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Teenagers trying out soft drugs isn't so bad for them - or for us
| Britons are sending an incredible 30m more postcards annually than they were five years ago, according to the Post Office. I find this the most cheering news, obsessed as I am with the tragic demise... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Nicotine drug 'may slow dementia'
| Nicotine-based drugs may help delay the moment a person with dementia has to enter a care home, say researchers. | Nicotine has toxic effects, and carries a strong risk of addiction, but scientists ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Huge drugs haul by Navy warships in Gulf
| Royal Navy warships have intercepted 23 tonnes of drugs that defence officials believe were being used to fund Taliban forces fighting British troops in Afghanistan. New figures reveal that seizures... (photo: WN / BHASKAR MALLICK)
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 An Akha man smokes a pipe. Although this pipe was described as an opium pipe by the photographer, a true opium pipe requires an external heat source. Still, opium can be smoked by mixing it with tobacco, as in madak and ack ack. - Drugs / ntf1  Bahrain Tribune 
Public support necessary to fight drug trade, addiction
The international effort to control production, manufacture and distribution of opium, morphine, heroin, cocaine, and other substances known to be dangerous is less than a century old. The movement ar... (photo: GFDL)
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Study finds addictive drugs easily ordered online
WASHINGTON -- More than three-quarters of Web sites that offer highly addictive medications do not require a prescription, according to a study released Wednesday. | Powe... (photo: WN / silvino)
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 KLdy1 - Sept06 - computer - laptop WiFi - wireless connection - internet - internet users - technology. (dy1) The News Tribune
Online drug sellers contribute to addiction, study says
A large majority of 365 Internet sites that advertise or sell controlled medications by mail are offering to supply the drugs without a proper prescription, according to ... (photo: WN)
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Study finds controlled drugs readily available on Internet
| A large majority of 365 Internet sites that advertise or sell controlled medications by mail are offering to supply the drugs without a proper prescription, according t... (photo: WN / James)
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Ghana's Hard Drug Usage Spreads to Pregnant Women
| Doctors in Ghana say they are noticing a very disturbing trend of more and more pregnant women getting addicted to hard drugs like cocaine. But they say health practiti... (photo: public domain)
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An unidentified Pakistani drug addict takes a dose at the roadside in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov 30, 2005. Sharing of syringes among drug addicts are common causes of spread of AIDS problems in Pakistan. Authorities and NGOs are trying to provide syringes in order to control spread of HIV/AIDS. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil) Dawn
Call for collective efforts to combat drug use
| By Our Staff Reporter | ISLAMABAD, June 29: Senior Superintendent of Traffic Police Muhammad Zubair Hashmi has called for collective efforts by the citizens and law-enf... (photo: AP / Shakil Adil)
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Young Arabs 'fall prey to drugs'
| DRUG traffickers are preying on Bahrainis and other Arabs as young as 15, almost tripling addiction rates in the region, says the United Nations. Officials warned of a ... (photo: AP / Saudi Drug Enforcement Agency)
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