Archive for February 16th, 2007
Minor Respitory Complications, No Decrease in Pulmonary Function Associated With Long Term Marijuana Smoking, Study Says
Friday, February 16th, 2007February 15, 2007 – West Haven, CT, USAWest Haven, CT: Long-term smoking of cannabis is associated with an elevated risk of respiratory complications, including an increase in cough, sputum production, and wheezing, but not a decline in pulmonary function, according to a review published in the February issue of the journal Archives of Internal [...]
Toothbrush Linked Man to Bunker
Friday, February 16th, 2007Winnipegfreepress
A used toothbrush proved to be the proverbial smoking gun which links a Manitoba man to a bizarre underground drug lair, the province’s highest court has ruled.
Police seized the item during a 2001 raid of eight railway cars which had been buried three metres beneath the earth on a rural property near Dauphin. The [...]
Canada Urged To Process Afghan Poppies Into Medicine For Third World
Friday, February 16th, 2007OTTAWA – Canada should spearhead an international effort to license opium production in Afghanistan for peaceful pharmaceutical uses to combat the country’s chronic economic dependence on the illegal narcotic, deputy Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said Thursday.
Ignatieff endorsed the proposal of the controversial London-based think-tank, the Senlis Council, which has called for a pilot project to [...]