A second person is charged with giving a toddler marijuana. According to federal court records, a videotape shows 18-year-old Melvin Blevins of Pataskala in central Ohio holding a marijuana pipe to the mouth of ... via Cincypost.Com

"We didn't expect that this process would be able to continue. ... These are the rules that they have to abide by"

Health Canada is looking for someone to grow its weed. The department served notice Monday it will soon invite firms to bid on a contract to cultivate and distribute medical marijuana, which is now being done ... via Canadian Online Health News

"The plain intention of the prosecution is to undermine the credibility of the applicant because she refused to consent"

An American housewife convicted of drugging her banker husband with a milkshake before beating him to death received an unfair trial in Hong Kong partly because prosecutors improperly told the jury she didn't want her psychiatrist to testify, a defense attorney said Tuesday.

The argument came on the second day of Nancy Kissel's appeal hearing in what has widely been called the 'milkshake murder' case. Kissel was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2005 after a sensational three-month trial involving sordid testimony about drugs, alcohol and sex in the lives of wealthy expatriates. Read more

"These are the best medical journals in the world"

- As the deadline approaches for a federal government blessing for Vancouver's supervised injection site, supporters are preparing to head to court to argue that the controversial site is a healthcare facility and, therefore, the sole preserve of the province.

And British Columbia Health Minister George Abbott leaves no doubt that the province wants the site to continue to operate.

Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming court cases, Abbott has given strong indications that the facility may operate even if the federal government should withhold its blessing. Read more

"Things must have went south awful quickly."

Police officers trying to apprehend a drug suspect, who later died in custody, hit the man with their flashlights after he tried to lunge for an officer's pistol while resisting arrest, a high-ranking police ... via WABC

"Lee Carter was really the best. He came forward because he wanted to do the right thing."

A Montreal Hells Angel was sentenced to life in prison Monday for blowing up a federal drug informant nearly 15 years ago near the Canadian border.

Richard Vallee, 50, was found guilty in September of murdering the witness, who was set to testify against him in a federal case involving the export of cocaine from the United States to Canada.

Lee Carter Jr.'s Porsche exploded on July 28, 1993, outside a bowling alley where he worked as a bartender in the northern New York community of Rouses Point. Read more

Armed men firing from pickup trucks and flying a helicopter attacked Brazil's most-secure prison in an attempt to free some of its high-profile inmates but were driven away by guards, authorities said Monday. via CANOE

"And like any community would be, we are relieved to think they have the people who did it."

Glen's Cafe hasn't had a night shift in nearly seven years, ever since someone walked into a local hair salon and slashed the throats of three women.

The grisly November 2001 killings stumped investigators for years. Some residents say the small western Montana town in the picturesque Bitterroot Valley was never quite the same after the attack.

'We didn't feel it was safe to have those young kids working in here (at night),' said Joanne Moore, 53, a baker at the cafe.

With the arrests last week of two suspects, residents are ready to move on and hope to put the bad memories behind them. Read more

"The only medication I pay for in this province is cannabis."

- Medical marijuana users are on the hook for more than $500,000 in unpaid bills for government-certified weed, raising questions about the effectiveness of Health Canada's troubled dope program.

Newly disclosed statistics show that Health Canada has sent final notices - and sometimes dispatched a collection agency as well - to 462 registered users since government marijuana first became available in 2003.

"Most of the 462 individuals who have received a letter regarding their accounts in arrears have had their shipment ceased," department spokesman Paul Duchesne said in an e-mail. Read more

"Caring and compassionate in everything he did, Mark was truly gifted in life and we are proud to have represented him as a friend and client for almost 20 years"

Family members had been appealing to Mr Speight to contact them The body of a man, believed to be missing TV presenter Mark Speight, has been found in a remote area of London's Paddington station, police have ... via BBC