MetaFilter posts tagged with narcotics

You're paralyzed by adrenochrome. Lose a turn.

Joe Beese — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:13:51 -0800

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: The Board Game

Kop Busters.

gman — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:21:15 -0800

The Odessa narcotics unit was tricked (stand alone video) by Barry Cooper and his show (currently over bandwidth), into raiding a house they thought had a grow-op. Was the probable cause based solely on their use of thermal imaging equipment? Canadian courts have already visited this invasion of privacy issue. Barry Cooper with Marc Emery. Barry Cooper at New Hampshire Liberty Forum.

Never Get Busted Again

dersins — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:08:05 -0800

"We would pull over cars that had college bumper stickers, because we knew college kids often partied with marijuana...we would pull over 'Vietnam Vet' plates, because a lot of our vets developed a habit over there...I would look for Mexicans. I would look for black people. It works." A former Texas narcotics officer is selling a DVD that can teach you how to avoid arrest. (Unless you're black, Mexican, a veteran, or a college kid, presumably.) Youtube. More youtuberance.

drug usage by substate regions in the U.S.

nervousfritz — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:11:52 -0800

Where are the areas in the United States with highest marijuana use? Where are the areas with the lowest? A different kind of red versus blue. But wait, there's more, especially if you would prefer to be binge drinking to wash away those lonesome blues. And a list of information broken down by drug, if your fix is more obscure.

Afghanistan

homunculus — Tue, 17 Feb 2004 18:19:36 -0800

Women in Afghanistan are still widely oppressed, opium production is flourishing, Kabul is running out of money, and elections may have to be postponed (Karzai denies this). Afghanistan is still a mess.

Shooting gallery for addicts

giantkicks — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:21:21 -0800

"Vancouver has opened North America's first legal shooting gallery for drug addicts." -for all you poor saps where guns are a part of your everyday vocabulary, NO that's not a place where drug addicts shoot guns.- this is a pilot program supported by all levels of government in BC and in Canada, where addicts can inject drugs in a supervised, clean environment. The purpose of which ultimately I think is to bridge the huge gap between "them" and "us" and possibly shrink the distance addicts have to reach through for help. Does my heart bleed for "them"? Absolutely not. You choose your weapon, you suffer the consequences. But what this could lead to is less addicts and therefore less reason for addicts to commit crimes to support their addictions...

Dutch government distributes cannabis

prolific — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:37:14 -0800

Dutch government is distributing cannabis as a prescription painkiller to pharmacies to treat chronically ill patients. The Netherlands are the first country to supply the drug itself, in accordance with United Nations rules on narcotics. This Radio Netherlands article contains an interview with an American expatriate who is now a licensed supplier.

lia — Tue, 08 May 2001 03:08:09 -0800

Last week, the United States lost its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission.

The U.S. has been voted out of something again, losing its seat on the International Narcotics Control Board, a worldwide body which monitors drugs manufacture and illicit drugs trading.