Cannabis evidence 'was distorted' Oct 29, 2009
The professor said smoking cannabis created only a "relatively small risk" of psychotic illness, and claimed those who advocated moving ecstasy into Class B from Class A had "won the intellectual argument" ... he repeated his claim that the risks of taking ecstasy are no worse than riding a horse. (BBC News -- UK)
Barron County Sheriff's Dept. Dispatch Center (Chetek area calls) Oct 29, 2009
Ex-girlfriend fears he may be selling Ecstasy pills or may be under the influence of drugs. 3:54 p.m., Chetek vet clinic reports one of their clients brought in a male Weimaraner that was running around at their house. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Forecast: For first time Saints an Alpha Dog in the NFL Oct 28, 2009
All Saints fans knew we were about to feel the ecstasy of killing the king or the would-be king. Our boys were playing incredible and this win would turn the Saints season around. (WWLTV.com, LA)
HDNet's 'Dan Rather Reports' Exposes Texas 'Pill Mills' Oct 27, 2009
According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, nearly seven million Americans are abusing prescription drugs; that's more than the number who abuse heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and hallucinogens combined. These legal painkillers are the newest drug of choice among drug users and the leading cause of drug overdoses. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Farewell to the Pieman: Soupy Sales, 1926-2009 Oct 24, 2009
Pookie would "lip-sync" the non-lyrics to Clark Terry's "Mumbles" or break into Johnny Standley's evangelist rant "It's in the Book" or the Animals' version of "(Boom Boom Boom Boom) Gonna Shoot You Right Down," and Sales would madly cavort along, a dervish of prepubescent ecstasy. (The show gave you a music education too. (Time.com)
These Sex Excuses Don't Fly Oct 23, 2009
So take out your retainer, slip out of your pajama bottoms, and simply surrender to ecstasy. You re not feeling like your supermodel self. (Fox News)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
How do we articulate what we have learned in recent decades from a "cultural constructionism" of subjectivity and literary canons with aesthetic ecstasy (both the "old" and the "new" aestheticism). Deleuze's and Derrida's notions of a "dissolved cogito" and "non-egological" consciousness in the context of aesthetic ecstasy ... But if I could salvage some of my original reading: The needle became a proxy penis and sadomasochistic lover, a homoerotic angel of both ecstasy and death. (Salon)
Texas legal legend "Racehorse Haynes"accused of ethics violations Oct 22, 2009
The owner of U.S. Tours and Remittance Inc. had been charged with money laundering and conspiracy for allegedly funneling millions in proceeds from the sale of the drug ecstasy to his native country of Vietnam. Huynh hired Haynes at an initial fee of $885,000. (KHOU.com, TX)
Chips are down as parents get healthy diet message Oct 16, 2009
Hopefully you can channel it into making your love making powerful and meaningful, to the extent it changes your consciousness - even if only in that a moment of ecstasy. www. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Ecstasy harms brain on first use, study finds Oct 16, 2009
People who use ecstasy for the first time could suffer impaired memory and harm to their brains, a new study of the dance drug's effects reveals ... "Therefore, we cannot conclude that ecstasy, even in small doses, is safe for the brain, and people should be informed of this risk." ... 6% of 16 to 59-year-olds reported using ecstasy, suggesting that around half a million had used the drug in the previous year. (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
Barack Obama Gets the Public's Vote Once Again in Magazine Cover Competition Oct 15, 2009
The graphic black and white image of country-pop star Carrie Underwood in a moment of apparent ecstasy yields a surprisingly sexier vibe in someone whose image up to then had been nothing but wholesome. More than 350 magazine covers, from issues published June 1, 2008, through May 30, 2009, were entered in the 2009 Best Cover Contest. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Woman Arrested For DWI Twice In One Night Oct 14, 2009
Utica police stopped Talitha Gorea just after 7 p.m. Monday for vehicle and traffic violations and found her with an open container of alcohol and an ecstasy pill. Gorea was charged with drug possession and DWI for having a blood alcohol content level above the legal limit. (Click2Houston, TX)
20 More Questions for Barack Obama Oct 13, 2009
Because our servile journalists spend their days awash in ecstasy, thinking endlessly of the tingle that runs up their leg when they see Barack Obama, they don't seem to be able to find the time to ask him any tough questions. That leaves the rest of us out in the cold, dreaming of queries we'd like to see asked of the President of the United States -- if our press would turn in its Obama Fan Club memberships and start acting like members of the media again. (Townhall.com)
Athletes less likely to use drugs: study Oct 8, 2009
