Lethal Trade: Asia Faces Rising Crystal Meth Use – WSJ.com

Lethal Trade: Asia Faces Rising Crystal Meth Use – WSJ.com

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… of the stimulant, producing a longer and more powerful high. The highly addictive translucent rocks are a growing part of Asia's drug trade, a new United Nations report says, with seizures of crystal meth surging 23% to 8.8 metric tons across East …
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BOOK REVIEW: Rod – The Autobiography – The West Australian

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"It's pretty addictive – and totally absorbing," Rod Stewart confesses in his new memoirs. "The world disappears while I'm … Snorting a line of cocaine? No, "it" is building model railroads, something the ageing rock rooster takes very, very …
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In concern over pot, don't forget about meth

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That number fell to 1.2 percent in 2009, possibly due to publicity over meth's highly addictive nature and legislative efforts to tighten access to meth-making ingredients. But the decline in meth use has stalled, and that's a concern because of the …
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