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Drug addiction plagues Myanmar, one in ten people are smartphone addicts, and rapper Too $hort denies meth charges because "his thing is weed." MORE
By Will Godfrey
According to a new UN report, global use of cheap, synthetic uppers like meth and mephedrone has overtaken both heroin and cocaine, with Asia leading the way. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Dutch study of street MDMA shows main adulterant is caffeine. But other baddies turn up, too. MORE
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