The long–extending ‘war on drugs’ began in May 1971 when former US President Richard Nixon actually proclaimed a so-called “war on drugs.” Ever since, the US and the Western Hemisphere have not won such a war, with every proclaimed victory ending up a fiasco. In the 1970s and early ’80s, Mexico and Jamaica pummeled marijuana [...]

Mexico’s biggest problem is the optimized power of drug cartels and organized crime. No government policy to crack down these groups seemed to have worked to solve the problem.
Mexico recently announced it would decriminalize possession of small quantities of drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, LSD, methamphetamines, heroin, and opium if these are for personal use. [...]

Parents, school officials, and health care workers in Ohio have been shocked by revelations that abuse of prescription drugs and heroin is slowly replacing alcohol and marijuana abuse among the youth of the US state. The trend has been rising towards more lethal drugs as prescription pill abuse has progressed into synthetic narcotics like OxyContin, [...]

The old wisdom of holding marijuana illegal is no longer sacrosanct. There is now an open debate regarding the legalization of this drug. In the US, a recent and just-released Zogby poll reveals that ‘52 percent support the legalization, taxation and regulation of pot.’ Pot freedom has now become mainstream discussion.
It seems that some authorities [...]

The founder of the Mexican drug cartel ‘The Gulf,’ Gregorio Sauceda alias ‘El Goyo,’ ‘El Caramuela,’ or ‘Metro 2’ and one of the US DEA most wanted has been arrested in Mexico. Sauceda was apprehended in Matamoros on the US border, in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Sauceda is accused of organized crime and violations [...]

Michael Phelps public image is under scanner after a British tabloid circulated reports of his smoking Marijuana. Kellogg’s has already decided that it’ll not renew its contract with the star Olympic champion brand ambassador but brands Speedo and Omega watches are still strongly supporting him while Subway and AT&T are silent.
Kellogg’s company cannot endorse an [...]

The pics published in Britain’s News of the World, showing the eight times Olympic gold medallist Michael Phelps using a bong, were taken in November at a University of South Carolina house party. He did appear genuinely apologetic and embarrassed when he apologised to his fans and sponsors earlier this week about the photo. “It’s [...]

It is a known fact that drugs and marijuana are injurious to health. Yet, some people still are addicted to them. According to a recent study conducted by Manzar Ashtari, Ph.D., the director of the Diffusion Image Analysis and Brain Morphometry Department of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and his team reveal that critical areas [...]

Due to the great success of Superbad at the ticket last year, Columbia Pictures asked for Seth Rogen, one of the insane minds behind the film, a sequence to power bill up. Just as not getting a response.
A year later the success of a story sequel happens. But this time, the continuation of the story [...]