The Inside Dope On Drugs
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First it was antidepressants. Then Vioxx. Now questions have been raised about the safety of yet another drug, the painkiller Bextra, made by Pfizer (PFE ). Is there anything you can do to prevent the unnerving
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While the opium poppy is the source for compounds needed to make potent painkillers such as oxycodone and other medicines, it is also the source for the illegal drug heroin.
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Air Forces all around the world drug their pilots, to keep 'em alert.  A new Israeli military report says the "Viagra family of drugs" might be the best pills for the job.   Seriously.
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The former will take over development of the latter's drug.
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Academic institutions and researchers are widely viewed as impartial actors in drug trials. But that independence often comes with strings attached.
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An Afghan Warlord. Accused Drug Kingpin. American Informant. Inside the Afghan Drug War
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Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe, the drug safety gadfly, is on something of a roll.
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Drug-using prisoners may be given clean needles under a scheme being considered by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). The service has confirmed it is considering handing out kits to inmates as part of a harm-reduction programme.
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Here's what a newly approved drug looks like.
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Alcohol, nicotine and cocaine are a few of the substances known to be addictive. Now some scientists wonder whether food should be added to the list.
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Imagine that, with $100 worth of  supplies bought from neighborhood stores, dealers could easily  cook up $1,000 worth of a drug so addictive that users quickly  descend into a hell of violence, crime and neglect.
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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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Leon Nunn stepped out his front door one recent afternoon only to be waved back by a squadron of drug agents using a battering ram on a neighbor's home. The half-million-dollar home in the quiet subdivision was found to be stuffed with high-grade marijuana plants, growing in soil-free trays under bright lights.
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Cocaine users' brains have a different structure that could affect their judgement, a study suggests.
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By Matthew Dolan, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 9--It seemed like a routine seizure when federal customs agents intercepted a package of steroids at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.
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It&#39;s not just a cliché, sex and drugs often do go together. A new survey finds teens link sexual activity with substance abuse. The study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse is basically sending out a warning to parents that if their ...
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Differences in the brain may increase the chances a person will take drugs, scientists say.