It focused on the use of a variety of drugs including cannabis, methamphetamines, ecstasy and cocaine. In each case it found the use of illegal recreational drugs over the past year was substantially lower among the athletes surveyed than among the general population. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Rapper Jim Jones pleads guilty to NYC assault Oct 6, 2009
Authorities said they found cocaine, Ecstasy and a handgun on his tour bus. Clerk: Show me the gun and I'll show you the money. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
LETTER: Lets stop the prescription drug giveaway Oct 2, 2009
Surveys conducted by the federal government show that 12-17 years olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined. Sixty percent of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15. (Malden Observer, MA)
DJ AM's Death Ruled Accidental Overdose Sep 30, 2009
The celebrity, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, had openly discussed past addictions to crack cocaine, Ecstasy and other drugs. He was found Aug. 28 in his apartment in New York City's trendy SoHo neighborhood after a friend called 911. (Click2Houston, TX)
LSD Returns--For Psychotherapeutics Sep 25, 2009
In recent years some researchers have studied psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms ) and MDMA (Ecstasy), among others, as possible treatments for this existential anxiety, but not LSD.. Gasser, head of the Swiss Medical Society for Psycholytic Therapy, which he joined after his own therapist-administered LSD experience, has only recently begun to discuss his research, revealing the challenges of studying psychedelics. (Scientific American)
Life R U Ready? Sep 25, 2009
You want to try some Ecstasy. one girl asked. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Granddad, Investment Banking Is Dirty, Dangerous Sep 24, 2009
Joel stood next to his grandfather and swiped a finger across the interactive hologram screen, which made the hands of the traders peck at keyboards and their faces contort and twist in agony or ecstasy. The man on the mining tour told us about something called the gold rush, and said that when the gold price collapsed, the mine had to shut. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
SSDP pushes reform Sep 24, 2009
" Dulin said that a most basic reform would be to sever marijuana from all other illegal drugs, meaning that the punishment for marijuana would be less harsh than the punishment for cocaine or ecstasy. Wadsworth said that the university needs to look at the alcohol policies compared to those for marijuana. The penalty for using drugs is essentially double than for using alcohol, Wadsworth said. Meanwhile we have all these problems, community relations with neighborhoods like Mission Hill and... (Northeastern News, MA)
Joel Salatin, Cultivating Freedom Sep 22, 2009
He says that at least one of his half-dozen self-published monographs has sold in the tens of thousands, and he plans to write another this winter, with the provisional title The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer. Though not without a sense of humor, Joel Salatin is on a deeply serious mission. (The American Conservative)
The Best Health Reform May Be to Kill Cap-and-Trade Sep 22, 2009
I, sometimes, have to pass bye without reading your comments, for fear of passing out in ecstasy. Couldn't you just get your very own web page so the faithful (like meee) could read you and only you, all the time. (Townhall.com)
Violence triggers action on prescription drugs Sep 17, 2009
12- to 17-year- olds abuse prescription drugs more than Ecstasy, crack and cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine combined. There are as many new abusers aged 12 to 17 of prescription drugs as there are of pot. (Florida Today)
FOXSexpert: 8 Sex Myths About Men Sep 12, 2009
Even when a guy doesn t have premature ejaculation, it seems that he can t wait to reach ecstasy. With his sexual excitement soaring, men have trouble holding back. (Fox News)
Police: Seaside Man Had 364 Ecstasy Pills Sep 12, 2009
-- A Seaside man was arrested Friday after he was found to have more than 364 Ecstasy pills and cocaine, police said. Thanh Billy Vo, 25 was also found to have $350 in cash and several thousand dollars worth of Land Rover parts that had allegedly been taken from the Land Rover dealership in Seaside, police said. (KSBW 8, CA)
Britons charged over Ibiza drugs Sep 10, 2009
In a series of raids police seized 23,000 ecstasy tablets, two guns and account books and cash worth 50,000. The drugs were allegedly distributed in bars and clubs by staff, including waitresses and go-go dancers. (BBC News -- Europe)
• A month for Recovery Sep 6, 2009
Use of cocaine, heroin, inhalants, ecstasy and steroids. National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month events in Juneau. (Juneau Empire)
Fighting truancy Sep 5, 2009
The 17-year-old Henley High School student, who asked not to be identified by his real name, said he spent weekends smoking marijuana, drinking alcohol and experimenting with ecstasy and other hard drugs. His habit also crept into his school days and skipping class and sleeping late became an everyday occurrence. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Man, 3 boys arrested after Pixley attack Sep 5, 2009
