A senior Metropolitan Police officer who drew up Scotland Yard’s anti-drug strategy smoked so much marijuana his flatmate thought he was a dealer, a misconduct panel has been told.
Commander Julian Bennett, of Metropolitan Police, is said to have smoked cannabis before breakfast and work and taken LSD and magic mushrooms while on a holiday in France
brown: from iraq, margaret warner updates a violent week as the u.s. combat mission winds down. woodruff: betty ann bowser returns to new orleans to find out how three families are coping five years after katrina. i think we ve done a great job considering all the odds that were against us. brown: and mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. brown: there were new signs today of a continuing and prolonged economic slowdown, even as federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said the central bank was prepared to take further measures. under increasing pressure to respond to fears about the economy s fragile state, chairman bernan
brown: from iraq, margaret warner updates a violent week as the u.s. combat mission winds down. woodruff: betty ann bowser returns to new orleans to find out how three families are coping five years after katrina. i think we ve done a great job considering all the odds that were against us. brown: and mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. brown: there were new signs today of a continuing and prolonged economic slowdown, even as federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said the central bank was prepared to take further measures. under increasing pressure to respond to fears about the economy s fragile state, chairman bernan
returns to new orleans to find out how three families are coping five years after katrina. i think we ve done a great job considering all the odds that were against us. brown: and mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. brown: there were new signs today of a continuing and prolonged economic slowdown, even as federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said the central bank was prepared to take further measures. under increasing pressure to respond to fears about the economy s fragile state, chairman bernanke delivered a much-anticipated speech today at the fed s annual conference in jackson hole, wyoming. he said he continues to b