"Representative Hugo Velasquez Jaramillo, who proposed the bill, explained that although the cultivation of plants would be legal under the new legislation, the processing and trafficking of drugs would remain subject to criminal sentencing."

"The synthetic alcohol, being developed from chemicals related to Valium, works like alcohol on nerves in the brain that provide a feeling of wellbeing and relaxation.

But unlike alcohol its does not affect other parts of the brain that control mood swings and lead to addiction. It is also much easier to flush out of the body.

Finally because it is much more focused in its effects, it can also be switched off with an antidote, leaving the drinker immediately sober. "

"If a nasal spray can improve memory, perhaps we're on our way to giving some folks a whiff of common sense, such as accepting the realities of evolution," said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal. "This is exciting piece of interdisciplinary science, since IL-6 had previously been considered a by-product of inflammation, not an agent that affects cognition."

"A brewery has launched a low alcohol beer called Nanny State after being branded irresponsible for creating the UK's "strongest beer"."

"the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, a group headed by three former presidents—Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, César Gaviria of Colombia and Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico—published a report arguing that the violent crime and corruption generated by drug prohibition is undermining democracy and that the drug war has “failed”. They called for a public debate on alternatives, including treating drug use as an issue of public health rather than criminal law, and decriminalising marijuana."

Dope graph.

tunyurl.com/dopegraph

""They showed me the footage from the helicopter and I couldn't believe it. They said if I hadn't been in they would have broken the door down to get in. ... If there's nothing wrong with our house how come we've been raided by the police?"

"...But the decay and death of old laws can be just as important, even when they're unobserved. The story of our obscenity laws highlights where, exactly, American laws go to die."

"But whisky, on the other hand, still is something I love. So, let's talk about whisky, then."

Ooold and rather sad.

"To research my new book, Elephants on Acid, I scoured scientific archives searching for the most bizarre experiments of all time — the kind that are mind-twistingly, jaw-droppingly strange... the kind that make you wonder, "How did anyone ever conceive

IMPORTANT NOTE: DrugScope emphasises that the survey represents only a snapshot view of the current UK drug trends and average UK drug prices.

"The authorities are so concerned that a special regional 'cheese task force' has been set up to tackle the problem."

One of those nifty 'never ending' flash zoom thingies.

"So there you have it: Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction presenting with Partial Complex Seizures manifested as hallucinations of Christmas Elves."

Article on Alexander Shulgin, druggie.

"Nepetalactone is the active ingredient in catnip.* Today we are going to isolate nepetalactone in its pure form through a steam distillation. The distilled liquid will be extracted with an organic solvent (toluene), refined, then evaporated to give the f

"A cat has been put on anti-depressants after being bullied by other cats."

"In the 1960s, Dr. Peter Witt gave drugs to spiders and observed their effects on web building."

"I can't use color."

"These soft, oversized anti-psychotics and anti-depressants provide a different kind of comfort than their prescription counterparts."

"Saliva from humans has yielded a natural painkiller up to six times more powerful than morphine, researchers say."

"Dress up as your favorite pharmaceutical this Halloween. We’ll show you how to make a costume that will really raise the dead and, needless to say, keep you up all night long."

Docu-drama on the legalisation of drugs.

The true origins of MDMA.

Poor munter that just can't stop dancing.