AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
drug use
Jack T. Camp's Woes Include Stripper Prostitute, Drug Use, Illegal Guns
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 4) -- Is he a judge or a gangsta rapper? U.S. District Court Judge Jack T. Camp Jr. finds himself charged with an array of crimes decidedly unbecoming of his profession and more befitting the lifestyle boasted about in hip-hop lyrics. Police arrested Camp, who was appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, on Friday night just north of Atlanta on weapons and drug charges. Today, Camp was released on an unsecured $50,000 bond. Surge Desk has a rundown on the legal troubles the 67-year-old judge now faces. Drugs According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Camp is accused of ...
New Blow for Marijuana Legalization Effort in Calif.
By not in system - AOL News
A ballot issue that would legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and also permit growing pot at private residences picked up some powerful opposition Saturday. ...
Marijuana Legalization Opposed in California
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyA ballot issue that would legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and also permit growing pot at private residences picked up some powerful opposition Saturday. The Los Angeles Times editorialized against Proposition 19, writing that it was poorly thought out, badly crafted and replete with loopholes and contradictions. The ballot issue would allow possession of one ounce of marijuana for adults, use in private homes or licensed public places, and cultivation for personal use. But the newspaper said the proposition was an "invitation to chaos" because it would permit each of the ...
Illicit Drug Use Hits Highest Levels in a Decade
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Sept. 16) -- Illicit drug use spiked to 9 percent among Americans last year, according to a new national survey that blames the increase on "eroding attitudes" about the potential hazards. The growing popularity of marijuana was chiefly responsible for the rise, along with Ecstasy and methamphetamines. Drug use is now the highest it's been in a decade, according to the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The survey polled 67,500 Americans aged 12 and older and is widely considered the most accurate, comprehensive research on drug popularity. Gil Kerlikowske, a veteran of drug ...
GAO: In Afghanistan's Counter-Drug Campaign, the Police Are a Problem
By David Wood - Politics DailyThe other war in Afghanistan isn't going all that well, either. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, reports Tuesday that almost half of the new police recruits test positive for drug use. That's not good, considering that the police are in charge of the eradication of poppies, whose golf ball-size pods of sap are refined into raw heroin. At any rate, the number of police users and addicts is probably understated, according to the State Department. "Many recruits who tested negative for drugs have shown opium withdrawal symptoms later in their ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- Rudy Giuliani: Mitt's Great. I'm Just Better
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics