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Painkiller crackdown targets pharmacies, dieting may trigger food addiction, and talk show host Montel Williams calls out anti-marijuana campaign for racism. MORE
JFK baggage handler gets life for drug smuggling, crack addicts rounded up after Rio raids, and teetotal Mitt Romney practiced sitting on a bar stool for the debate. MORE
Addiction and HIV are growing problems in the East African nation, but harm reduction has its opponents. MORE
My childhood love of collecting led in adulthood from amassing opium smoking paraphernalia—and the occasional pipe of high-quality dope—to desperate addiction to a nearly forgotten narcotic. MORE
Too many patients and too little time give ER doctors trouble deciding who needs meds and who just wants them. MORE
Columbia seizes two tons of Cocaine from the Farc, fish could repair artery damage from smoking, and acid-influenced celebrities. MORE
By Bryan Le
The US Secretary of Homeland Security tries to dissuade Latin American leaders from pursuing drug decriminalization. MORE
By Luke Walker
Zetas now Mexico's biggest cartel, Senate passes strict synthetic drug trafficking laws, and Half of all UK drug dealers avoid jail. MORE
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Scientists are engineering tobacco plants to produce biofuels that could power airplanes, cars and trucks.
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The President appoints an army general to take control of the drug cartel-ravaged region.
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A Brooklyn man is charged with using his pizza route to distribute over $45,000 in cocaine.
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