Most Canadians pay little attention to news that another marijuana grow-operation in a suburban neighbourhood has resulted in arrests and seizure of a few hundred pot plants. But would they care more if they knew that marijuana operations cost homeowners about $34 apiece extra each year on their electricity bills?
According to Klaas Degroot, board chairman [...]

Un Renews Pledge Of Allegiance To Prohibition Without Assessing The Disastrous Results Of International
The Transnational Radical Party (TRP) and the International Antiprohibitionist League (IAL), two organizations that hare promoting a worldwide campaign to reform the three UN Conventions on Drugs to allow a legal regulation of illicit drugs have participated in the 46th session of [...]

ELIJAH LIBERAL, an attendant at Elmer’s Gas and Go was arrested today and charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of four area teenagers. The bodies of Frankie Hypo and his companions, John Vein, Michael Sharp, and Robert “Bobbie” Venous were pulled from the twisted wreckage of Hypo’s Z-28 on US Route 66 early this [...]

Cook with your family
Plan one on one dinners/weekend brunches
Enable your child to be artistic (writing, drawing painting, comic book drawing, photography, computer graphics)
Get involved with your child’s organized sports/Exercise together
Suggest school clubs and societies for your child to join, like drama or foreign language club
Encourage your child to play a musical instrument
Read together (books, daily [...]

Alcohol-Free Dance (Rave) Parties
Raves are late-night dance parties that are held in dance clubs or at temporary venues such as warehouses, open fields, parks or empty buildings. Some simply take place in suburbia in the homes of youth whose parents are out of town. The rave trend started in Europe in the 80s and became [...]

Victims of drug-facilitated assault do not have the chance to say no or physically resist. Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate (GHB) and Rohypnol are two of the most common drugs used to incapacitate victims for drug rape or robbery. Figures indicate that drug rape has risen by 60 percent in the last two years and is still [...]

If you are suspicious that your child may be using drugs, don’t ignore the warning signs! Kids seldom grasp the concept of addiction and think of themselves as immune to danger. For some, drugs become a tempting escape from their world. If many of these signs seem applicable to your teen, don’t despair. Effective help [...]

According to behavioral health and family-life consultants, substance abuse problems are highly treatable. With professional help and family involvement, the chances for recovery are excellent. If you suspect your child may be experimenting with drugs, the following is recommended:

Do not go it alone. Ask for emotional support. Let trusted friends, family or clergy in on [...]

Business owners can expect to pay thousands of dollars more per year to employ a worker who uses illicit drugs than to employ a worker who is drug free. Since all industries have a percentage of their workforce using illicit substances, a company can expect to experience reduced productivity, higher absenteeism and more job-related accidents. [...]

A Comparative Study of Responses to the Trafficking in Women for Prostitution
By Vanessa E. Munro*
Set against the backdrop of counter-trafficking initiatives at international level, this article draws on the findings of a comparative study that investigated (through semi-structured interviews with officials and interest groups) the merits and demerits of domestic level responses in the [...]