RAP OVER DANGER DRUG BAN
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A PAINKILLER for arthritis sufferers should have been banned four years ago, experts said yesterday. Vioxx, used by 400,000 Brits, was taken off the market by its US makers last month due to potentially deadly side-effects.
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Heroin worth an estimated Â£500,000 is seized during a raid at a house in Perthshire, police confirm.
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Responding to a U.N. report warning it risks becoming a narco-state after opium cultivation jumped to record levels, Afghanistan said Friday the war on drugs was the top priority but opposed aerial spraying of opium fields.
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An MP calls for nail bar regulation and a ban on a potentially harmful chemical used in some outlets.
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British drug firms have defended the safety of two products which were deemed unsafe by an American expert. Dr David Graham listed five medicines which he said posed serious health risks during a US Senate hearing.
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Bumper cannabis crops  -  and tighter border controls  -  are creating a looming internal drug problem for the country
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As the W.W.E. trumpets its drug-testing plan as a credible deterrent to the abuse of banned drugs, questions persist about whether it is stringent enough after the Chris Benoit family tragedy.
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Â· Women underestimate dangers, ministers believeÂ· Evidence in support of ban may be uncertain
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By Rusty Marks  rustymarks@wvgazette.com  Tuesday was a bad day to make methamphetamine.  A countywide drug sweep sent at least three people to jail on drug charges.
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Medics fear public safety could be compromised by the growing interest of world governments in using drugs for law enforcement.
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The public shouldn&#39;t have to wonder if the medicines they take are going to cure them or kill them. Recent suspicions that a number of painkillers carry potential health risks suggests the agency responsible
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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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A crackdown on dealers and users of drugs including cocaine and heroin is launched by English and Welsh police.
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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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Four young people were arrested by the police on Friday afternoon following a drug find. According to the police, 40 packets of heroin were found in a truck, which the four young people were driving through Swieqi and St Julian&#39;s.
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Last weekâs dramatic withdrawal of the COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib (Vioxx) is discussed in this weekâs lead editorial in THE LANCET, which comments that more vigilant drug licensing is vital to prevent the endangering of patientsâ health.
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Ban is lauded by health advocates, but critics see it as an attack on business owners, smokers.