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Articles in Frontline on Drug Abuse (30 June 2006)


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Heady Cocktails - The drug trade continues to boom in India, and the Police seized almost 100 kg of heroin and opium each in Delhi alone in 2005.
Many drugs, including some opiates, are mixed with tobacco and smoked.
   
An intravenous drug user. As most drugs act on the nervous system, prolonged use results in dependence and addiction.
Getting off Drugs - Getting off drugs is not easy for the addict, but help is round the corner for those who have had enough.
   
Incoherent Policy - Heroin and morphine are derived from opium, which comes from poppies.
Heroin and morphine are derived from opium, which comes from poppies.
 
   
 
   
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
   



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