Report: British drug policies failed
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Britain's drug policy has failed and should be replaced with a system that recognizes drinking and smoking can cause more harm than some illegal drugs, according to an independent study published Thursday.
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The Bush administration on Thursday  claimed major successes in reducing illegal drug use among  teens, but lawmakers from both parties criticized its proposed  budget that would cut several anti-drug programs.
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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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Schools' drugs education programmes have hardly any effect on reducing drug use, government advisors say.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co  Inc.'s painkiller Vioxx, which has been withdrawn, and is  "incapable of protecting America" from another dangerous drug,  an agency researcher told Congress on Thursday.
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Schools' drugs education programmes have hardly any effect on reducing drug use, government advisers say.
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Importing cheaper prescription drugs should not come at the expense of safety, said a U.S. government report issued on Tuesday that highlighted the problems of ensuring the medicines are equivalent to those in the United States.
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The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing.
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The case of a man refused funding for drugs by his local care trust is taken to the European Commission.
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British ministers were expected to admit that the government failed the victims of the July 7 bombings on London's transport network by not providing adequate help, The Times reported.
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A weight loss drug used widely in the UK is rejected by US safety officials over fears of an increased suicide risk.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration failed the public in its oversight of Merck & Co Inc.'s  painkiller Vioxx, which has been withdrawn, and is "incapable of protecting America" from another dangerous drug, an agency researcher told Congress on Thursday.
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The Home Office suffered a "collective failure" over the records of Britons convicted abroad, a report says.
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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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The NHS drug watchdog in England and Wales reverses a decision to limit drugs for a leading cause of blindness.
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The war on drugs is high on Labour&#39;s latest agenda. A new report will make sobering reading. By Sophie Goodchild and Andrew Johnson.
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Britain&#39;s battle against the drugs trade in southern Afghanistan has been a total failure, the troubled country&#39;s vice-president said Sunday.