Sniffer dog dies of suspected drug overdose

Lanshire England;"A police sniffer dog died of a suspected overdose after a drug search. Police said that Todd, a 7-year-old Springer spaniel, fell ill after searching a car and field in Preston, northwest England. His handler took him to a vet, but his condition deteriorated and he died at Liverpool University's specialist animal unit. A police spokeswoman said a veterinarian had said the dog's symptoms were consistent with an amphetamine overdose. Blood samples were being analyzed to confirm the cause of death. Todd had served with the Lancashire force for five years, and was a family dog also. "He lived with them and they would all go for walks with him -- he was their dog. It was a shock for them," said Sgt. Peter Crane of the force's dog handling unit. "He was a little bit daft, like all springers are, but they are good working dogs and they are very, very keen," No drugs were recovered during the search, police said. I wonder if they gave him the same rights a police officer would get if they died in the line of duty? I hope so.. Is a sad thing for anyone to die for the fact of drugs, but he did what he was trained to do and that I am proud of animals that are able to do this"

Smoking A Corpse's Finger

"Sanger, Texas - Four teenagers, including the police chief's son, broke into a funeral home. They had planned to steal embalming fluid, dip cigarettes in it and smoke them. But when they couldn't find any fluid, they decided to cut off the finger of a corpse and took turns trying to smoke it. " I rest my case, just goes to show you what someone does to get high....Stupid huh!!"

Marijuana NO! -Sorry

Sydney:"Police team mistakes sorghum for marijuana. An Australian anti-drug police team destroyed a patch of tall sorghum destined for an Easter flower show, believing the plants were marijuana. Barbara Ubrihien told the Sydney Daily Telegraph she and her husband, Peter, have been getting a lot of teasing. "The farm has been in the family for three generations, but this is the first time its been involved in a marijuana bust," she said. The Ubrihiens' sorghum crop, patiently cultivated for weeks, was to be part of ant entry in the Royal Flower Show in Sydney. But they say that ended when a police helicopter flew over the farm in Bega, south of Sydney, and hovered directly over the sorghum patch, knocking the heads off the plants. A police spokeswoman said that the helicopter could not have been flying that low and suggested a strong wind was to blame.Laughed my butt of, when I read this. Now come on, I thought our drug-task-force & Police were train in knowing (Pot from Plant)..LOL" ( Been On a anti-pot kick this week, as have a friend who's kid seems to have a problem getting help/or should I say don't think he has a problem..)Mind you this young man was born with one kidney and a sick one, and finally got a donor one!! 4 years ago...Tick's me off , Because I told him someone else went with out for him to live & also the fact a mother dies so he could live...Amazing me how people think life is cheap. Just goes to show you how controlling the REEFER is!!"

Cannabis - Marijuana & Mental Health

Pot-Smokers:"Netherlands, coffee shop's are something of a euphemism, most of its customers go there not to drink coffee but to buy and smoke dope. Van Os isn't too keen on these places. He is a psychiatrist at the University of Maastricht who investigates the effect of marijuana on people's brains, particularly adolescents brains. And the findings of his research make him worry about the effects of all this dope smoking on kids. Smoking cannabis leads to serious mental health problems in later life, including schizophrenia. It is a frightening conclusion, and one that is already starting to shape the debate over the legal status of cannabis. By politicians, tabloid newspapers and mental-health lobby groups who want drug laws tightened up. Compared with substances like heroin and crack cocaine, cannabis is seen by many people as relatively harmless. But doctors have long known that cannabis cause symptoms of psychosis, one of the hallmarks of schizophrenia. I don't think we can deny it any longer, says Epidemiologist Mary Cannon of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Cannabis is part of the cause of schizophrenia. ...Sorry I'm not a pot Smoker. I have always told people I know that smoked it...WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CALL IT DOPE!! Because that's what you become when you smoke the shit... STUPID!!"