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Swiss Vote On Prescription Heroin

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.30.2008 | World

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Voters in Switzerland are going to the polls in a series of referendum votes to decide the country's policy on illegal drugs. One ballot asks voter...

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Switzerland Likely To Approve Prescription Heroin

AP | ELIANE ENGELER | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

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GENEVA — Dr. Daniele Zullino keeps glass bottles full of white powder in a safe in a locked room of his office. Patients show up each day to re...

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Afghan President's Brother Says Heroin Trade Links Are Fabricated, Politically Motivated

NY Times | ABDUL WAHEED WAFA | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The brother of Afghanistan's president denied any involvement in the heroin trade at a news conference on Monday, saying accusat...

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Asian elephant cured in rehab of heroin addiction

AP | Posted 09.04.2008 | Home

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BEIJING — An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders will return home after a three-year rehab program, Ch...

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MacKenzie Phillips Arrested In Airport Drug Bust

People | Posted 08.27.2008 | Entertainment

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MacKenzie Phillips was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday for alleged drug possession, police confirm to PEOPLE. "She was being ...

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Evil Internets Trying to Hook Your Kids on Digital Drugs: Either that, or the MSM is Dead

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 08.10.2008 | Living

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Maia Szalavitz

A radio host claims that "websites are targeting your children with so-called digital drugs. These are audio files designed to induce drug-like effects."

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Millions OF Fans Spend Money and Time on Another NASCAR Tire Test

Steve Parker | Posted 08.06.2008 | Entertainment

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Steve Parker

Let NASCAR call for bids from other tire-makers for next season for all three of their professional series, and have at least two tire suppliers for each series.

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Wire v. The Media on Drugs II: You're Right, David Simon, We Suck

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 03.18.2008 | Media

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Maia Szalavitz

Addiction is a massively complex social problem -- but the sad thing is that rather than suggest solutions, the press is busy looking for stories to plug into its prize-seeking formula.

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Killing in the name of public health

Mark Kleiman | Posted 01.25.2008 | Living

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Mark Kleiman

The Office of National Drug Control Policy prefers dead heroin addicts to living heroin addicts. At least, it's hard to put any other interpretation...

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The Wire V. the Baltimore Sun: Which Covers Addiction Better?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 01.16.2008 | Living

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Maia Szalavitz

HBO's The Wire does a far better job of examining the complexities of addiction than The Baltimore Sun. One must wonder about the kind of news judgment that regards 167 deaths as more important than 3,500 lives saved.

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Sam Stein

Opium Production Now More Than Half Afghanistan's GDP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

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As America's focus in the Middle East shifts towards emerging crises in Iran and Pakistan, the economy of Afghanistan — the U.S.'s initial forei...

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Angelina Jolie On Drug Past: "I Remember Taking LSD Before I Went To Disneyland"

Yahoo News UK | Posted 09.18.2007 | Entertainment

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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie once took powerful drug LSD before a trip to children's paradise Disneyland. The Tomb Raider star admits taking the ...

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