BRUSSELS - The Belgian parliament has voted to legalize the personal use of cannabis, within certain guidelines, for anyone over the age of 18. More...

For Some, Anabolic Steroids May Lead to Hard Drugs

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men being treated for addiction to heroin or similar drugs are more likely to have been anabolic steroid abusers than alcoholics or cocaine addicts, the results of a small study suggest. More...

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Exposure to Marijuana in Womb May Harm Brain

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study in rats suggests that prenatal exposure to marijuana may affect offsprings' behavior and memory, Italian researchers announced Monday. More...

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New York City Ushers in Smoke-Free Era

NEW YORK - At 10 minutes to midnight, Carlo Schiano, the manager of the boutique bar Pianos on Ludlow St. in the East Village, turned off the music and announced: "Last call for smoking."
He was greeted with boos and catcalls. Still, at 12:01 a.m. today, when the city's ban on smoking in all workplaces went into effect, his bartenders picked up the ashtrays and asked everyone to snuff out their cigarettes. More...

Lit Up: Cosmo Lee (c.), owner of Brooklyn’s Blah Blah Lounge, with smokers getting their last drags in before new law takes effect

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The rate of teen smoking remains steady

LONDON - Roughly one in five children aged 11 to 15 took drugs in the past year - and one in ten are regular smokers, according to a survey. More...

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6.30, Monday morning: Peter doesn't feel too bad, considering. A bit cloudy-headed perhaps, after a weekend with the lads in Barcelona celebrating his mate Jason's 30th, but nothing serious. Maybe that final beer on the flight back last night wasn't a great idea.

9am: after coffee, orange juice and toast, Peter starts perking up. The cobwebs have gone, and just as well. There's a sales pitch to a prospective new client at 2pm, and he's the firm's best talker. More...

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A Subdued "Happy Birthday" To Methadone

By Mark Elliot

November 4, 2002 - What would happen if we won the war on drugs?

What if we could deal successfully with the problems of addiction with treatment and see the tangible evidence of success in lower crime rates?

We only need to look at Washington D.C. in 1972 to have a sense of might have been. You wouldn’t necessarily connect Richard Nixon and drug-legalization, but the biggest advance in drug treatment, the legalization of the opiate drug, methadone, for use as a "maintenance medicine" in treating heroin addiction, began during his term of office. More...

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