Kent Trio Arrested After £7m of Drugs, Firearms and Explosive Device Uncovered
Kent trio arrested after £7m of drugs, firearms and explosive device uncovered
Around 180 kilos of drugs, believed to include cannabis, ecstasy tablets, amphetamines and cocaine, were concealed in both vehicles. Further drugs, including more than 300 cannabis plants, were uncovered at the Erith lock-up in Landau Way. Following an …
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Bolivia Encourages Coca Consumption, Not Cocaine – Huffington Post
Coca growers such as Morales point out that indigenous communities have for centuries chewed coca to fight off the effects of altitude sickness and fatigue and use it in religious rituals. A 1975 Harvard University study also found the leaves to have a …
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Heroin Vaccine Blocks Relapse, Preclinical Study Suggests
Heroin Vaccine Blocks Relapse, Preclinical Study Suggests
"Heroin-addicted rats deprived of the drug will normally resume using it compulsively if they regain access, but our vaccine stops this from happening," said George F. Koob, who chairs TSRI's addiction research group, the Committee on the Neurobiology …
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Guns and abortion: Is compromise even possible?
Guns are different from drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine. Guns cannot be manufactured in makeshift labs in the … Pharmacists must account for opiates and other addictive drugs in their possession. Defense contractors must ensure that secret …
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The FBI Boston-Chechnya Charade
The FBI Boston-Chechnya charade
It sticks to a convoluted screenplay worthy of those cocaine-fueled. Hollywood nights in the 1980s; a couple of bad guys who ''hate our … Let's assume tough guy Tamerlan and his impressionable brother Dzhokhar were actually responsible (no FBI in the …
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Turkey and Balkans battle drug trafficking
So, the picture drawn in Europol report does not reflect the reality," the ministry said in a press statement. The EU has been increasing its funding capacity in the western Balkans and Turkey to … Romania also ranks among the transit countries of …
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Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP | Food & Beverage Litigation Update – Linex Search
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP | Food & Beverage Litigation Update – Linex Search
Noting that the understanding of addiction and public perceptions shifted when nicotine was declared an addictive substance despite its lack of mind-altering properties and relatively weak withdrawal symptoms, the authors report that the new addiction …
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