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Children in Afghanistan are often fed opium to stop their crying, and many are born to addicts. A few clinics offer drug rehab for youths, but they are scarce and socially taboo. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0714/In-Afghanistan-drug-rehab-for-children

Home Secretary Theresa May has described legal highs as the “next battle” in the fight against drugs. Mrs May called for the introduction of temporary bans on potentially dangerous new drugs, to give scientists time to consider the evidence.She said the Government is acting on the latest legal high, naphyrone, which is marketed as NRG1,…

Northern Territory police raided a series of Darwin homes today following the hospitalisation of six revellers last night who took capsules from a batch of bad drugs. The victims, who took a mystery drug in Darwin’s nightclub district last night, were rushed to hospital, including one man who needed to be held down by six…

DRUGS are detected in one out of every 61 drivers tested on Victorian roads, and more than three-quarters of those caught were using speed. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/one-in-61-tested-drivers-on-drugs-20100715-10cps.html

Prescription drug overdoses have replaced car accidents as the leading cause of injury-related death for 35- 54-year-olds in Washington, according to a report from the state Department of Health. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/423387_death14.html

Kids around the country are getting high on the internet, thanks to MP3s that induce a state of ecstasy. And it could be a gateway drug leading teens to real-world narcotics Read More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/digital-drugs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0tlEBspIk

Three Pennsylvania police officers were indicted this week for allegedly being part of a plan to steal heroin from a drug dealer and sell it. The Philadelphia officers were allegedly part of a scheme hatched by three other drug dealers to steal 300 grams of heroin from the drug dealers’ supplier, the indictment says. http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/15/pennsylvania.cop.drugs/

Students involved in extracurricular activities and subject to in-school random drug testing reported less substance use than their peers in high schools that didn’t have drug-testing programs, according a federal evaluation of 4,700 students spread across seven states. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/13/37drugs.h29.html?tkn=PQQF2R27kwGoTwz/fz7CgSmXgKQeADP/yLbw&print=1

Students involved in extracurricular activities and subject to in-school random drug testing reported less substance use than their peers in high schools that didn’t have drug-testing programs, according a federal evaluation of 4,700 students spread across seven states. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/07/13/37drugs.h29.html?tkn=SYMF%2FsglL%2BcdqkS1g%2FDybUioyvjpqztytCaW&cmp=clp-edweek