British Gov't Safety Message: Drugs Abroad
British gov't safety message: drugs abroad
Mark Simmonds, minister for consular affairs, says: “People continue to be astonished at some of the penalties handed down for certain crimes overseas. In some countries possessing small amounts of marijuana can lead to decades in prison. In the last …
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Carl Sagan Also Smoked Pot Decades Ago. Here's What He Had To Say About It.
Sagan's involvement with pot began as a secret, when he penned an essay in 1969, at the age of 35, under the pseudonym "Mr. X." The piece, in which Sagan described the benefits he felt from using marijuana, later appeared in Dr. Lester Grinspoon's 1971 …
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Court in brief from North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Rosslyn Howe, aged 39, of North Road, Cobridge, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin on November 28 last year. She further admitted failing to attend a follow-up assessment after a test for the presence of a class A drug on December 3. Howe was fined …
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