum disease among the group by the age of 32.

Drug repository would help low-income folks

I have a better alternative, a legal way to pass these expensive meds on to people who need them: a drug repository. Wisconsin, Ohio, Georgia, Nebraska (since 2003), Maryland, Illinois, New York and Missouri already have drug respositories. Another half-dozen states are working to set them up.

Opium and Iraq

The cultivation of opium poppies whose product is turned into heroin is spreading rapidly across Iraq as farmers find they can no longer make a living through growing traditional crops. Afghan with experience in planting poppies have been helping farmers switch to producing opium in fertile parts of Diyala province, once famous for its oranges and pomegranates, north- east of Baghdad.

The Province: Babies being used to smuggle drugs into B.C. prisons, warns guard

Children are increasingly being used as tiny drug mules as they accompany parents on jail visits, according to the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers.

Heath Ledger Dead

Actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in a Broome Street apartment, apparently from a drug overdose.

Cocaine Vaccine In the Works

Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine are performing clinical trials of a vaccine that teaches the immune system to attack cocaine, preventing it from giving a high. The vaccine is made by attaching inactivated cocaine molecules to the outside of inactivated cholera proteins. When the immune system attacks the cholera proteins, it also 'learns' the cocaine molecules as well.

Daily Kos: CIA Torture Jet wrecks with 4 Tons of COCAINE

Cocaine Smuggling Gulfstream II jet aircraft # N987SA that crashed in Mexico to the CIA who used it on at least 3 rendition flights from Europe and the USA to Guantanamo's infamous torture chambers between 2003 to 2005.