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Depeche Mode: Brits Wouldn't Show Our Set So We Said 'F*** Them'

Depeche Mode: Brits wouldn't show our set so we said 'f*** them'

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So surely the achievements of the band formed in Basildon, Essex, should be recognised? “F*** the Brits,” spits singer Dave Gahan. Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy … When you're an addict you replace one addiction with another.” Gore is referring to his …
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Alby Zweig Goes From Drug Addict to Drug Court Magistrate: 'Once I Stopped

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Cocaine Addiction Causes 'feed-forward' Loop

Cocaine addiction causes 'feed-forward' loop

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… exposure to drugs," says neuroscientist A. J. Robison. (Credit: iStockphoto). MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Scientists have found a molecular chain reaction in the brain triggered by cocaine, and say that interrupting this process could provide treatment …
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Ray Williams, a former Knicks captain, dies at 58

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Dreaded Gangster Found Dead in Kolkata Jail

Dreaded gangster found dead in Kolkata jail

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Police and jail officials suspect he may have died either due to excessive drug addiction, as he was known to be addicted even to lizards apart from cocaine and heroin, or due to poisoning. "Gudda was a renowned drug addict. He used to consume heroin, …
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GUEST OPINION: Koop understood smoking's mayhem

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Drive-by Shooting Leads to Year in Jail

Drive-by shooting leads to year in jail

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Huber privileges will be allowed for work and treatment. A sentence of four years of incarceration and … District attorney Kurt Klomberg said that not only did the state medical lab find that Ehrlich had a blood alcohol concentration of .149, he also …
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Rapid Recent Rise in Modafinil Use

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Much Ado About Sizzurp

Much Ado About Sizzurp

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Rates of prescription drug overdose deaths, called "epidemic" by the CDC, are a more accurate reflection of the potential destructive power of drugs with less addictive potential than heroin or crack cocaine. Many hustlers do eventually get treatment …
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FDA advisers recommend approval of Titan Pharma's opioid dependence drug

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(Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc treatment for opioid addiction be approved, but were unconvinced that the company's marketing plan was safe enough, given the potential for abuse …
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'Red Widow' Review: Carmela Soprano, Mob Enforcer?

'Red Widow' review: Carmela Soprano, mob enforcer?

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Evan is gunned down (no spoiler here, it's called "Red Widow"), and the stolen cocaine mysteriously goes missing, so Marta is summoned to Schiller, who decides that this housewife would be much more capable of handling some of his business than, say …
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Breaking Bad and the collapsing taboo around hard drugs

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