Drugs, including methamphetamine, marijuana and ecstasy, were seized, along with packaging material, authorities said. No other information about the suspects or victim was provided. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Source: Pills Found In DJ AM's Stomach Sep 4, 2009
Goldstein had openly discussed past addictions to crack cocaine, Ecstasy and other drugs. In October, MTV was to debut his reality show, "Gone Too Far," in which he and concerned families staged interventions for drug abusers. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Pro or Pre Biotics Sep 2, 2009
Nothing in either pitch made much sense to me (chalk that up to a lack of a medical degree and the current trend of less-than-30-second ads) with characters slurping dairy products in an almost R-rated ecstasy and old dogs regaining puppy behavior through a magical mix in a bag. So, when I decided to look up the real science of all that, I found some amazing things NOT included in Madison Avenues scripts. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Moore Expresses Grief Over DJ AM's Death Aug 30, 2009
Goldstein had long preached sobriety and openly discussed his earlier addictions to drugs including crack cocaine and Ecstasy. A medical examiner's office spokeswoman said Saturday that toxicology tests, expected to take weeks, are needed to determine what killed Goldstein. (Click2Houston, TX)
AP Source: Disc Jockey DJ AM Found Dead In NYC Aug 29, 2009
DJ AM, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, had openly discussed past addictions to crack cocaine, Ecstasy and other drugs, addictions so bad he once tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head -- but the gun jammed. However, he claimed he had been drug-free for years, even swearing off cigarettes. (Click2Houston, TX)
The War on Designer Drugs: Britain Bans Legal Highs Aug 28, 2009
In Britain, anyone looking to get high without the criminal side effects can go online or walk into a head shop and buy perfectly legal alternatives to a whole host of illegal drugs, from marijuana to ecstasy to cocaine ... Earlier this year, BZP was linked to the death of a 22-year-old British man who had reportedly also taken ecstasy. (Time.com)
'Legal highs' set to be banned Aug 25, 2009
BZP is often sold as an alternative to Ecstasy ... BZP, also known as herbal ecstasy, was linked by a coroner in Sheffield to the death of 22-year-old mortgage broker Daniel Backhouse earlier this year ... It is understood that Mr Backhouse had also taken ecstasy. (BBC News -- UK)
Giffords plans town hall meetings Aug 23, 2009
Iris Lynch wrote on Aug 22, 2009 6:52 AM:" Yep, regardless of political party, voters understand that this overwhelming 'health care' does more for the governing bodies (Obamaites) than any individual physical body. Obama and his minions think we are all stupid and he and they can do and say any mishmash of words and we will all faint in ecstasy. Pathetic when a supposedly intelligent man falls for his own 'rock star' hype. WE, the people aren't buying. ". Hmmm wrote on Aug 22, 2009 6:05 AM:" So... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Drug-driving campaign launched Aug 17, 2009
Ecstasy - causes blurred vision and poor judgement, and may also lead to extreme anxiety and paranoia ... DRUG DRIVING DANGERS Cannabis - distorts perception of time and space Cocaine - causes overconfidence and risk-taking Amphetamines - impairs coordination and hazard-spotting Ecstasy - leads to blurred vision and poor judgement. (BBC News -- UK)
Drake's Pa. oil well idea changed world in 1859 Aug 16, 2009
His case illustrates the remarkable ease with which smugglers have obtained flight training and helicopters as they grab a share of Canada's sprawling, multibillion-dollar trade in marijuana, cocaine and MDMA, or Ecstasy ... His case illustrates the remarkable ease with which smugglers have obtained flight training and helicopters as they grab a share of Canada's sprawling, multibillion-dollar trade in marijuana, cocaine and MDMA, or Ecstasy. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
America's road toward Oceania Aug 16, 2009
A Newsweek editor referred to Obama as a "god." MSNBC's Chris Matthews claimed physical ecstasy when Obama speaks. A Washington Post reporter swooned over Obama's "chiseled pectorals.". (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Guinea: Residents Worried About Chemicals Next-Door Aug 13, 2009
"But based on the evidence of the presence of these substances and the fact that some equipment [that could be used for drug manufacturing] was also seized, we can legitimately state that traffickers in Guinea had developed the capacity to produce drugs like ecstasy and refine cocaine and heroin.". Guinea is among several West African countries now hubs for the trafficking of cocaine from Latin America to Europe as well as other illegal substances, according to UNODC.. (allAfrica.com)
Review: Animated `Ponyo' is beautiful nonsense Aug 12, 2009
