Synthetic Marijuana, Bath Salts Still Easily Obtained Despite Crackdown

Synthetic marijuana, bath salts still easily obtained despite crackdown
But a Sun Sentinel investigation found that while poison control calls and drug arrests have dropped, the unprecedented community assault has yielded unsettling side effects — driving the illegal synthetic drug industry even further underground. On … Read more on Sun-Sentinel

Anecdotal evidence drives synthetic drug debate
We are seeing patients injured and violence from it.” The synthetic marijuana patients, he said, tend to come to the hospital feeling generally lousy with symptoms similar to marijuana use, but the drug is more potent. The bath salt symptoms tend to be … Read more on Odessa American

Revealed: how Saharan caravans of cocaine help to fund al-Qaeda in terrorists …
… for turning a blind eye. For it is thanks to the trans-Saharan cocaine trade that Islamist groups like al-Qaeda have become a power in the region, building up formidable war chests to buy both arms and recruits. … Already, the influx of drug cash … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk