Nigeria: Police Dismiss Officer for Smoking Indian Hemp
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The News Review:
- Nigeria: Police Dismiss Officer for Smoking Indian Hemp
- 32 pounds of marijuana recovered near DajabГіn border crossing
- LYNNWOOD: More than 4,000 marijuana plants, three suspects rounded up…
- Las Vegas Mercury: Local View: Ineffective, expensive drug war…
- Eighth person charged in drug-trafficking roundup
- Man fined; wife held by immigration
Nigeria: Police Dismiss Officer for Smoking Indian Hemp
AllAfrica.com – Feb 24, 2008
LEADERSHIP Investigation revealed that the inspector (names withheld) was arrested on Feb. 17, when a team of NDLEA officials raided a drug hideout at Lambatta village in Suleja sources told our correspondent that the inspector was arrested on the spot smoking the substance during the raid. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); The inspector, who was armed with a service pistol when the NDLEA team besieged the black spot attempted to resist arrest. The NDLEA team, however, over powered and arrested him.
32 pounds of marijuana recovered near DajabГіn border crossing
Dominican Today – Feb 24, 2008
A Swiss citizen was arrested Saturday night at Las Americas International Airport when he tried to travel to Spain with five packages of a white powder believed to be cocaine in his luggage. Another small amount of cocaine was seized in the tourist area of Guayacanes near Juan Dolio, Robert said. The marijuana found near Dajabón was taken to the central anti-drug agency, where it was analyzed and later destroyed. The Haitian citizen believed to be the owner of the drugs fled. The Swiss citizen, 27-year-old Frederic Bocher, is currently being held in a DNCD jail, and will appear before the public prosecutor of Santo Domingo province on Monday, the statement said. Written by: Alexandra Pope.
LYNNWOOD: More than 4,000 marijuana plants, three suspects rounded up…
TheNewsTribune.com – TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) – Feb 24, 2008
More than 1,100 plants were found in houses in Lynnwood and Everett. In a related case, about 3,200 plants were seized from two houses in King County. Detectives believe the indoor pot farms were set up and tended by drug traffickers connected to Vietnamese criminal groups. “These were professional jobs.
Las Vegas Mercury: Local View: Ineffective, expensive drug war…
Las Vegas Mercury – Feb 24, 2008
Use impairs learning and judgment, and may lead to the development of mental health problems. Smoking marijuana can injure or destroy lung tissue. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50 to 70 percent more of some cancer-causing chemicals than does tobacco smoke. ”
Both of these statements are either outright lies or gross distortions. There is no scientific evidence that marijuana leads to serious mental health problems, although there are people with mental health problems who may use drugs (and drug use is merely a symptom rather than a cause). Besides, alcohol is far worse and there is no prohibition against it. As for injuring lung tissue, to begin with, “moderate use” is defined as 15 to 24 grams of tobacco per day, and very few pot smokers use more than a gram or two; hence smoking cigarettes is far more damaging… Few, if any, are “addicted” to pot. If anything, they are more likely to have problems with alcohol dependence. A study at Johns Hopkins University found that of 1,318 subjects covering a 15-year period, there were “no significant differences in cognitive decline between heavy users, light users and nonusers of cannabis. ” The report concludes that: “These results. seem to provide strong evidence of the absence of a long-term residual effect of cannabis use on cognition.
Eighth person charged in drug-trafficking roundup
Kingston Daily Freeman – Feb 24, 2008
Police said they searched Walsh’s residence on Wednesday, with one of five search warrants executed that day, and found marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms, a vacuum sealer, $8,500 in cash and records relating to the investigation. Walsh was released from custody with an appearance ticket. The charges against Walsh were less severe than those against the people previously arrested, all of whom faced at least one felony charge and were jailed in lieu of bail. 28, Illinois state police stopped a vehicle transporting more than 120 pounds of marijuana from Arizona to Ulster County and arrested four Ulster County residents… Smith, 22, of 1015 Morton Blvd. All four were charged with the felonies of cannabis trafficking, unlawful possession of cannabis, unlawful possession with intent to deliver cannabis and conspiracy. They were arraigned in the Henry County Court in Illinois and sent to the Henry County Jail without bail. URGENT arrested three Kingston residents in their sweep on Wednesday: Ricardo Alvarez, 24, of 130 Jansen Ave. ; Dylan Walsh, 26, of 129 Hunter St. ; and James Burns, 26, also of 129 Hunter St.
Man fined; wife held by immigration
AntiguaSun – Feb 24, 2008
“Everything belongs to me,” he admitted. He was later taken to Police Headquarters, where he was arrested and charged. The cannabis by itself has an estimated street value of $1,400 while the marijuana plants have an estimated value of $3,000. asked the court to take into consideration that Rocher did not give the police any trouble and that his last conviction was 10 years ago. The father of six said he does not make trouble and added that he uses the marijuana for his personal use as a religious sacrament. Rocher told the magistrate that the plants may look a lot but it was the amount of stalks that gave that impression.