But the ecstasy she experiences inspires her thousands of goldfish sisters to swim around with such frenzied energy, they cause a tsunami. Miyazaki depicts this torrent first as a golden burst of light, like the eruption of an underwater volcano. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Drug testing kit for kids 'ruins trust' Aug 9, 2009
Parents who buy the $65 kit can collect a lock of their child's hair and send it to the US to be analysed for drugs including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, amphetamine and methamphetamine. The results, claimed to be 99. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Click to read:Pot Tax Has $1.4B Potential in California Aug 3, 2009
Marijuana is a gateway drug to cocaine, crack, ecstasy, heroin, meth, etc. The human toll from this and other addictive drugs is immense. (CBS News)
Pregnant Women with Drug Addictions... Aug 1, 2009
Club Drugs (Ecstasy and GHB). The risks to the unborn child are not totally known yet ecstasy is similar to stimulants and the risks for these include: high blood pressure, miscarriage, premature delivery and having a low birth-weight baby ... It's highly recommended never to breast feed a child if using cocaine, crack, ecstasy or GHB.. (Suite101.com)
State, Lowell police search for boater Jul 29, 2009
Inside were several hundred pounds of marijuana, hundreds of Oxycodone and ecstasy pills, $40,000, and a gun. They also found Jose V. Rivera-Candray, 28, who was arrested and faces a litany of drug and firearm related charges. (Boston Globe)
Meth found in countys wastewaterTwo-thirds of sewage samples test positive Jul 29, 2009
JB wrote on Jul 28, 2009 3:35 PM:" The tests were run for meth, cocaine and ecstasy in 96 Oregon communities. Locally ecstasy was not detected. We were among the lowest 32 communities for detected cocaine. We were in the middle 32 communities group for meth detection. In other words, out of the 96 Oregon communities tested, there were as many as 63 other communities which tested higher for meth than we did. So let's not get too down on the basin. ". The Llama wrote on Jul 28, 2009 1:03 PM:" This... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
UW, OSU researchers work on community drug test Jul 26, 2009
The researchers, from the University of Washington and Oregon State University, are doing testing at 10 sites in Oregon and 10 in Washington to measure the concentration of byproducts of cocaine, Ecstasy and methamphetamine use ... Ecstasy showed up in 40 percent of the communities tested, cocaine in 80 percent and meth in all of them, from Oregon's smallest towns to its biggest cities, according to results released earlier this month ... There was no ecstasy or cocaine detected in Garibaldi, on... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Canadian border draws more scrutiny as drug trade thrives Jul 26, 2009
Canada also has developed rapidly into a leading supplier of ecstasy, often laced with highly addictive methamphetamine, both for US and overseas markets. The contraband arrives by helicopter, boat, and float plane, in cattle trucks, hikers backpacks, and by snowmobile. (Boston Globe)
FOXSexpert: 8 Secrets of Rock Star Sex Jul 22, 2009
Optimal sex is an exalted, soulful, timeless state of awe and ecstasy ... Sexual ecstasy is not about physiological functioning or technical talent. (Fox News)
Deputy charged with providing illegal drug to prisoners Jul 18, 2009
A Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff s Deputy has been charged with intent to distribute Ecstasy to prisoners in the parish Jail in an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury Thursday. According to the U.S. Attorney s Office, 44-year-old Kevin Whittington had been identified as an employee at the jail who was providing contraband to inmates. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Okay Awesome Jul 18, 2009
Sassy Me looking at the wrapper came in the mail from a Trojan Promo It is a Gold wrapper that says, Trojan (trade mark) MAGNUM: Ecstasy. W8(went to sleep real. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Teenage cocaine use up Jul 17, 2009
When I was a freshman, a lot of people were using ecstasy. But by the time I graduated, people started using cocaine and Oxycontin, she described. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
OSU study drug-tests city wastewater Jul 17, 2009
Eighty percent had measurable cocaine, and ecstasy showing up in less than half of the places sampled ... Instead, she said the study was meant to help researchers refine their methodology for isolating certain chemicals in wastewater to help them get an idea of the presence of chemicals that indicate the use of methamphetamine, ecstasy and cocaine. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Wastewater used to map illicit drug use Jul 16, 2009
Applying analytical methods advanced at Oregon State University, researchers from the University of Washington, McGill University and OSU collected single-day samples from 96 municipalities across Oregon and tested the samples for evidence of methamphetamine, cocaine, and "ecstasy" or MDMA. ... Using these samples from 96 municipalities, representing 65 percent of Oregon's population, the researchers calculated the presence, measured as index loads, of three stimulant drugs: methamphetamine,... (EurekAlert!)
