Wednesday, May 25, 2011

The Battling Tobacco Addiction

Average lifespan of a Gujarat police official is barely 60 years, reveal studies conducted by medical experts. The reasons for the phenomenon range from lifestyle with no fixed schedule to bad eating habits and use of tobacco products.

To help the middle-rung officials in the state police force quit the habit of tobacco use, an awareness campaign has been organised jointly by the city police and state tobacco control cell from Monday to Friday.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Would Legalizing Pot Be Good for the Environment?

It is well known that legalizing pot could have great economic benefits in California and elsewhere by allowing the government to tax it (like it now does on liquor and cigarettes), by ending expensive and ongoing operations to eradicate it, and by keeping millions of otherwise innocent and non-violent marijuana offenders out of already overburdened federal and state prisons. But what you might not know is that legalizing pot could also pay environmental dividends as well.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Marijuana Seized During Traffic Stop

An Illinois woman is facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 47 pounds of marijuana, valued at nearly $110,000 during a traffic stop Friday in Preble County.

Troopers stopped a 2011 Chrysler Sebring for a marked lanes violation on Interstate 70 eastbound, near milepost 7, at approximately 10:12 a.m. on April 29.

According to the patrol, the driver was found to not have a valid driver license and the renter of the vehicle was not present.