Slash on drugs and partying

Slash on drugs and partying – Musician and songwriter Slash reveals details of his days as a hard-rocking party animal

When use becomes abuse: Drug abuse is on the rise and most people can find a …

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Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, an arm of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, said 3 to 5 percent of people who take pain medication eventually become addicted. And more people are using prescription medications just …
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The international state of drug abuse revealed

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Sadly, these are probably the same people who do not realise that an estimated 200 million people use illicit drugs annually and that almost 200 000 drug abusers die each year. Drug abuse doesn't only affect the drug addict and the people in his/her …
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Drug addict murders friend, gets life term

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A drug addict has been awarded life imprisonment by a Delhi court for killing his handicapped friend for denying him narcotic drugs. Additional sessions judge Kamini Lau passed the sentence on Bantoo, dismissing his plea for leniency. The judge said a …
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