Quietly, the war on drugs gains ground
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The effort is changing into a terror war of its own.
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BALKH, Afghanistan  - As Afghanistan struggles to cut its raging opium production, aid workers try to find alternative crops, but for some former poppy farmers the choice was easy -- they planted marijuana instead.
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JUTIAPA, Guatemala  - In towns along Guatemala's drug corridor between El Salvador and Mexico, drug traffickers flush with money see this year's elections as a new way to extend their power.
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Convinced they have sound science on their side, advocates for the medical use of marijuana plan to launch a novel effort to get the federal government to ease restrictions on the illicit drug.
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The issue of drug advertising directly aimed at consumers is becoming political.
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THE death of a 13-year-old English boy from an overdose of heroin is a grim reminder of the social cost of what United States President George W. Bush lauded last June as &#39;the first victory in the war on terror&#39;.
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Glue-sniffing and other forms of solvent abuse are being overlooked in the fight against drugs, a report finds.
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When machinegun-toting hit men fought a bloody battle with police and troops around the Mexico town of Cananea that left 23 dead in May, it at first seemed to be the latest chapter in a very Mexican drug war.
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Home Office figures show drug offences have risen by 14% in the last year, despite overall decline.
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Methamphetamine use is rare in most of the United States, not the raging epidemic described by politicians and the news media, says a study by an advocacy group.
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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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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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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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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to help them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.
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Pfizer Inc. , Merck &amp; Co. , and fellow drug makers thought Republican congressional majorities and President Bush's reelection created a firewall against legal prescription drug imports. The wall is starting to crack.
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Top MLB officials and its union have quietly opened discussions regarding recommendations for a tougher drug-testing policy.
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The latest battle in the great War on Drugs showed up in the Supreme Court on Monday, with the feds arguing that if sick or dying people are allowed to use homegrown marijuana for their pain, the price on the streets will go down.