Articles on this issue "drug traffic"

Prelate Begs Cartels: Free Mexico From Your Grip

Recalls That No Sin Is Greater Than God's Mercy

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The archbishop of one of the most historically Catholic areas in all the Americas is making a plea to drug traffickers to repent and release the Mexican people from their ministry of death. …

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Mexican Bishops Protest Priest's Beating by Military

Officials in Drug War Turn on Pastor and Coworkers

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Bishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez of Matamoros expressed his indignation after a priest and three parish workers were beaten and robbed by military officials. Father Guadalupe Barbosa Cruz, …

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"Recreational Marijuana" Is a Myth, Says Doctor

Psychiatrist Asserts Marijuana Is a 1st Step to Other Drugs

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There is not a single scientific report that has proven that the recreational use of marijuana offers any benefits, says an expert in systemic-relational psychotherapy. Italy was recently …

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Mexican Leader and Pope Discuss Emigration

Also Consider Drug Trafficking and Indigenous Peoples

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Benedict XVI received in audience the president of Mexico and discussed emigration, indigenous peoples, and the battle against violence and drug trafficking. The Pope and the Mexican leader …

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Marijuana's Benefits: Just Smoke and Mirrors?

A Legal Defeat Comes Amid Growing Evidence of Health Problems

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The controversial practice of using marijuana for medical purposes suffered a legal defeat Monday. In a 6-3 decision the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government's power to ban the …

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Marijuana's Benefits: Just Smoke and Mirrors?

A Legal Defeat Comes Amid Growing Evidence of Health Problems

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The controversial practice of using marijuana for medical purposes suffered a legal defeat Monday. In a 6-3 decision the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government's power to ban the …

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Drug Use: Signs of a Slowdown

In U.N. Report, the News Isn't All Bad

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On June 25 the Austria-based U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) issued its annual report on illicit drug use. According to the two-volume World Drug Report 2004, about 3% of the world's …

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Moving Toward Medical Marijuana

Limits Eased Amid New Evidence of Health Dangers

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Promoters of marijuana have had some recent victories. The British Parliament voted in favor of reclassifying its use from a Class B drug to Class C. This means those caught with marijuana …

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Hard Scrutiny for a "Soft" Drug

New Studies Point to Health Dangers of Marijuana

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The controversy over marijuana for medical treatment came into focus again this week as a court case got under way in California. Ed Rosenthal, who promotes the use of marijuana, went on trial …

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Britain's Slide into Wider Drug Use

Laws on Marijuana Ease, Just as Reports Point Up New Dangers

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British Home Secretary David Blunkett announced this week to the House of Commons that marijuana would be reclassified from a Class B to a Class C drug, reported BBC on Wednesday. Blunkett …

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Europe Sliding into More-Lax Drug Laws

But Foes Warn of Rising Addiction

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Pressure is increasing on governments to relax laws on drug use. Several countries recently moved in this direction. In October, British authorities decided that possession of marijuana will …

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Marijuana Decriminalization Roils a Doctors Association

Canadian Regulations Are First of Their Kind

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A Canadian doctors group is fearful about new regulations that allow people suffering from terminal illness and chronic painful conditions to smoke marijuana legally. The new rules, the first …

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Pushing to Make Marijuana Acceptable

Goals Include Decriminalization and Medical Use

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Campaigns to legalize marijuana continue in a number of countries. The Canadian Medical Association Journal, for instance, argued in a recent editorial that possession of limited amounts of …

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