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Medical pot (marijuana) business poised for huge growth

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

After a recent shootout at the home of medical-marijuana activist Steve Sarich, police found 375 pot plants, $10,700 in cash and a stack of credit-card receipts showing Sarich’s business had collected hundreds of thousands of […] […]

Fleeing Drug Violence, Mexicans Pour Into U.S.

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

FORT HANCOCK, Tex. — The giant rusty fence of metal bars along the border here, built in recent years to keep illegal immigrants from crossing into the United States, has a new nickname among local […] […]

Dalai Lama seeks to visit quake-ravaged area of China

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist leader long exiled from China, is seeking to visit the Tibetan region rocked by a deadly earthquake this week. In a statement issued Saturday from Dharamsala, the northern Indian […] […]

Volcano forces wedding online

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

A British-Australian couple’s wedding guests have watched them take their vows over the internet after the volcanic ash cloud disrupting European flights left them stranded in Dubai. Sean Murtagh, 24, from west London, and his […] […]

Sex fuels earthquakes, says Iran cleric

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

This has got to be the most laughable story ever: A senior Iranian cleric has claimed that dolled-up women incite extramarital sex, causing more earthquakes in Iran, a country that straddles several fault lines, newspapers […] […]

Gov’t to re-open Curtin immigration detention centre

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

In a major backflip, the Rudd Government will re-open the controversial Curtin detention centre near Derby to house asylum seekers in a bid to ease crowding on Christmas Island. The move follows the Government’s shock […] […]

We must all get angry!

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

Given the epidemic of crime in Jamaica, it is to the surprising, and perverse, good fortune of those in authority that there is no raging public anger over the crisis and louder demands that it […] […]

Shops cash in on drinking minors

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

The illegal sales of alcoholic to minors are moving smoother than the booze being purchased. No questions were asked – literally. The money was just collected and the alcoholic beverages delivered to the children, some of […] […]

Young drunks schoolchildren who participated

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

Schoolchildren who participated in The Sunday Gleaner’s survey buying alcoholic beverages at a convenience store in Kingston. For several years, alcohol abuse among minors has been a major problem in Jamaica. The latest national school […] […]

Alcohol is not for kids!

18th April 2010 sandrea 0

While a number of companies have mounted campaigns against alcohol abuse among teens, many through glorified images are actually luring teens to drink. – Contributed Alcohol-related crime and disorder by young people is estimated to […] […]