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Florida 'Bong Bill' passes

...make at least 75 percent of their money from TOBACCO sales or make over 25 percent from sale of the prohibited items. Violators could face up to a year in jail. [Thanks Don!]... 2010-04-30 12:58:32 jamesk

Colbert on hallucinogens

...Death with Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA - TOBACCO Mints, Breast Milk & Hallucinogens.... 2010-04-29 21:22:38 jamesk

Prof Nutt launches rival drugs committee

...research evidence and claiming alcohol and TOBACCO were more harmful than some illegal drugs, including LSD, ecstasy and cannabis. The new committee -- called the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) -- includes a number of big ... 2010-01-15 15:50:54 jamesk

Study: drug users understand risks

...the drugs they use, and perceive alcohol and TOBACCO to be amongst the most dangerous substances, according to a survey by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers. The findings, published in the Journal of Psychop... 2009-11-26 03:25:53 Scotto

UK: Professor Nutt sacked

...when he claimed in a paper that alcohol and TOBACCO were more harmful than many illegal drugs, including LSD, ecstasy and cannabis. A Home Office spokesperson said: "The home secretary has asked Professor Nutt to resign as chair of the ACMD ... 2009-10-30 13:14:38 jamesk

Alcohol more dangerous than ecstasy, LSD and cannabis

...argument". All drugs, including alcohol and TOBACCO, should be ranked by a "harm" index, he said, with alcohol coming fifth behind cocaine, heroin, barbiturates, and methadone. Tobacco should rank ninth, ahead of cannabis, LSD and ecstasy. ... 2009-10-29 11:40:04 jamesk

Child tobacco farmers exposed to toxic levels of nicotine

...worldwide are thought to be working full-time on TOBACCO farms, suffering from toxic levels of nicotine exposure and abusive labor conditions. In Malawi alone there are an estimated 78,000 boys and girls employed in tobacco harvesting. On average... 2009-09-25 13:11:13 jamesk

Blueprint for a Better world: Legalise drugs

...or even sale on a similar basis to alcohol and TOBACCO, with health warnings and age limits. If this prospect appals you, consider the fact that in the US today, many teenagers say they find it easier to buy cannabis than beer... Unfortunately,... 2009-09-10 11:24:27 Psychotrophic

WashPost: It's Time to Legalize Drugs

...guns... Cities and states license beer and TOBACCO sellers to control where, when and to whom drugs are sold. Ending Prohibition saved lives because it took gangsters out of the game. Regulated alcohol doesn't work perfectly, but it works well... 2009-08-17 11:26:28 Psychotrophic

FDA warning targets Electronic Cigarettes

...or regulate distribution. I wonder how the TOBACCO companies feel about this study.... 2009-07-29 12:52:50 jamesk

Junk food triggers 'bliss point'

...on the brain's reward centres in the same way as TOBACCO. David Kessler, former head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), claims that manufacturers seek to trigger a 'bliss point' when people eat certain products. 'It is time to stop ... 2009-07-01 20:58:01 jamesk

Aw man, yet another reason to quit

Things seem to steadily be getting worse for us TOBACCO smokers, what with never being able to indulge in public and now - brain damage?!! The research centers on a compound known as NNK, which is common in tobacco. NNK is a procarinogen, a chemica... 2009-06-24 08:20:29 cdin

Ron Paul: Legalize Marijuana

...about the recent bills to radically regulate TOBACCO and he goes into some depth about the necessity of legalizing Marijuana. ... 2009-06-19 11:23:42 jamesk

Anti-Drug researcher changes mind and says Legalize Marijuana

...should be stigmatized as an illegal substance. TOBACCO smoking causes far more harm. And in terms of an intoxicant, alcohol causes far more harm." [McClatchy] We've been told a thousand times that marijuana destroys your lungs, that it's 5 time... 2009-06-04 11:39:23 jamesk

Orbs: Tobacco candy

...Reynolds is test-marketing another smokeless TOBACCO product in Central Indiana, and this one really has opponents worried. It's a dissolvable tablet that opponents believe resembles candy. Convenience store clerk Raj Kumar says he's been giv... 2009-05-22 15:58:36 jamesk

Dr. Drew is Wrong

Dr. Drew Pinsky is a celebrity doctor who has doled out medical advice on the radio for over 25 years. He is now a media franchise and has become the nation’s popular expert on addiction with his television shows 'Celebrity Rehab' and 'Sober House'.... 2009-05-18 15:28:08 oldpigeon

ACLU fights salvia ban in Vermont town

...of Middlebury, Vermont, decided to ban salvia, a TOBACCO shop owner decided to sue. After all, suddenly he was the proprietor of a shop full of illegal substances; his business and his reputation cratered in the wake of the ban. The ACLU decided t... 2009-05-14 10:24:05 Scotto

Chinese ordered to smoke more

...cigarettes worth about $812,000... TOBACCO sales, the biggest source of government revenue, brought in $A82.4 billion in the first 11 months of 2008, up 18 per cent from 2007, according to the Communist Party's People's Daily newspaper... 2009-05-05 13:42:36 jamesk

Wall Street Journal: To legalize Or Not

...we do our two most harmful recreational drugs, TOBACCO and alcohol. [...] A sensible intermediate step would be to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana and to exercise benign neglect of American marijuana growers. Doing both would p... 2009-04-25 21:09:14 Morrison

Marijuana and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

New evidence suggests smoking TOBACCO and marijuana can have a synergistic negative effect on pulmonary function, but marijuana by itself is less risky. Smoking both tobacco and marijuana increases the risk of respiratory symptoms and chronic obs... 2009-04-14 11:00:31 Psychotrophic
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