Archive for the ‘drugs’ Category

Steven Tyler admits he entered rehab for drug addiction | NME.COM

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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Steven Tyler has admitted that he entered rehab last month to recover from drug addiction.

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America s Chemically Modified 21st Century Soldiers | AlterNet

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Amphetamines and the military first met somewhere in the fog of WWII, when axis and allied forces alike were issued speed tablets to head off fatigue on the battlefield. More than 60 years later, the U.S. Air Force still doles out dextro-amphetamine to pilots whose duties do not afford them the luxury of sleep.

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Opium and Iraq

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

The cultivation of opium poppies whose product is turned into heroin is spreading rapidly across Iraq as farmers find they can no longer make a living through growing traditional crops. Afghan with experience in planting poppies have been helping farmers switch to producing opium in fertile parts of Diyala province, once famous for its oranges and pomegranates, north- east of Baghdad.

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Heath Ledger Dead

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

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Actor Heath Ledger was found dead today in a Broome Street apartment, apparently from a drug overdose.

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State to allow patients to grow own pot

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

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Starting Sunday medical marijuana will be legal in New Mexico. But now the Department of Health has dropped a bombshell: It will allow people who qualify for medicinal pot to grow it in their own homes.

It’s a decision that has made a lot of state law enforcement officials upset.

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