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ROTTING RAVERS STINK UP THE CITY AS KROKODIL EPIDEMIC HITS MONTREAL Nurse Elise Delisle says she’s never seen anything like it. Over the last two months, dozens of teenagers have piled into Montreal’s Hebrew Center for Health & Wellness with symptoms similar to those of leprosy. “It’s the result of a new drug from russia called krokodil. It’s the poor man’s heroin,” says Elise. “You can make it at home, and ever since ravers figured that out, Montreal’s been flooded with the stuff. It causes your skin to fall off.” Krokodil’s proper name is dihydrodesoxymorphine, or disomorphine, a derivative of morphine that was invented over eighty years ago. “All you need to make krokodil is codeine, iodine, red phosphorus and a complete disregard for living past 30,” says Elise. “Krokodil addicts develop scaly skin, eventually your skin starts rotting. Serious addicts can barely move. It is a devastating drug, and now Montreal party goers are taking it en masse.”   ...

Jury nullification occurs in a trial when a jury acquits a defendant they believe to be guilty of the charges against them. This may occur when members of the jury disagree with the law the defendant has been charged with, or believe that the law should not be applied in that particular case. A jury can similarly convict a defendant on the ground of disagreement with an existing law, even if no law is broken (although in jurisdictions with double jeopardy rules, a conviction can be overturned on appeal , but an acquittal cannot). A jury verdict contrary to the letter of the law pertains only to the particular case before it. If a pattern of acquittals develops, however, in response to repeated attempts to prosecute a statutory offence, this can have the de facto effect of invalidating the statute. A pattern of jury nullification may indicate public opposition to an unwanted legislative enactment. SOURCE

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  Rock and Roll Heart traces Lou Reed's career from the formation of the Velvet Underground to rock icon to his more recent artistic endeavors. Includes lots of rare and vintage footage along with interviews with David Bowie, John Cale , Patti Smith , Thurston Moore, David Byrne, Jim Carroll, Maureen Tucker, Suzanne Vega , Dave Stewart and Philip Glass. An excellent documentary (and the only one) about this hugely influential and uncompromising American artist. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders for American Masters and screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998.   Related articles Rock pioneer Lou Reed dies at 71 Lou Reed, RIP Lou Reed is reported Dead Tributes pour in for 'Mambo No.5' singer Lou Bega after being mistaken for Lou Reed John Zorn says 'RIP Lou Reed', playing NYE at The Stone with Thurston Moore