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When Long Beach voters join other Californians in November to decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana, they may also get the chance to decide if it should be taxed. The City Council took a step Tuesday night toward putting a marijuana tax measure on the ballot that would levy a 10 percent tax on the…

What seems like a carefree night of revelry at a “rave” can quickly turn tragic when the club drug ecstasy is involved, finds a new report on one such event from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=117075

Guatemala’s navy captured a makeshift submarine loaded with five metric tons of cocaine bound for the United States, the Guatemalan military said on Sunday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38191413/ns/world_news-americas/

Thailand is losing its latest war on drugs as methamphetamine, heroin, opium, ketamine, cocaine and ecstasy continue to flood across its porous borders. A rise in production and trafficking related to tensions between Myanmar’s military government and narco-trafficking ethnic insurgent groups based near the Thai border have undermined Bangkok’s efforts, according to the United Nations…

HIGHLY dangerous batches of cocaine and ecstasy pills have hit the Australian market, with drug experts and police warning they had been bulked up with pesticides and lethal chemicals. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/drugs-cocaine-and-ecstasy-laced-with-poison-in-australia/story-e6frf7l6-1225890529649

A blend of herbs laced with synthetic marijuana known popularly as K2 is being sold openly in head shops and online, often sending people who smoke it to hospitals with symptoms ranging from soaring heart rates to paranoia to near-death experiences, according to health professionals. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Politics/k2-marijuana-substance-attracts-state-bans/story?id=11128843

Across the country, demand for a synthetic form of marijuana is soaring. Unlike the real thing, this drug – called spice or K2 – is legal in most states. Now, a handful of lawmakers are taking action. This week Missouri became the sixth state to ban the use of K2. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/10/eveningnews/main6666078.shtml

Legalizing pot may drop the price of a marijuana cigarette to as little as $1.50 in California, but taxing weed may create a whole new black market, according to a new RAND Corp. study. http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/2484856,CST-NWS-pot11.article

Election results sign of a healthy democracy, belying claims country is on verge of becoming a narco-state Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mexican+voters+defy+drug+lords/3265436/story.html#ixzz0tTg3xveU

A Scarborough woman who nearly killed her toddler with a cocaine overdose after giving him the drug for 14 months has been sentenced to seven years in prison. http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/833912–mother-who-fed-toddler-cocaine-sentenced-to-seven-years?bn=1