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WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Feb 17, 2007 @ 10:12am neoform

Daily Mail -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 10:49pm neoform

Yahoo News -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue May 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Mar 5, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 21, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 11:17am neoform

CNN -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 2:10pm neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Mar 7, 2007 @ 12:59pm neoform

Independent -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 1:37pm mrmdc

BBC News -- Customs officers have discovered cocaine estimated to have a street value of £30,000 hidden inside more than 140 prunes... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jan 30, 2007 @ 8:40am neoform

New Scientist -- 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... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jan 11, 2007 @ 12:53pm neoform

BBC News -- Scientists in the Republic of Ireland have found traces of cocaine on all the banknotes they tested... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Nov 17, 2006 @ 4:33pm mrmdc

Guardian Unlimited -- US and EU have broken Doha pledges, says Oxfam; Stop Aids claims 75% of HIV patients not treated.. Read More