June 21, 2004

A fix but no cure for addicts. Ten years after Switzerland began offering prescription heroin, for many addicts a daily trip to the heroin clinic has become a lifeline. It keeps them off the streets; away from disease and crime, ridding them of so many of the negative aspects of an addict's life. Except it seems, the addiction itself. By Imogen Foulkes BBC correspondent in Switzerland

Open policy over syringes is urged. It is harder to get syringes than heroin on Bahrain's streets, reports ROBERT SMITH in the second of a three-part series on drug abuse

Teens use 'legal' cold medicine to get high. NEW YORK – They're candy coated, and the kids call them "Skittles," Triple-C's, and Dex. By Alexandra Marks

Anti-drug program with Scientology ties under investigation. The popular program, called Narconon Drug Prevention and Education, has been used by schools nationwide for the past two decades. By The Associated Press

Police raid huge meth lab in Fiji
Meth rehab centers provide round-the-clock treatment (June 22, 2004 )
Drug addicts 'must steer clear of past'.
Swiss Dope Fans Vow to Fight on for Right to Smoke
Now at Your Drugstore: A Cheap and Dangerous High
Probe of antidrug program ordered

May 20, 2004

Meth: The All-American drug By: Jason Kristufek, Staff Writer May 18, 2004. Better long-term treatments needed for meth addicts

Fears of Crystal Meth Crisis Rise in NYC By Tom Hays

The meth burden Backlog of cases weighs down judicial system By Jeremy Browning

The Maverick Telluride lawman Bill Masters is no dope. So what turned him against the war on drugs? BY ALAN PRENDERGAST Bill Masters is looking for a meth lab.

February 13, 2004

Police destroy "ice drug" workshop (aka meth lab). The gate of the workshop was always closed in daytime but vehicles came in and out at night. A chemical odor also always spread outside the workshop.
Worsening drug trafficking poses challenge -Xinhua
Map: China

Meth use affecting neighborhoods. A meth lab can be located in a house, garage, motel, shed, storage facility, boat, trailer, suitcase, cooler or just about any container. The smell associated with the cooking process resembles a combination of cat urine, dirty gym socks, acetone and paint thinner all mixed together, Hopkins said.

Panel moves toward tougher meth penalties. The House Public Safety Committee approved a bill that would require retailers and pharmacists to put products with pseudoephedrine — the key ingredient in making meth — behind the counter and limit the purchase to two packages per customer. Clerks or customers who violated the two-package limit would face a $100 fine.
Map: Missouri

Video of veritas smoking meth

February 3, 2004

Massacre Still Casts Its Shadow in Mexico: Officials say the recent surge of bloodshed is a mark of success, as decapitated cartels are fighting desperately to reposition themselves. By Kevin Sullivan
Map: Mexico

Yahoo! News Full Coverage -Substance Use; -Drug Trade

October 5, 2003

Drug Addiction in Indonesia: From Jungkies to Jihad by Laine Berman, Inside Indonesia (progressive quarterly), Collingwood, Australia, July-September 2003 MAP: Indonesia

Bolivia, the Drug War and a Leaf. Most Bolivians do not find it in their interest to eradicate one of their traditional pleasures in order to please a foreign government. By Gary Payne

September 16, 2003

The Dutch Go to Pot. America takes a hit in the drug war as legalized grass takes root across the European continent By Eric Pape and Adam Piore

It'll kill you -- wait, no it won't. It was noted that Ricaurte's study was published just in time for him to testify to Congress in favor of a proposed law called the Anti-Rave Act. Jon Carroll

Canada's safe haven for junkies. Vancouver hopes to save hundreds of lives by opening street clinics where heroin addicts can shoot up safely. But the White House is accusing Canada of going AWOL from its war on drugs. By Mark Follman