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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 08:37 |
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 America tops the global charts in three out of four drug-use categories, according to the World Health Organization. The U.S. leads in marijuana, tobacco and cocaine, but placed sixth in alcohol consumption. The second biggest consumer of cannabis? New Zealand.
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Monday, 02 November 2009 00:19 |
 British researcher Prof. David Nutt, who was sacked last week from the Council on the Misuse of Drugs by the Home Office because of his paper, "Estimating Drug Harms," rates marijuana the 11th most harmful drug, behind heroin, cocaine, alcohol and tobacco.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008 17:22 |
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 We think we're pretty hip here at CelebStoner, but every so often a new term comes along that we've never heard of. Twice in disparate news stories - one about R&B singer Ray J - the word "boat" was used as slang for an illegal drug. So what exactly is boat anyway?
UPDATE: Ray J says he doesn't use "boat"
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Friday, 23 May 2008 14:58 |
 A report that Amy Winehouse is planning to enter an Israeli rehab center is being met with skepticsm by critics of the hospital's controversial "rapid detox" method used to kick opiate dependancy. "It's nonsense," says journalist Maia Szalavitz. "It increases risk without providing benefit. Amy is falling for the promise of a quick fix. This isn't it."
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 04:06 |
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 Pres. Bush has now pardoned a total of 157 people, including several who were convicted of drug offenses. This week he commuted the sentence of a crack dealer and pardoned 15 others, including former pot distributor Anthony Foglio, who is now a pastor at a California church.
One for the druggies
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Monday, 24 March 2008 06:57 |
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 Corrine Bailey Rae's 31-year-old sax-playing husband Jason reportedly died of a drug overdose on Saturday. "Jason partied a lot," a friend says. "His relationship with Corinne was intriguing because he was such a flamboyant Scots character and she was so sweet with a quiet churchy image."
Watch Jason Rae with the Haggis Horns
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 10:53 |
 In Sicko, Michael Moore hails Hillary Clinton as a health-care visionary, then derides her for being in the pockets of the industry she so widely criticized during her husband's first term in the White House. It's true: Sen. Clinton did accept contributions from big pharma and health-care companies during her 2006 Senate campaign.
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