Posts Tagged ‘drug addiction’

The war on drugs: does it really work?

Thursday, October 15, 2009 23:46 By GSerrano

The long–extending ‘war on drugs’ began in May 1971 when former US President Richard Nixon actually proclaimed a so-called “war on drugs.” Ever since, the US and the Western Hemisphere have not won such a war, with every proclaimed victory ending up a fiasco. In the 1970s and early ’80s, Mexico and Jamaica pummeled marijuana [...]

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Paco: the rising of a new drug

Saturday, August 1, 2009 22:39 By NARUTO

The return home was not like Pablo Eche had dreamed.
After 15 months in a recovery clinic, struggling against his addiction in “paco”, a highly addictive drug that put an end to thousands of lives in Argentina, Eche returned to Ciudad Oculta.
His relatives, including his mother, Bilma Acuna, anti-paco activist of the community, gave him the [...]

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Addicted to narcotic painkillers and battling depression, Michael Jackson was ‘a tortured, tortured soul’

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 16:46 By GSerrano

According to his rabbi-friend, there was no one to interfere with Michael Jackson’s efforts to curb pain. And he always had some ailment of the body. In reality, Jackson’s biggest pain was emotional and psychological, as he was always battling depression. He always felt purposeless and lethargic. His response to his affliction of the soul [...]

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Cybermedicine and Cyber-Malpractice

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 22:21 By GSerrano

Many of the illegal online pharmacies are based in foreign countries and promise that their prices are far less than those of American pharmacies. This is true. As they are wont to promise, these companies can often offer up to 80% discounts on many prescription drugs in comparison to a local pharmacy. This is because [...]

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Itemiser Detects Drugs Easily

Monday, January 5, 2009 18:25 By Jaiyant Cavale

If you were planning to snort some cocaine before entering the pub for a pint or two of beer, think twice. If you are in Scotland, you will be asked to go through a test conducted by Itemiser, a device detects traces of cocaine, cannabis, heroin and ecstasy just by analysing a hand swabs in [...]

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Drugged Soldiers

Sunday, December 21, 2008 22:17 By GSerrano

The country was hell for six years where mangled bodies strewn on the ground were an ordinary sight. Soldiers are people, too, though they are ordered to kill. Now, Iraqi soldiers have not been able to handle the stress and have resorted to sedating themselves with prescription drugs. Terror has an unimaginable price. Even Iraqi [...]

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