Afghan drug-fighting efforts failing- lawmakers
12-July-2005, Afghanistan, Reuters
U.S. lawmakers told the Bush administration on Tuesday the program to fight Afghanistan's poppy trade appeared on the brink of failure, which they said would undermine work to stabilize the country and spread more drugs throughout the ...

China tries a new tactic over drugs: Openess
10-July-2005, China, China Daily
At a hilltop compound with picturesque views of a lake and red mountains on China's tropical southern edge, a group of young men in turbans and women in colorful dresses perform folk dances, clap their hands and sing. The performers from the ...

Drugs more threat to Afghans than terrorism, says ...
10-July-2005, Afghanistan, Daily Times
Illegal opium production is more of a risk to Afghanistan than terrorism, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, adding the world would turn its back on Afghans if they failed to curb the trade. He said opium poppy cultivation was a ...

Methamphetamine: The real drug war
10-July-2005, United States, seattlepi.com
Washington state began facing up to its problems with methamphetamine in the 1990s. Part of the other Washington is still in denial. An awakening by the Bush administration is overdue. The drug problem that was once largely confined to the ...

Against drugs: We are all in the same boat
09-July-2005, Yemen, yoberserver
In 1988, the United Nations declared June 26th International Anti-Drugs Day, aimed specifically at addressing the problems of users, traffickers, and producers of narcotics between the ages of 15 and 50. According to the statistics supplied by ...

Meth is leading problem in drugs, new survey says
06-July-2005, United States, boston.com
The crippling reach of methamphetamine abuse has become the nation's leading drug problem affecting local law enforcement agencies, according to a survey of 500 sheriff's departments in 45 states. More than half of the sheriffs interviewed for a ...

Mexico steps up attacks on drugs, but problem may ...
05-July-2005, Mexico, The Seattle Times
Mexico finally is fighting the war on drugs that the U.S. government has demanded for decades: a frontal assault on drug barons, their organizations and their merchandise, using the police and military in concert with U.S. intelligence. The ...

No10: WE'RE LOSING WAR ON DRUGS ; Dealers in ...
04-July-2005, United Kingdom, RedNova News
THE Government was secretly warned two years ago that the police were losing the war on drugs, it emerged yesterday. According to leaked papers, Cabinet ministers were told dealers had won the battle for control of the streets with the police ...

Revealed: how drugs war failed
04-July-2005, United Kingdom, Guardian Unlimited
The profit margins for major traffickers of heroin into Britain are so high they outstrip luxury goods companies such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci, according to a study that Downing Street is refusing to publish under freedom of information ...

Lawyers unconcerned by SBY drugs stance
29-June-2005, Indonesia, news.com.au
LAWYERS for Schapelle Corby say they are unconcerned by a tough anti-drugs campaign launched by Indonesia's president, who has vowed never to pardon convicted drug offenders. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sent a text message to millions ...

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