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Club Drugs Club Drugs
Club Drugs Definition Club drugs is the generic term for psychoactive drugs, usually illegal, that are used by participants of the rave and dance club and recreational drug subculture. Description The most commonly used club drugs are MDMA (ecstasy), LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, rohypnol, GHB,... Read more
Illegal drugs Illegal drugs
ILLEGAL DRUGS (ISSUE) One of the most serious social problems in the United States since World War II (1939–1945) has been the trafficking in illegal drugs. These drugs— mostly derived from the opium poppy or from coca leaves—have powerful psychotropic (mind-altering) effects... Read more
Drug testing Drug testing
Drug Testing Drug testing of employees is legally mandated in some occupations; corporations may also require that employees undergo drug testing before employment, at periodic intervals, or after an accident or incident. The usual drug test consists of supplying a sample of urine which is then... Read more
Addict Addict
ADDICT Any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so drawn to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his or her drug use. Addiction to narcotics is not a crime... Read more
NDIC (Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center) NDIC (Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center)
NDIC (Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center) The Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) is the lead counterdrug agency within the U.S. intelligence community. Created in 1993, it is responsible for providing national leadership as well... Read more
DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)
DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is the lead agency of the United States government for the enforcement of federal statutes on narcotics and controlled substances. Created in 1973, it is a division of the... Read more
coca coca
coca , common name for shrubs of the genus Erythroxylum, particularly E. coca, of the family Erythroxylaceae, and found abundantly in upland regions and on mountain slopes of South America, as well as in Australia, India, and Africa. Certain South American peoples chew the leaves of one of... Read more
cocaine cocaine
cocaine , alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in addition to its anesthetic effect, it constricts small arteries, lessening bleeding.... Read more
Psychotropic drugs Psychotropic drugs
Psychotropic Drugs █ JUDYTH SASSOON Psychotropic drugs are a loosely defined grouping of agents that have effects on psychological function and include the antidepressants, hallucinogens, and tranquilizers. They are all compounds that affect the functioning of the mind through pharmacological... Read more
Urological tests Urological tests
Urine drug screening Definition Urine drug screening, or toxicological screening, is a process of chemical analysis designed to test patients for drug abuse, or to insure that a patient is substance-free before undergoing a medical procedure. Description Urine drug... Read more

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Ulster coke smuggling a deadly internal affair ; In the second part of a...
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph ...smuggling cocaine in teddy bears...preventing illegal drugs from entering...number of drug traffickers...demand for cocaine. The Serious...disrupt large drug shipments...shipments of cocaine and other illegal drugs have been...
Cocaine laced with killer rat poison.
Newspaper article from: Derry Journal (Derry, Northern Ireland) ...Ordinator with the Western Drugs and Alcohol Co-Ordination...obviously been offered the drug and know where to buy...Meanwhile, police say cocaine, alongside cannabis, continues to be the main illegal drugs in use across the North...We are aware that cocaine is being used in the...
Labor law for supervisors: illegal drug use and the ADA.(includes related...
Magazine article from: Supervision ...use. Illegal drug use includes the illegal use of prescription drugs, such as pain-killers, as well as illegal street drugs, such as cocaine. However...longer using illegal drugs and who are participating in a drug rehabilitation...
MIRROR INVESTIGATES: WHITE HOUSE; EXCLUSIVE Our reporters found traces of...
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) ...TDs and anti-drugs campaigners were...Daily Mirror's cocaine probe at the Dail...traces of the killer drug - once used only...should be traces of cocaine in the toilets...cocaine as an illegal drug." We swabbed...proving the drug had been snorted...how to stamp ...
Peru report says killer fungus wasn't used to eradicate illegal coca
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream ...found that despite farmers' claims, a killer fungus has not been used by the government to decimate illegal fields of cocaine-producing coca bushes in the Peruvian...with the support of Peru's counter drug agency Devida and the U.S. Agency...
COCAINE IN THE DAIL: Now Mirror team detects killer drug in top pubs and...
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) ...civilized drink, cocaine is being taken nearby. Traces of cocaine were found in toilet...showed traces of the killer drug at 6.15pm...procedure when something illegal is being done in...had. "We are not drug-conducive. We...across anyone using cocaine they are removed...want ...
Florida Report: Prescription Overdoses Killed More in State Than Illegal Drugs.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News ...Prescription drug overdoses...than did illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin...third leading drug killer behind cocaine and benzodiazepines...types of drugs, especially...40. The drug usually is...For these drugs, it's...With illegal drugs, ...
MULTIPLE DEFENDANTS ARRESTED FOR OPERATING PRESCRIPTION DRUG "PILL MILL"...
Newspaper article from: States News Service ...addictive pain killers. United States...traditional illegal drugs combined. As...by prescription drug abuse become a...district, our drug prosecutors also...these dangerous drugs in our state...activity are in fact drug dealers." Atlanta...profit from the illegal trade ...
DISTRIBUTION OF CRACK COCAINE, 'KILLER HEROIN' EQUALS LIFE IN PRISON FOR ST....
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News ...Department's Drug Enforcement Administration...distribution of "killer heroin" and crack cocaine on the streets...distribution of crack cocaine; and to 360 months...intent to distribute cocaine. All sentences...distributing deadly and illegal narcotics on the...
Cocaine a killer says coroner
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph ...the dangers of using cocaine following the death of...flat after taking the drug.A post-mortem examination...recreational amount of the illegal substance. Ms Donnelly...consequences of taking the drug, she explained, was...not aware he had taken cocaine and there was no evidence...

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