Cocaine users 'getting younger'
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A leading drugs charity is claiming more and more children are seeking help for cocaine addiction.
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NEW YORK  - Children who were exposed to cocaine in the womb show poorer-than-average language skills during their early years and do not catch up, new research suggests.
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Two 16-year-old students from London arrested in West Africa allegedly carrying cocaine worth Â£300,000 are "provisionally charged".
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Young people are increasingly likely to be involved in drink-driving incidents, police tell the BBC.
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Differences in the brain may increase the chances a person will take drugs, scientists say.
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The extent of Britain's drug problem has been laid bare in a survey which highlighted increasing steroid abuse among young men and the rise of a deadly heroin/crack cocaine cocktail known as speedballing.
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Children exposed to cocaine in  the womb exhibit behavior problems up to at least 7 years of  age, according to a long-term study that enrolled 1,388  children between 1993 and 1995 at four centers.
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Army admits cocaine is becoming the 'drug of choice' for British service personnel
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Two 16-year-old girls from London were arrested in Ghana after being discovered with an estimated 300,000 pounds&#39; worth of cocaine, customs officials here said Thursday.
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The use of anabolic steroids is becoming common as young men use the drugs to improve body image, experts warn.
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Robbie Williams has made perhaps the most effective anti-drug statement ever: taking narcotics can make you fat. According to the BBC, the 30-year-old British pop singer made the comment during a recent interview with a radio station.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 1 (IPS) - A growing number of people are getting addicted to   tranquillisers and other prescription drugs, and this abuse is  set to  exceed illicit drug abuse, the International Narcotics  Control Board  (INCB) warns in a report published Thursday.
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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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A survey suggests fewer youngsters drink regularly,   but many of those who do drink too much.
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Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has admitted taking drugs, but claims it was not cocaine, but a drug to improve his sex life. &quot;The only reason I took what I took was because I wanted to improve my sexual performance,&quot; said the 25-year-old Chelsea striker.
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Two 16-year-old girls from London are arrested in Ghana allegedly carrying cocaine worth Â£300,000.
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Some people can live a normal life while regularly taking heroin, according to researchers in Glasgow.