Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in a Failing State
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Lebanon's underground music scene sees its own demise in the fading promise of the 'Cedar Revolution'
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The region's booming growth has counterbalanced trouble elsewhere. But the long dry spell is taking a toll.
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WASHINGTON It&#39;s not just a cliché: Sex and drugs often do go together. A survey of US teenagers shows that youths who say that at least half their friends are having sex are more likely to report having tried marijuana, alcohol and cigarettes.
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Singing, socialising, and scepticism: the Chechen elections received a mixture of responses from the local population.
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In the last month, two very  different West Coast live music venues have met two very  different fates.
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There's a war brewing in the music world. And it's a war that can only do good.
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Anti-gang legislation and police crackdowns are failing so badly that they are strengthening the criminal organizations and making U.S. cities more dangerous, according to a report being released Wednesday.
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It's not just a cliche: Sex and drugs often do go together, says a survey of U.S. teenagers...
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How close are we to winning the war on drugs? It's hard to say, because the statistics on drug use are so murky. Now researchers are trying to fix that
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How do you build consumer markets and fight AIDS in a broken land? MTV banks on music videos and local talent.
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Famed photographer Robert Frank make a documentary of the Rolling Stones in 1972. But the band was concerned about the sex and drugs depicted, and the film was never released. It is, however, shown a couple of times a year
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Oversight has been lax on medical marijuana clinics in California and who can grow the dope for medical purposes. But cities are halting new clinics and the DEA is targeting those with iffy practices. By the Associated Press.
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Many of the key elements believed to be necessary for the effective treatment of teens in substance abuse programs in the United States are lacking.
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A graphic study of sex and drug addiction, âRock Bottomâ goes beyond the pieties of the recovery movements to confront deeper questions about the pursuit of sensation.
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The surest bet in music these days is that all bets are off. The industry learned the hard way that even platinum divas (Mariah Carey), rock sensations (Limp Bizkit) and sizzling trends (teen pop) can go from royal flush to toilet flush in the blink of a Third Eye Blind.
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&quot;Country&quot; and &quot;Western&quot; a killer combination behind the wheel. Rural states have higher death rates. By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN/Money staff writer.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- These have been fat years for Afghanistan's drug lords. Since the Taliban collapsed in November 2001, traffickers, some militia commanders, and provincial officials have reaped rich rewards from the opium and heroin industry, according to government and Western officials.