Illegal drug use costing army a 'batallion a year': study
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The army is losing the equivalent of nearly a battalion to illegal drug use every year, research released Friday said.
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More young U.S. adults are abusing prescription medications, particularly painkillers, according to the government's annual report on substance abuse released on Thursday.
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The effects of drinking alcohol cost Ireland more than $3bn last year, a new report says.
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One in 12 full-time US workers acknowledges having used illegal drugs in the past month, the government reports.
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U.S. growers produce nearly $35 billion (18 billion pounds) worth of marijuana annually, making the illegal drug the country's largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat combined, an advocate of medical marijuana use said in a study released on Monday.
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For the third straight year, illegal drug use by teenagers declined slightly in 2004 - with the notable exceptions of inhalants, alcohol and the pain killer OxyContin, government investigators said yesterday.
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Opium production in Afghanistan is soaring out of control, the annual UN report on illegal drugs warns.
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The Army is dismissing the equivalent of a battalion of soldiers every year for taking drugs, a report says.
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A snapshot of an average day in the lives of U.S. teens shows hundreds of thousands are smoking, drinking and ingesting illegal drugs, according to a report from the federal government.
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About 1.2 million people age 12 and older used the brain-damaging drug methamphetamine or prescription stimulants for non-medical reasons in 2003, unchanged from the year before, the government's substance abuse prevention agency reported Friday.
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BRUSSELS -- Heroin production is booming in Afghanistan, undermining democracy and putting money in the coffers of terrorists, according to a UN report yesterday that called on US and NATO-led forces to get more involved in fighting traffickers.
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Description: A Bush Administration task force releases a report that finds importing drugs from countries with price-controls offers little savings and introduces safety concerns.
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Although opium production is up in Afghanistan, cocaine consumption is rising in Europe and trafficking is growing in Africa, drug abuse is being brought under control.
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The Army will examine as many as 18,000 contracts awarded over the past four years to support U.S. forces in Iraq to determine how many are tainted by waste, fraud and abuse
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It is a compelling issue that has the potential to motivate voters on Nov. 2: Prescription drugs will cost Americans an estimated $210 billion this year.
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Fewer U.S. teens are using marijuana, Ecstasy or LSD but more are bingeing on alcohol and abusing prescription drugs, according to an annual government survey.
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Description: A Bush administration task force has raised serious doubts about whether drugs imported from abroad can be made safe.