Marijuana is no longer the gentle weed of the 1960s and may pose a greater threat than cocaine or even heroin, some say
Alarmed by reports that marijuana is becoming more potent than ever and that children are trying it at younger and younger ages, US officials are changing their drug policies.

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... Is a well known saying that has failed to stand up to scrutiny on Norfolk Island, until recently
Norfolk Island's view of itself as a South Pacific paradise free from crime, road rage, vice, gambling, drugs, fast food restaurants and even the mobile phone and AIDS was upset on a rainy Sunday afternoon two years ago when the body of Janelle Patton was found wrapped in black plastic at a picnic spot.

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People who do not want to wait for old age to shrink their brains and bring on memory loss now have a quicker alternative -- abuse methamphetamine for a decade or so and watch the brain cells vanish into the night.

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