en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/drugs/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/ Opium production in Afghanistan is soaring out of control, the annual UN report on illegal drugs says. The World Drug Report says more than 90% of illegal opium, which is used to make heroin, comes from Afghanistan. It says cultivation of opium popp news world 2007-06-26 08:18:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6239734.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/drug_rape_myth_exposed_as_study_/ Women who claim to be victims of 'date-rape' drugs such as Rohypnol have in fact been rendered helpless by binge-drinking, says a study by doctors. They found no evidence that any woman seeking help from emergency doctors because their drinks were alle news world 2007-02-17 10:12:21 http://www.newsique.com/world/drug_rape_myth_exposed_as_study_/ Daily Mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=436592&in_page_id=1770 http://www.newsique.com/sources/daily_mail/ 91 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/drug_rape_myth_exposed_as_study_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/mexico_wants_to_partially_decrim/ Mexican President Felipe Calderon's government wants to decriminalize first-time possession of small amounts of drugs in a move likely to draw criticism from U.S. anti-narcotics officials. Under the proposed legislation, users found for the first time news world 2007-02-12 22:49:26 http://www.newsique.com/world/mexico_wants_to_partially_decrim/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070213/ts_nm/mexico_drugs_law_dc http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/mexico_wants_to_partially_decrim/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/surgery_beta_blockers_up_risk/ The use of beta blocker drugs before surgery to cut the risk of heart problems may be counter-productive, a study suggests. Researchers found patients given the drugs were a third more likely to die within a month of surgery than those given a dummy pi news world 2008-05-13 08:20:36 http://www.newsique.com/world/surgery_beta_blockers_up_risk/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/7397697.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/surgery_beta_blockers_up_risk/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/warning_over_celebrity_drug_use/ Dealing too leniently with celebrities who use drugs sends out the wrong message to young people, the United Nations drugs watchdog has said. Philip Emafo, president of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), warned against treating famous dr news world 2008-03-05 08:19:28 http://www.newsique.com/world/warning_over_celebrity_drug_use/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7278590.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/warning_over_celebrity_drug_use/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_girls_guilty_over_ghana_drugs/ A Ghanaian court Wednesday found two British teenage girls guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs out of the west African country, and a legal adviser for the girls said they planned to appeal. The girls, both 16, were convicted of possessing an illegal su news world 2007-11-21 08:13:03 http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_girls_guilty_over_ghana_drugs/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/21/ghana.drugs/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_girls_guilty_over_ghana_drugs/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/war_on_drugs_moves_to_colombia_s/ Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is taking the war on drugs to the supermarket, prohibiting the sale of products made from the coca plant. With the help of more than $600 million a year in U.S. aid, Uribe has strengthened Colombia's anti-narcotics poli news world 2007-05-10 11:17:42 http://www.newsique.com/world/war_on_drugs_moves_to_colombia_s/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/05/10/colombia.coca.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/war_on_drugs_moves_to_colombia_s/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/britains_fight_against_drugs_a/ Government attempts to persuade thousands of young people to stay away from drugs have failed and done nothing to curb the soaring popularity of illegal substances, a devastating report will warn this week. The number of young people using cocaine and opinion world 2007-04-18 14:10:09 http://www.newsique.com/world/britains_fight_against_drugs_a/ Guardian Unlimited http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2057565,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/britains_fight_against_drugs_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/afghans_reap_record_opium_harves/ Afghan opium production rose to record levels yet again last year, the US State Department has said, in what has become an annual announcement of failure. Despite a programme to wipe out Afghan opium production by the Americans, the British and the gov news world 2007-03-07 12:59:19 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghans_reap_record_opium_harves/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2323395.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Important [3] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghans_reap_record_opium_harves/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/cocaine_stashed_in_prunes_cargo/ Customs officers have discovered cocaine estimated to have a street value of £30,000 hidden inside more than 140 prunes. news world 2007-02-05 13:37:44 http://www.newsique.com/world/cocaine_stashed_in_prunes_cargo/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/6331709.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [5] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/cocaine_stashed_in_prunes_cargo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_wrangle_puts_indias_generi/ Tens of thousands of people being treated for AIDS will suffer if Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis succeeds in changing India's patent law, the humanitarian agency Medecins Sans Frontieres warned on Monday. news world 2007-01-30 08:40:40 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_wrangle_puts_indias_generi/ New Scientist http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11053 http://www.newsique.com/sources/newscientist/ 87 Interesting [5] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_wrangle_puts_indias_generi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/cocaine_contaminates_irish_euros/ Scientists in the Republic of Ireland have found traces of cocaine on all the banknotes they tested. news world 2007-01-11 12:53:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/cocaine_contaminates_irish_euros/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6250189.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/cocaine_contaminates_irish_euros/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/rich_countries_blocking_cheap_dr/ US and EU have broken Doha pledges, says Oxfam; Stop Aids claims 75% of HIV patients not treated news world 2006-11-17 16:33:12 http://www.newsique.com/world/rich_countries_blocking_cheap_dr/ Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,1946998,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Under Rated [1] mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/rich_countries_blocking_cheap_dr/#comments