Adam Vaughn gets tough on nightclubs - "[His] proposal would require nightclub owners to apply and pay for the a permit to use public sidewalks for lengthy line-ups." [BlogTO]

Booze, smokes worse than some illegal drugs: study - "Prof. Nutt and his colleagues used three factors to determine the harm associated with any drug: the physical harm to the user, the drug's potential for addiction, and the impact on society of drug use." [Globe and Mail]

"Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega will be released from prison on Sept. 9" [Toronto Star]

Google map of Toronto grow-ops busted in '06 [Toronto Star]