Report highlights Britons' steroid, speedballing drug abuse
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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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Gary Player put steroids at the forefront of the British Open on Wednesday, saying golf has its head buried in a bunker if it thinks the sport is clean and he knows of one player using performance-enhancing drugs. The nine-time major champion urged golf organizations to start random testing.
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Brazilians are the world's worst abusers of diet pills and the biggest producers of two potentially dangerous weight-loss drugs, a study by the International Narcotics Control Board said on Thursday.
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The number of players making attention deficit disorder claims that allowed them to use stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall spiked over the past season.
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SOARING numbers of children in the UK are being prescribed anti-depressants and other mind-altering drugs, research revealed today.
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A report is expected to say a radical new approach is needed if drug laws are to work in the UK.
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Illegal drugs may be cheaper than ever  before in Europe, with prices of heroin slumping 45 percent and  cocaine down 22 percent over five years, according to the first  Europe-wide report of its kind on drug prices.
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Former Senate majority leader George J. Mitchell released his report on steroid use in Major League Baseball today and said the use of performance-enhancing drugs within the sport was "widespread" for more than a decade.
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NEW YORK  - Just over 1 percent of eleven-year-olds admit to using drugs to boost their athletic performance, a new study from France shows. Furthermore, four years later, 3 percent said they had used doping agents at least once during the previous month.
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The list of major league baseball players linked to performance enhancing substances reads like a who's who. All-Stars and a repeated Cy Young winner are in the Mitchell report released today.
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The number of cannabis farms being uncovered by police in England and Wales has trebled in the last two years, according to a report by drugs information charity DrugScope published Tuesday.
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Nine members of the royal cavalry have been accused of taking drugs -- ranging from cannabis to cocaine -- following a spot test, London's Evening Standard newspaper reported.
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A number of cities are seeing a rise in drug users taking heroin and crack together, a charity says.
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The report on performance-enhancing drug use in baseball outlines a general road map for improving its drug testing system, but prescribes no timetable and few specific directives.
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Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly  at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday
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By the numbers. By Elia Powers. With recent reports stemming from grand jury testimony that link major league baseball sluggers Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds to past steroid use, discussion of the sportâs tainted image resurfaced this week.
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Fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but more are abusing prescription drugs, says a government report released Thursday.