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Ireland: Ballina Drug Seizures Rise From Eight To Forty Eight
Mayo Advertiser, 05 Mar 2010 - Inspector Joe Doherty, responding to a question from Fine Gael councillor Michelle Mulherin about drug detection in the town, outlined the work done by the drugs squads in Mayo. He informed the Ballina joint policing committee that the number of seizures of drugs in the Ballina area has risen dramatically in the past 10 years. "In the Ballina district in 1999 there were eight seizures of drugs," he said. "In 2009 there were 48, which included three for cocaine, four for ecstasy for sale and supply, two for possession of ecstasy, 22 for possession of cannabis resins, and three for sale and supply of cannabis resin. There were also 10 seizures for personal use of cannabis grass and one for sale and supply of cannabis grass." Inspector Doherty praised the work of the detective sergeant over the unit and the different members who are assigned to the unit from time to time. He also told the meeting that the drugs gardai work very closely with community gardai in the town.
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Ireland: Ban Will Put New Drugs On Black Market Warns Expert
Evening Herald, 03 Mar 2010 - A DRUG abuse expert has warned that the banning of substances used to obtain 'legal highs' will push the materials into the black market instead. His comments follow the announcement that a number of substances used to obtain a 'legal high' will be banned by the summer. The Cabinet approved proposals from Drugs Minister John Curran and Minister for Health Mary Harney to ban some of the most popular substances available in head shops.
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UK: Hundreds Of East Anglian Drug Dens Found Each Year
Beccles & Bungay Journal, 28 Feb 2010 - Hundreds of drug dens - from industrial-scale factories to smaller operations in criminals' own homes - are uncovered in East Anglia each year, an EDP investigation has found. More than 550 drug-growing operations have been raided by police in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire over the last three years.
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UK: Web: Column: How The 'War On Drugs' Can Kill
The Guardian, 27 Feb 2010 - During prohibition, the US government poisoned alcohol. Such punitive zeal is seen in today's 'war on drugs' In America there are plenty of scare stories about the "obesity epidemic", which is caused by too many Yanks eating too much junk food, and does bad things to public-health statistics. Clearly this obesity problem needs solving, and here's how: poison the nation's sugar and fat supply so anyone who eats too much will immediately drop dead, and serve as a warning to children and other impressionables.
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Denmark: Free Heroin Clinic Opens For Addicts
Ottawa Citizen, 23 Feb 2010 - After years of controversy, Denmark opened its first clinic on Monday to distribute free heroin under medical supervision to people who are heavily addicted to the drug. The Scandinavian country joins Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany to allow prescriptions for medicinal heroin.
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