"The head of the UN drugs agency (UNODC) has warned that widespread drug trafficking is transforming Africa into a major crime hub."

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby boomers, now well into middle age, are still turning on to illegal drugs, doubling the rates of illicit drug use for the older generation, according to U.S. government statistics released on Wednesday.

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The image really is the content so there's no meaningful lead-in text. This is simply an elegant graphical comparison of some of the large amounts of money we see tossed about on a daily basis.

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Police have arrested a Clearwater woman they say claimed she was robbed but actually was given fake crack during a drug transaction.

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Crossing a Mexican drug cartel usually comes with a price — death. On the U.S.-Mexico border that price is being paid daily with an endless stream of execution-style murders in a war to control drug routes to the north

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TOUGH policing of the illegal drugs market may have the perverse effect of making drugs more affordable and thereby encouraging people to use them, according to a new model of the dynamics of this market.

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New Laws Strike a Symbolic Blow to Prohibition, But Net Result is Increased Law Enforcement Powers.

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That crisis is located in Mexico, which is in free fall, its state institutions under threat as they have not been since at least the Cristero uprising of the late 1920s and possibly since the Mexican revolution of 1910.

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The war against Mexico's drug cartels is investigated by 60 Minutes.

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I believe it is long past time to end the War on Drugs. That's not because I approve of drug use nor have any desire to encourage it.

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As a Michigan police detective a solid 70% of my felony case load touched crimes related to modern prohibition/war on drugs.

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Meet the little dirty, lying, son of a drunken skunk who made drugs illegal to further the race war in America. More to come.

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Funny FKN Planet

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Taking the drug ecstasy is no more dangerous than riding a horse, a senior advisor has suggested.

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I'd love to be a fly on this wall.

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We recently solicited your questions about street gangs for Sudhir Venkatesh, the then-grad student we wrote about in Freakonomics who is now a professor of sociology at Columbia. His answers are, IMHO, fascinating. Your questions were really good, too; thanks.

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Careerbuilder.com offers a look into what a true nightmare co-worker/employee looks like. Check these late arrivals to the gene pool out and feel better about yourself (or about that co-worker/supervisor that drives you up the walls).

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Alaska state troopers have arrested Bristol Palin's future mother-in-law on drug charges. Sherry L. Johnston was arrested Thursday after troopers served a search warrant on a Wasilla home. The 42-year-old Johnston has been charged with six felony drug counts.

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Connecting with your teens.

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A report by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission has concluded that prescription drugs have outstripped illegal drugs as a cause of death.

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The Marijuana Policy Project today congratulated White House "drug czar" John Walters for backing a Mexican government proposal that would remove criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

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Richard Berkan, 48, pleaded guilty earlier this year to distributing pot while on his mail route in the Cedar Mill area of Washington County... See more irresistible headlines

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Scientists reported Tuesday that when they surveyed volunteers 14 months after they took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project, most said they were still feeling and behaving better because of the experience.

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Addiction is a complex issue and there is no magic bullet or single intervention to address it. InSite is just one intervention that happens to be working. I would welcome other effective approaches Mr.

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The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.

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