Topic: depressant (12 articles)

Description: substances that reduce functional activities or instinctive desires

Sub-Topics

• barbiturates - Barbiturate (1 articles)
• kava - Kava (0 articles)
• kratom - Kratom (0 articles)

Chemists under siege The problem we face: pages 4 and 5
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(Australia) In which mostly morphine was stolen. (Tue Oct 07 10:35:24 2008 PDT)

Getting his life back
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(Australia) The Cartwright resident said he started experimenting with drugs at 13 years of age by smoking marijuana with the older brother of a friend. Mr Kelly said he tried a variety of drugs before smoking heroin at 16. Geoff Kelly has much to look forward to after being stuck on the ``journey'' of drug addiction. ... (Tue Oct 07 10:35:24 2008 PDT)

UK: The Independent - Print Article
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(Netherlands) Flash stumbled on what he declared was a new treatment. As controversial as it was. When a survey of fellow sufferers who self-medicated with hallucinogens was published in the mainstream journal Neurology. (Tue Oct 07 10:33:10 2008 PDT) [also independent9613]

UK: Dealer hid coke in lover's bra - Hartlepool Mail
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(UK) His heroin addict lover Sarah Ali was found with cocaine stashed in her underwear. (Tue Oct 07 10:24:10 2008 PDT)

Death of Wis. teen at festival ruled accidental
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(US) Gordon says McCoy died accidentally from an overdose of the prescription painkiller Oxycodone, which was prescribed for her after a recent surgery. He says the autopsy also found methadone in her system. The prescription drug is best know for curbing heroin addiction, but is also prescribed as a painkiller. ... (Tue Oct 07 10:19:01 2008 PDT) [also thedickinsonpress6273, wbay4024, nbc154294]

INDIA: 9 kg heroin seized from India-Pakistan border-India-The Times of India
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The smugglers from across the border were constantly trying to push heroin into India for its onward destination to Europe and America. (Tue Oct 07 09:20:42 2008 PDT) [also timesofindia.indiatimes10502]

INDIA: India-The Times of India
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India-Pakistan border In a special operation in the Indo-Pak border, the BSF on Tuesday seized nine kg of heroin worth Rs 45 crore in the international market, at Border Out Post GG-I Fazilka. ... (Tue Oct 07 09:20:42 2008 PDT)

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