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May 2006

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• People

  Heroin is NOT a female hero…!

  05.26.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  For those of us who have had the privilege(gag!) to encounter and engage her, the only time you will begin to become disillusioned and begin to see her as a hero is when she’s finally got you….and by then you will most definitely need her to come save you! I know because after enduring a 3 year $800 a day habit, I needed saving alright….almost every 4-5 hours! I couldn’t function without her.

  Most people have a coffee to get the day started…not me I had a hyperdermic filled with crap in my arm. Most people enjoy some dry crackers and cold meat as an appetiser…but not me I was havin’ a hit before I eat or I wouldn’t be able to stomach a grain of rice! And lastly most people would maybe read a book to wind down before retiring for the day…but not me, I was lookin’ for a vein in the dim evening light to send me off to the land of the comotose…until we wake to another cold, shaking sweat the following day, just to do it all over again…how pathetic!

• Oceania, People

  Alcohol Ends a Career

  05.26.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Promising young rugby league player, Tevita Latu’s career is almost in tatters.

  After a late night of binge drinking with friends, the professional league player punched a 19 year old woman in the face, breaking her nose and giving her two black eyes.

  From all accounts there doesn’t appear to be any reason to the attack other than the fact that the 24 year old sportsman was drunk.

  The reaction from his club and the Australian Rugby League was swift and harsh. Latu’s contract was torn up and he is banned from ever playing rugby in Australia again. Morever, the NRL is encouraging other sporting codes and international organisation to respect their decision and not sign the talented player to their own competitions. This is in line with their strict stance against violence against women and indicative of their growing concern with alcohol fueled thuggery within the ranks of its players.

• Latin America, The Media

  Reporters Without Borders: Colombia

  05.25.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Apropos Rob’s post about the perils of being a reporter in Colombia, I’ve reproduced below the 2006 annual report from Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières) on the situation in Colombia. Their website is a good source of information on press freedom under threat in all parts of the world, as well as news of the Paris-based organisation’s lobbying efforts on said reporters and publications.

• Latin America, War on Drugs

  Burma, Drugs and the UN

  05.25.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Burma rarely makes headlines in the intenational press for the right reasons.

  It seems that suppression of democracy, human rights abuses and ethnic insurgencies dominate the affairs of the country.

  However, lately comparatively little has been mentioned of the drug issue in Burma.

  If you remember back a decade, Burma was at the forefront of the world’s heroin supply. That position may have diminished a little, but they still remain the primary player in the production and trafficking of heroin to the west (not to mention other Asian countries).

• North America, People

  Frank Korondi

  05.25.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  I’ve just been reading about the tragic death of 13-year-old Frank Korondi of Shelton, Connecticut, who died from an apparent heroin overdose earlier this month. The couple, Angela Krasowski, 23, and her ex-husband, James Krasowski, 33, who were said by police to have provided him with the heroin, are being charged with manslaughter. On Monday they appeared in Derby Superior Court. Prosecutors told the judge that the couple had admitted culpability in what happened. James Krasowski said that he was ‘very sorry’ for what happened. The case has now been moved to the Milford Superior Court where it is due to resume on the 6th of June.

• Latin America, War on Drugs

  Journalists Targeted by Drug Crime Leaders

  05.25.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Colombia has never exactly had the reputation of being the safest country on the planet for reporters.

  In fact, after Iraq it accounts for more journalist deaths than any other country in the world.

  Part of the reason for that is that journalists have often been targeted for assasination by poeple involved in the drug trade, whether that be traffickers, cartel operators or paramilitary organisations that fund themselves through drugs.

  Moreover, most of the deaths of the journalists that are killed are never solved.

• Studies

  Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer?

  05.24.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  In a finding that perplexed even the researchers, a UCLA study has found that regular use of marijuana does not increase the risk of lung cancer.

  The study, which compared about 1200 patients suffering from lung, head and neck cancer with an equivalent number of people without cancer and found no evidence to suggest that even heavy marijuana users had an increased risk of lung cancer.

  The reason for the results being so perpelxing is because other studies have shown that marijuana smoke contains even more of the carcinogens that cause lung cancer, than does cigarette smoke.

• Latin America, War on Drugs

  A deadly mixup in Colombia’s War on Drugs

  05.24.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  An investigation is under way in Colombia into how 10 members of an undercover anti-drug elite police squad, the DIJIN, and their civilian informant, could have been shot and killed by Army soldiers.

  Around 6pm on Monday in Jamundi, Valle de Cauca, southwest of the capital Bogota, the DIJIN squad, on their way to a safehouse, came across an army patrol. A gunfight ensued even though the squad members, while not dressed in uniform, did have distinguishing caps and jackets on. Defence Minister Camilo Ospina said that the army patrol fired on the DIJIN, mistaking them for drug traffickers.

  The DIJIN squad was acting on a tip of a large drug stash given to them by their informant.

• North America, People, Treatment

  Mindy McConnell

  05.24.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Ever since she was young Mindy McConnell wanted to be the “bad girl” and the “rocker slut that was doing the drugs, drinking the beer and having the sex.” When she was 10 she stole some beer and cigarettes from her father. By the time she was 15 she found methamphetamine and dropped out of high school in her freshman year as it “interfered with [her] drug career”. Over the next 10 years she tried a plethora of illegal substances, had a son, Isaiah, and sold meth with her boyfriend (who also cooked it).

• Studies

  Drugs and the Brain

  05.24.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Ever needed a visual presentation of what certain drugs do to your brain?

  Well, we’ve found one!

  This very cool little flash animation gives a rundown on how the brain works in the first place and the way different drugs effect that function.

  You can choose which drug you would like to learn more about and the animation gives you a very detailed explanation with a short written explanation of what is happening.

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