Click to read:Inside Holland's "Half Baked" Pot Policy Jul 15, 2009
I know many, many pot smokers but I know few pot smokers who just used weed and never tried sprinkling cocaine in their joint or did not try ecstasy, or other drugs at some point even if it was only to decide weed was best. Face it, some who try the other "recreational drugs" find they like that different high too. (CBS News)
Party Drug Ecstasy Spikes In El Paso Jul 13, 2009
EL PASO, Texas -- According to recent data released, it appears the club drug Ecstasy has made a huge comeback in the Borderland ... He has been an active Ecstasy user for more than nine years ... KFOX reporter Derek Shore found hundreds of videos on the video-sharing site YouTube of people apparently high or rolling on Ecstasy. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Caltrans: $50 million more needed for Bay Bridge Jul 8, 2009
A Canadian man who tried to drive nearly 200 pounds of the drug Ecstasy, worth an estimated $6 ... Bennett had pleaded guilty March 9 to charges of importing Ecstasy and possession with intent to deliver. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Prescription drug abuse ravages state's youth Jul 7, 2009
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says nearly 7 million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, noting that is "more than the number who are abusing cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, ecstasy and inhalants combined." The DEA also reports that "opioid painkillers now cause more overdose deaths than cocaine and heroin combined.". "Something needs to be done, because it's killing our kids every day." said Lynn Kissick. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Smoking down, seat-belt use up among teens Jul 3, 2009
Drugs A lower percentage of Montana high school students reported using marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine during their life than in the past, while a higher percentage used ecstasy ... Ecstasy: About 7 percent reported use, up slightly from the 6 percent in 2003. (Montana Standard, MT)
Ecstasy harms brain on first use, study finds Jun 28, 2009
People who use ecstasy for the first time could suffer impaired memory and harm to their brains, a new study of the dance drug's effects reveals ... "Therefore, we cannot conclude that ecstasy, even in small doses, is safe for the brain, and people should be informed of this risk." ... 6% of 16 to 59-year-olds reported using ecstasy, suggesting that around half a million had used the drug in the previous year. (Yahoo News -- Substance Use)
* [HEALTH] Straight from the horses mouth: ketamine abuse is harmful Jun 27, 2009
Together with other drugs such as ice and ecstasy, ketamine was used in regional rave party circuits in the early years of the decade, turning up in places such as Taiwan, Bangkok, Singapore and Malaysia ... For ice and ecstasy, they are linked to cardiac, lung and breathing difficulties, brain damage, said Peggy Chu, senior medical officer and urologist at Tuen Mun Hospital in Hong Kong. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Drug graphics Jun 25, 2009
Use of amphetamines, methamphetamine and ecstasy has levelled off in developed countries but production and consumption in developing countries may be growing. TRAFFICKING. (BBC News)
* Criminal investigation police use metal detectors to conduct health exam on penguin D Z Jun 25, 2009
The police officers said the situation felt as if the penguins had been at an ecstasy party and were being given strict individual body searches. They said the whole exercise painted a comical picture, but hoped it would help the penguins. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
U.N.: Big drop in Afghan, Colombia drugs Jun 25, 2009
Among synthetic drugs, 16 million to 50 million took amphetamines and related drugs and about 27 million took Ecstasy, the report said. The estimated cost of the world's illicit drug market is about $320 billion, said Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the U.N. office. (MSNBC -- Crime)
