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Vancouver Coastal Health Authority announced today that they would begin handing out mouth pieces for crack pipes in an effort to prevent the spread of blood borne diseases, mainly Hep-C. Every-where I went today, people were bitching and whining about the waste of taxpayers' money.

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Traffickers Are Hiring Flat-chested Women to Smuggle Drugs in Their Bras

You can't make this stuff up. Unfortunately, you don't have to because the drug war brings to life new and unfathomable absurdities each and every day:

Customs officials on the other side of the Pond are on the lookout for curvy drug mules after customs officers arrested a woman for attempting to smuggle Â£50,000 worth of cocaine in concealed pouches built into her bra. Criminals are now being said to favor "tall, flat-chested women who don't arouse suspicion when they have fuller figures." [Radar]

So now we can add both flat and full-chested women to the drug courier profile. We shall search women's underwear high and low because Victoria's got a new secret now and we don't want those fun bags getting into the hands of children.

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Appeal: DRCNet Made Amazing Progress in 2007 and We Need Your Help for 2008

An outline of DRCNet's plans and recent accomplishments and an appeal for your support to make it all happen.

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Weekly: This Week in History

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.

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Death Penalty: Iran, Vietnam Ring In New Year With More Executions, Death Sentences

Iran rang in the new year by hanging three drug offenders, and Vietnam sentenced eight more to die.

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Pain Medicine: Emergency Room Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Opioids to Whites Than Minorities

If you're in pain at a hospital emergency room, you're more likely to get the medication you need if you're white, a new study has found.

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Marijuana: Despite Law Allowing Ticketing for Pot Possession, Most Texas Counties Still Arrest

The Texas legislature last year gave local law enforcement the option of ticketing misdemeanor marijuana offenders instead of arresting them, but only Travis County has gone for it.

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Harm Reduction: DC Quick to Move After Congress Lifts Needle Exchange Funding Ban

Less than two weeks after Congress finally removed a decade-old ban on the District of Columbia using its own money to fund needle exchanges, District officials announced they would spend $650,000 to expand existing program and start new ones.

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Europe: British Police Chief Stirs Controversy With Claims That Drugs Will Be Legal in Ten Years, Ecstasy Is Safer Than Aspirin

North Wales Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is at it again. The veteran critic of drug prohibition has stirred up a hornet's nest with his latest comments, including one that ecstasy is "safer than aspirin."

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Feature: What We Will Be Watching at Drug War Chronicle in 2008

It's a new year, but there are lots of ongoing issues for the Chronicle to cover. Here's a look at what we think we'll be writing about in 2008.

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Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cop Stories

A crooked Florida cop seeks a sentence cut, and two more jail guards get in trouble.