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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-29-11-2010/ US Federal authorities began to enforce prohibition laws across the country on this day in 1922, banning nearly every aspect of dealing with the production, sale and consumption of liquor. It’s Monday at The Punch. What’s on your mind? Share it here. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-29-11-2010/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/punch-on-open-thread-29-11-2010/#item4570 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 They are last words which nobody would want for themselves, and which no parent would ever want for their daughter. “Daniel, I’m f…ed please get me now,” was one of the final text messages 20-year-old Cassandra Vaicekonis sent her boyfriend shortly before being found dead in a spare room at a Bondi Junction party in May of last year. Cassandra’s death is the subject of an ongoing coronial inquest and full details surrounding her death will emerge over the coming days. At this stage we know that this intelligent and attractive young woman appears to have taken a combination of cocaine, anti-anxiety medication, painkillers, sleeping tablets and alcohol on the night of May 23. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Cassie-Vaicekonis-saying-no-to-drugs-is-no-strategy-at-all-/ They are last words which nobody would want for themselves, and which no parent would ever want for their daughter. “Daniel, I’m f…ed please get me now,” was one of the final text messages 20-year-old Cassandra Vaicekonis sent her boyfriend shortly before being found dead in a spare room at a Bondi Junction party in May of last year. Cassandra’s death is the subject of an ongoing coronial inquest and full details surrounding her death will emerge over the coming days. At this stage we know that this intelligent and attractive young woman appears to have taken a combination of cocaine, anti-anxiety medication, painkillers, sleeping tablets and alcohol on the night of May 23. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Cassie-Vaicekonis-saying-no-to-drugs-is-no-strategy-at-all-/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Cassie-Vaicekonis-saying-no-to-drugs-is-no-strategy-at-all-/#item2979 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 They are last words which nobody would want for themselves, and which no parent would ever want for their daughter. “Daniel, I’m f…ed please get me now,” was one of the final text messages 20-year-old Cassandra Vaicekonis sent her boyfriend shortly before being found dead in a spare room at a Bondi Junction party in May of last year. Cassandra’s death is the subject of an ongoing coronial inquest and full details surrounding her death will emerge over the coming days. At this stage we know that this intelligent and attractive young woman appears to have taken a combination of cocaine, anti-anxiety medication, painkillers, sleeping tablets and alcohol on the night of May 23. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ten-things-you-should-know-about-drug-prohibition1/ 1. Drug prohibition doesn’t work. During the last half century, almost every country in the world signed three United Nations drug treaties committing these countries to minimise the recreational use of specified drugs. Almost every country expanded their police drug squads, rained gold bars on drug law enforcement and kept on increasing the severity of penalties for drug offences. What was the result? Global heroin, cocaine and cannabis production and consumption continued to soar while world heroin production doubled in the last 10 years. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ten-things-you-should-know-about-drug-prohibition1/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/ten-things-you-should-know-about-drug-prohibition1/#item384 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 They are last words which nobody would want for themselves, and which no parent would ever want for their daughter. “Daniel, I’m f…ed please get me now,” was one of the final text messages 20-year-old Cassandra Vaicekonis sent her boyfriend shortly before being found dead in a spare room at a Bondi Junction party in May of last year. Cassandra’s death is the subject of an ongoing coronial inquest and full details surrounding her death will emerge over the coming days. At this stage we know that this intelligent and attractive young woman appears to have taken a combination of cocaine, anti-anxiety medication, painkillers, sleeping tablets and alcohol on the night of May 23.