Cannabis Farmer

The Netherlands will ban the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms, the government announced today, rolling back one element of the country's permissive drug policy after a teenager on a school visit jumped to her death after ingesting the fungus.

The decision will go into effect within several months, said Wim van der Weegen, a Justice Ministry spokesman.

LOS ANGELES - In a city famous for showing that life's little problems can be resolved in a 30-minute sitcom, celebrity justice is sometimes just as swift.

Blink-and-you-miss-them sentences this week for Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie have resurrected the question of whether fame provides a soft landing for fallen stars.

COUNCIL HOLDS NOSE, PUTS POT ON NOV. BALLOT

Plan Would Make Small Amounts the 'Lowest' Priority

Voters will decide this fall on a ballot initiative that would make possession of small amounts of marijuana the "lowest law enforcement priority" of Denver police, the City Council decided Monday night.

It Is Legal for Him to Have Pot, but a Police Sergeant Says It Was Illegal for the Pot to Be in View of the Officer. Mark Gilliland wants his marijuana back.

The 32-year-old Walla Walla resident had about 24 grams of marijuana taken by police officers Friday night after he was pulled over for having expired tabs on his vehicle.

LONDON-The use of stronger varieties of cannabis can lead to psychosis, according to newly published findings in The Lancet medical journal.

Alternately, the use of cannabis can lead to the corridors of power, as evidenced by the recent admissions of past indulgences by at least 11 senior members of the new British government under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Channel 4 has caused controversy after inviting journalists to take drugs and alcohol for a documentary.

The publicly-owned station, which is at the centre of the scandal about premium rate competitions, has asked an independent production company to develop the programme after a report in March listed alcohol as more harmful than cannabis and ecstasy.

The company, Ricochet, has written to prospective participants inviting them to spend a month in Holland where they would take drugs and drink alcohol "with no legal repercussions".