UK study finds one in seven kids tries cannabis by age 13
The News Review:
- UK study finds one in seven kids tries cannabis by age 13
- Farm workers jailed for tending cannabis.
- Study Says Smoking Moderate Doses of Marijuana Reduces Pain
- I-Team investigation: Who is Doc 420?
- Fines operation stumbles upon drugs
UK study finds one in seven kids tries cannabis by age 13
Taipei Times - Nov 24, 2007
The EU drug experts also said that the booming Afghan opium crop had yet to have much impact on the heroin situation in Europe. Deaths from drug-use, however, remain at a historic high of between 7,000 and 8,000 each year across Europe. The report expressed “cautious optimism” about the use of cannabis, saying the European market had stabilized in the past year, with about three million using it on a daily basis and signs that its popularity among the young is waning. Copyright © 1999-2008 The Taipei Times. All rights reserved.
Farm workers jailed for tending cannabis.
highbeam.com - Nov 24, 2007
find Harborough Mail (Market Harborough, England) articles. TWO illegal immigrants caught tending almost 800 cannabis plants at a drugs farm near South Kilworth have been jai… The Vietnamese men were recruited in London to work as ‘gardeners’ at a former mushroom farm in Walcote Road, Leicester Crown Court heard on Tuesday last week. The hearing was told the farm’s electricity supply had been illegally reconnected and was supplying it with enough power ‘to light up a small village’. Thanh Huule Le (29) and Huy Le (32), who admitted cultivating cannabis in July, were each handed 30-month jail terms and Judge Christopher Plunkett recommended they both be deported after serving their sentences.
Study Says Smoking Moderate Doses of Marijuana Reduces Pain
XETV FOX6 San Diego - Nov 24, 2007
Researchers used a group of 15 healthy people to smoke low, moderate and high doses of pot, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. Pain was then induced by injecting capsaicin, the spicy chemical found in chili peppers. There was no effect on pain within five minutes of smoking the drug, but pain was significantly reduced 45 minutes after lighting up a moderate dose, according to the Union-Tribune. When smoking a larger dose in the same time frame, the subject felt higher, as well as more pain, according to the newspaper.
I-Team investigation: Who is Doc 420?
abc7news.com - Nov 24, 2007
1, 2007 (KGO) (KGO) — California voters approved medical marijuana in 1996. It was meant for patients with serious illnesses, such as AIDS, cancer or glaucoma. However, there are new questions whether medical marijuana is too easily available, especially for people who aren’t even sick. To get medical marijuana, you need a doctor’s note stating that you have a serious condition. One young doctor from Hollywood is making a very good living at it with patients up and down the coast. Chances are you’ve never met a doctor like Sona Patel. She’s the cover girl for medical marijuana… It was meant for patients with serious illnesses, such as AIDS, cancer or glaucoma. However, there are new questions whether medical marijuana is too easily available, especially for people who aren’t even sick. To get medical marijuana, you need a doctor’s note stating that you have a serious condition. One young doctor from Hollywood is making a very good living at it with patients up and down the coast. Chances are you’ve never met a doctor like Sona Patel. She’s the cover girl for medical marijuana. We first interviewed her at a medical marijuana convention in Los Angeles.
Fines operation stumbles upon drugs
Stuff.co.nz - Nov 24, 2007
The fines collection operation netted hundreds of dollars of outstanding fines, but they also stumbled upon a major cannabis growing operation. Detective Sergeant Kevan Verry of Tokoroa CIB said at one property an indoor growing operation was found with cannabis plants worth $150,000. A 45-year-old Putaruru man was arrested and charged with cultivation of cannabis and theft of electricity. At another property the enforcement team arrived while an alleged drug deal was occurring. A 38-year-old Putaruru woman was arrested and charged with selling cannabis and possession of cannabis for supply.