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By Luke Walker 12/15/11

Hezbollah Linked to Large-Scale US Drug Trafficking, More Kids Now Smoke Pot Than Tobacco, and Fleeing Suspects Pelt Pursuing Cops With Weed.

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Hezbollah Linked to Large-scale Drug Trafficking in US [NYTimes]
High School Seniors Smoke More Pot Than Cigarettes [Christian Science Monitor]
Bad Batch of Bootleg Booze Kills 100 in India [BBC]
Cocaine Seized By Ghana Police Mysteriously Turns Into Washing Soda [Ghanaweb]
Brooke Mueller Checks In at Rehab, Again [Philly Inquirer]
Suspects In Police Chase Pelt Cops With Weed [Washington Post]

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