Worlds Most Dangerous Drugs: 2010

Drug ring left tell-tale evidence in computer

Saturday, 18 December 2010

Drug ring left tell-tale evidence in computer: "It was a drug trafficking ring that kept detailed accounting records, and the police were grateful for that. At least four people who were part of a large-scale crack cocaine trafficking ring – which operated...

CBC News - Health - Larger cigarette warnings coming in U.S.

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

CBC News - Health - Larger cigarette warnings coming in U.S.: "U.S. government is unveiling a new plan to snuff out tobacco use, including larger warning labels for cigarettes that include images of corpses, cancer patients and diseased lungs and teeth.The...

European Commission calls for rapid action to tackle new drugs, “legal highs” and trafficking routes

European Commission calls for rapid action to tackle new drugs, “legal highs” and trafficking routes: "Every year, 6,500 to 7,000 people die in the EU from a drug overdose. Between 25 and 30 million Europeans are estimated to have taken some type of...

Prescription drugs become 'new heroin' in Armstrong County - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Prescription drugs become 'new heroin' in Armstrong County - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Gary DeComo saw it coming in 2007.He held a program for doctors and got fliers for local pharmacies in an attempt to thwart its infiltration into Armstrong County.'I...

Prescription deaths mount in Tennessee: 1,600 in 3 years | tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Prescription deaths mount in Tennessee: 1,600 in 3 years | tennessean.com | The Tennessean: "Prescription drugs killed more than 1,600 Tennesseans over a three-year period, according to yet-to-be-released research conducted by the University of Tennessee...

Police: Prescription drug abuse reaches epidemic | MailTribune.com

Police: Prescription drug abuse reaches epidemic | MailTribune.com: "From cheerleaders to athletes to academic high scorers to homeless drop-outs, the numbers of teens who are stealing prescription drugs out of medicine cabinets or buying pills on the...

British man among spate of drug related deaths in Málaga

British man among spate of drug related deaths in Málaga: "The alarm has been raised after three drug takers have died in Málaga province in just 72 hours. Two of the dead were Spanish, one British, and all were aged between 35 and 45.The first case...

“secondary extraction” labs have been detected in Spain EU faces new frontiers on drug trafficking

FT.com / Brussels - EU faces new frontiers on drug trafficking: "Elaborate methods of smuggling cocaine and a record number of new unregulated drugs are challenging drug control policies in Europe, where about 1,000 cocaine-related deaths are reported...

Service to remember drug deaths in Aberdeen

BBC News - Service to remember drug deaths in Aberdeen: "service to remember those who have lost their lives through drugs is due to be held in Aberdeen.The service, now in its fifth year, will be attended by church leaders, local politicians and members...

cocaine cost £70 a gram in 2003 but can now be found as cheaply as £40 a gram.

The figures show that three in 100 Britons aged between 16 and retirement age had used cocaine recently in 2008 compared to 2.3 per cent in 2007. In 2003, the level was two per cent.Nearly one in six Britons aged under 34 said last year that they had...

Number of young Britons using cocaine shoots up 50 per cent | Mail Online

Number of young Britons using cocaine shoots up 50 per cent | Mail Online: "Men are twice as likely to die from cocaine than womenOne in seven 15 to 34-year-olds have taken cocaineAlmost 400,000 coke-users aged under 25British youngsters have become...

ten most dangerous substances were deemed to be:

Friday, 15 October 2010

ten most dangerous substances were deemed to be:1.Heroin - popular street names include smack, skag, and junk.2.Cocaine - often referred to as snow, flake, coke, and blow.3.Barbiturates - popular slang names include yellow jackets, reds, blues, Amy's,...

Is Love A Drug, Scientists Ask | Article Directory Project

Monday, 13 September 2010

Is Love A Drug, Scientists Ask | Article Directory Project: "Sex is a TrapSex is booby-trapped for to make partners bond. According to the researchers – the more two people have sex together, the more likely they are to bond.“We all know you can have...

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Between 2004 and 2007 there were 282 cocaine-related deaths In the same period there were 376,000 users per year aged 25 or less And there were 133,000 over 35s using every year during that time Men are more than twice as likely to die from cocaine than females Almost one in 10 Britons aged 15-64 have taken cocaine (and one in seven aged 15-34) - the highest in Europe Spain next, with 8.3 per cent and Ireland fourth with 8.2 per cent Usage between 15-34 increased by 50 per cent since 2003 Cannabis still more widely used than cocaine: 75.5million Europeans have smoked (one in four)

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