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Indian children who see alcohol on the silver screen are three times more likely to try drinking. MORE
Over 110,000 troops take antidepressants, sedatives and other meds, why Latin America is weighing legal cocaine, and Dennis Rodman denies money and alcohol problems. MORE
Police in India suspect nursing homes of exploiting addicted youths to turn an easy profit. MORE
New pill reportedly cuts binge drinking by 66%, Joe Biden debates drugs in Mexico, and Boston tries to banish St. Patrick's Day drunkenness. MORE
The head of the International Narcotics Control Board calls for action against illegal online pharmacies. MORE
Pills made from cobra venom are popular with partygoers in India—but not with wildlife activists. MORE
Sniffing the Toluene found in common household products is an addiction with little escape for many women in Kashmir, India. MORE
Bootlegged alcohol made from cough syrup and methanol proves fatal—again. MORE
By Luke Walker
US prisons have bought sodium thiopental illicitly through brokers in India, skirting an EU export ban. MORE
By Luke Walker
Dozens more are critically ill, due to the latest batch of poisonous booze from ruthless, bribing breweries. MORE
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