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The
great class A drugs sale – how prices have tumbled under
Labour |
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Street prices for class A drugs have halved
since Labour came to power, dropping almost every year since
1997, government figures confirm [Independent, UK] |
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The
devastating price of Britain's cocaine habit |
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Though manufactured in Latin America, the demand
for the drug is driven almost entirely by Western countries.
It is no wonder that politicians in producer countries have felt
unjustly criticised for not being able to curtail a drug trade
that has grown exponentially in answer to the voracious appetites
of Londoners, New Yorkers and others in the West [Leader - Observer,
UK] |
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Drug
expert recommends heroin 'shooting galleries' |
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Larry Campbell, a Canadian senator, believes
a similar scheme in Vancouver has saved many drug addicts' lives
and cut the risk of infections from dirty needles [Scotland on
Sunday, UK] |
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Paul
Gascoigne goes back to dad's after being released from mental
ward |
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There's a danger he'll think that he's cured
and he isn't. He'll need a strong network of family and friends
to keep an eye on him [Sunday Mirror], UK] |
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Darling's
Budget to impose above-inflation rises on beer, wine and spirits
to tackle alcohol abuse |
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However, he will not copy Tory proposals to
cut levels of binge-drinking among young people through targeted
tax rises on "problem drinks", including alcopops and
super-strength ciders [Independent, UK] |
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A
wasteful war on drugs |
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The government has put out fear-mongering propaganda
to young people about drugs for decades, and Minister Clement
now apparently will spend millions on more of the same [Letter
- National Post, Canada] |
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Mukasey's
Racist Threats on Changing Crack Sentencing Fall on Deaf Ears |
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The attorney general's last-ditch attempt to
preserve our federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines was
pure "War on Drugs" propaganda [AlterNet, USA] |
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Drug
Laws' Absence of Justice |
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What passes for a drug kingpin in 99 percent
of the cases is nothing more than a young man who can't even
afford a lawyer when he's hauled into court [Creators, USA] |
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Divert
more drug users |
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Crime and drugs go hand-in-hand in Baltimore,
and both problems are exacerbated by the inability of some city
judges to properly evaluate a defendant's drug problem [Baltimore
Sun, USA] |
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Every
line of cocaine means a little part of Africa dies |
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The UN's drugs tsar denounces celebrities such
as Amy Winehouse for adding to the misery of already vulnerable
countries [Observer, UK] |
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'Coke
fashionistas' are ruining Africa - UN boss |
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The UN'S top drugs and crime fighter today
launches a controversial attack on 'coke-snorting fashionistas',
such as Amy Winehouse, for glamorising drug use and helping to
fuel a cocaine trade that could be as devastating to Africa as
slavery [Observer, UK] |
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How
a tiny West African country became the world's first narco
state |
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It is the world's fifth poorest nation with
no prisons and few police. Now this small west African failed
state has been targeted by Colombian drug cartels, turning it
into a transit hub for the cocaine trade out of Latin America
and into Europe [Observer, UK] |
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Zille:
Heroin easier to buy than hamburgers |
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Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille
told an anti-drugs and anti-child-abuse rally in Johannesburg
on Saturday [Mail & Guardian, South Africa] |
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