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Mother of four speaks out on crack use whilst pregnant

Mary Barr, a mother of four from Ney York City, tells the story of her addiction to cocaine and crack, which she consumed regularly during her four pregnancies. Mary explains that, as she was seeking for help to quit her habit, she realized how difficult it could be for a woman and a mother with a drug problem to find the help she needed for herself and her children. Preconceived notions, she claims, were one of the obstacles she encountered. Hence the importance of understanding the issue of gender-related drug use.

Lethal combinations of sex drugs and alcohol

Alcohol and drugs are factors leading to risky sex. The most common consequences are usually, unintended pregnancy in the case of women, sexually transmitted infections, sexual violence and other adverse outcomes. Drinking and taking drugs in sexual situations are mostly aimed at sensation seeking and pleasure stimulation. For this reason it is not strange that having sex without a condom or having numerous sex partners become a priority for those looking for new experiences.

PeeWee Herman: Don't Do Crack

PeeWee says, "Don't do crack," and when Pee Wee speaks, everybody listens, especially when you're trapped in a dark smokey room with him.

Buying Drugs Online

Has the international drug trade gone completely commercial? During an undercover research mission I tried to find out.

The problem with energy drinks

The increasing consumption of caffeinated energy drinks and alcospeed has been raising concern among health professionals, authorities and even senior figures of the Episcopal Church of Scotland have been publicly criticising the consumption of the popular Buckfast wine, labelling it as anti-Christian. The reason is no other than the effects that the tonic wine seem to cause due to its high concentration of caffeine, equivalent to six cans of coke.

A drug dealer tried to hide his identity altering his fingerprints

An American drug dealer has been condemned to life imprisonment for international drug trafficking and to 240 months for money laundering related to his activities.

William Wallace Keegan, 62 years old, of Palm Harbor, Florida, was sentenced for being involved in international drug trafficking for more than 30 years. The man escaped capture for so long because he had all 10 of his fingers surgically altered in order to hide his true identity.

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A drug mule is busted at Gatwick airport

‘The time is 10.25 and you are placed under arrest’.

Traffickers use Western Africa to bring cocaine to Europe

The burned debris of a Boeing cargo plane has recently been discovered in Mali, West Africa. It is not clear the origins of the plane but Colombian and Venezuelan air traffic controllers reported “strange behaviour” from a similar Boeing cargo plane that eventually went missing in south west Venezuela. Traces of cocaine among the remains of the plane suggest that large aircrafts are increasingly being used to smuggle drugs and even weapons to the region from South America.

Do you think he has just done a line?

In the wake of Release's "Nice people take drugs" campaign aimed at creating a debate on the discrimination of drug users, we can add that even famous people take drugs. Look at this interview with David Bowie for example. Do you think he has just done a line?

Ketamine becoming more popular as new drug of choice

Ketamine is associated with a horse tranquiliser and as a painkiller during the Vietnam war. However, its popularity as a recreational drug has been increasing, not only in clubs but also in the home. Although just 0.8% of young people aged 16-24 reported using ketamine during 2006 what it calls the attention to the experts is the rapid growth amongst people involved in the UK dance-scene. In this group the lifetime prevalence is 42% and has been increasing at approximately 50% per year over a five-year period from 1999 to 2003.

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