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Cannabis users different from 'true drug cheats'

stuff.co.nz — New Zealand-A Christchurch sports lawyer has questioned whether sports people using cannabis should be treated with the same severity as "true drug cheats" who take performance enhancing or masking drugs. Ian Hunt represented Canterbury rugby league player Vince Whare, who has been banned for 10 years by the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand for a th More... (World)

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Logan Hamlin submitted 4 days ago

Protesting against death penalty for drug possession in Malaysia

demotix.com — A small group of protesters belonging to the European NGO Council on Drugs (ENCOD) gathered outside the Malaysian Embassy in London to speak out against the death penalty for drug possession and use in Malaysia. London, UK. 04/03/2010.The protest was very small but the implications for those caught in possession of even the smallest quantities of d More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 4 days ago

Indias Big Bhang Party the Holi Festival

cannabisculture.com — For millennia, copious amounts of the cannabis beverage "bhang" have been consumed at the Hindu Holi Celebration, also called the Festival of Colours, which is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India, Nepal, Srilanka, and other countries with large Hindu diaspora populations. In these celebrations thousands of participants drink bhanga an More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 10 days ago

Holy Indian Intoxication

indianexpress.com — Embrace Hindu culture with some bhang concoctions this Holi. Think of Holi celebrations, bhang seeps into our imagination unconsciously. For ages, the worshippers of Lord Shiva, as well as general revellers, have loved to partake in bhang consumption during Shivratri, and more popularly, Holi. “Bhang is associated with Lord Shiva and has now become More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 10 days ago

Would self-cultivation of cannabis reduce drug trafficking?

eitb.com — According to the organizers ofSpannabis, the normalization of the self-cultivation of cannabis would reduce drug trafficking and would generate taxes. Self-cultivation of cannabis avoids that drug trafficking raised 150 million euros more than what it currently does, assure the organizers of Spannabis, a Cannabis fair that opens its doors today in More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 10 days ago

Hindu Nepalis celebrate the great night of Shiva smoking hashish and marijuana

makeahistory.com — KATHMANDU: Narcotic Drugs (Control) Act forbids buying and selling of drugs in the country. The law can slap fines and an imprisonment of up to 20 years if convicted in drug related crimes. But a site at the Pashupatinath Temple area today made a mockery of the law. It was but smoke and mirrors. The holy site of Hindus smoked round-the-clock. The b More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 12 days ago

Pot City: Vancouver gives games a distinctive odor

etaiwannews.com — Walk downtown around midnight and take a deep breath _ but not too deep _ and you'll experience the unofficial odor of the Vancouver Olympics. And it's not maple syrup. "I know the local street dealers have never been so busy in their life," said Marc Emery, the city's self-proclaimed "Prince of Pot" and leader of the British Columbia Marijuana Pa More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 14 days ago

Sierra Leone farmers growing drugs instead of rice: Vice-President

timeslive.co.za — Farmers in Sierra Leone are increasingly growing cannabis instead of rice, Vice-President Sam Sumana warned Wednesday at a regional meeting aimed at fighting drug trafficking in west Africa. "The cultivation of cannabis has a negative effect on (Sierra Leone's) food production capacity," Sumana said. More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 20 days ago

Near Olympics, Vancouver's (mostly) legal drug zone

philly.com — VANCOUVER - A gray-bearded man wearing an army fatigue jacket and a multicolored, multitassled jester's hat is dancing along Hastings Street, evading the crowds of people, some of whom join the glaze-eyed pied piper. One of the street's several stores where marijuana paraphernalia is sold has a window sign that reads "Bongs not Bombs." And, at one More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 22 days ago

Bhang drinking session organised at Bikaner's National Bhang Congregation

news.oneindia.in — INDIA - Bikaner, Feb 13 (ANI): Devotees of Lord Shiva indulged themselves in a 'Bhang' drinking session at National Bhang Congregation (NBC) in Bikaner here on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri. The Mahakaleswar Bhootnath Temple of the city organises the NBC every year and serves drinks made of milk, dry fruits, and 'bhang' (a traditional drink mad More... (World)

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Devin Calloway submitted 23 days ago