Using drugs as weapons 'unsafe'
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Medics fear public safety could be compromised by the growing interest in using drugs for law enforcement.
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The use of class a drug crystal meth in the UK is increasing, a new report has warned.
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defended its approval of five prescription medications which a staffer dubbed unsafe when he warned the drugs present possible risks so severe they should face tougher restrictions or be pulled off the market.
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Army admits cocaine is becoming the 'drug of choice' for British service personnel
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Federal drug regulators are "virtually incapable of protecting America" from unsafe drugs, a federal drug safety reviewer told a Congressional panel.
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The core of President Bush&#39;s foreign and national security policy is that he will not permit the world&#39;s most dangerous regimes to acquire the world&#39;s most dangerous weapons.
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Importing cheaper prescription drugs should not come at the expense of safety, said a US 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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Taser stun guns, used by police to subdue people with an electric shock, are being abused and should be further studied to determine whether they are safe, a human rights group says in a report being released today.
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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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During some of the bloodiest years of the drug wars of the 1980s, crack was seen as far more dangerous than powdered cocaine, and that perception was written into the sentencing laws. But now that notion is under attack like never before.
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Fears about addiction and drug crime prevent millions of people from getting morphine, a drug that is cheap, effective and perfectly legal for medical uses in most countries.
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Athletes who take untested illegal drugs to aid performance are "playing with their lives", MPs are told.
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Police have issued a public warning after four men collapsed after apparently taking recreational drugs
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The war on drugs is interfering with the US effort to destroy Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. US officials increasingly want to eradicate drugs as well as nurture Afghanistan&#39;s
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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 it opposed aerial spraying of opium fields.
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A spray used by the police to stop aggressors in their tracks is more harmful than previously thought.
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Description: A Bush administration task force has raised serious doubts about whether drugs imported from abroad can be made safe.