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28th September, 2012
India’s Punjab in grip of a drug epidemic
“What does the Punjabi do when he gets rich? He buys an SUV, a gun and gets high. Then as time passes you get addicted and will do anything to support the habit.”
“What does the Punjabi do when he gets rich? He buys an SUV, a gun and gets high. Then as time passes you get addicted and will do anything to support the habit.”
27th June, 2012
27 million problem drug users worldwide: UN
Heroin, cocaine and other drugs continue to kill around 200,000 people a year: 2012 World Drug Report .
Heroin, cocaine and other drugs continue to kill around 200,000 people a year: 2012 World Drug Report .
21st April, 2012
Shooting up Karachi
Iran Based photographer Behrouz Mehri won two photojournalism prizes in the Human Rights Press Awards for his coverage of drug addiction in Karachi.
Iran Based photographer Behrouz Mehri won two photojournalism prizes in the Human Rights Press Awards for his coverage of drug addiction in Karachi.
24th February, 2012
Mexican researchers patent heroin vaccine
MEXICO CITY: While Mexico grapples with relentless drug-related violence, a group of Mexican scientists is working on a vaccine that could reduce addiction to one…
MEXICO CITY: While Mexico grapples with relentless drug-related violence, a group of Mexican scientists is working on a vaccine that could reduce addiction to one…
14th September, 2011
Winehouse’s father says he fought to get her clean
NEW YORK: Amy Winehouse’s father says the fight to get her off drugs often turned physical, as he tussled with the drug dealers and gangsters…
NEW YORK: Amy Winehouse’s father says the fight to get her off drugs often turned physical, as he tussled with the drug dealers and gangsters…
2nd August, 2011
Winehouse’s father pleads with government on drugs rehab
LONDON: Amy Winehouse’s father went to parliament on Monday to plead for more state-funded drug rehabilitation centres as his family waits for toxicology test results…
LONDON: Amy Winehouse’s father went to parliament on Monday to plead for more state-funded drug rehabilitation centres as his family waits for toxicology test results…
27th July, 2011
Should the music industry have tried to save Amy
NEW YORK: Most entertainers prepare for a concert tour with rehearsals. For Amy Winehouse it was rehab. Just before her disastrous European tour last month,…
NEW YORK: Most entertainers prepare for a concert tour with rehearsals. For Amy Winehouse it was rehab. Just before her disastrous European tour last month,…
26th July, 2011
Amy Winehouse autopsy inconclusive
The Metropolitan Police said a forensic post mortem ''did not establish a formal cause of death and we await the results of further toxicology tests.''
The Metropolitan Police said a forensic post mortem ''did not establish a formal cause of death and we await the results of further toxicology tests.''
23rd June, 2011
Sentencing set for September in Galliano racism trial
PARIS: Fashion designer John Galliano will learn 11 weeks from today the outcome of his day-long trial on charges of hurling racist and anti-Semitic remarks…
PARIS: Fashion designer John Galliano will learn 11 weeks from today the outcome of his day-long trial on charges of hurling racist and anti-Semitic remarks…
2nd March, 2011
The ‘Katie Drug Shocker’ accusation
Actress Katie Holmes poses on the red carpet at the British premiere of the movie “Valkyrie” at Leicester Square in London in this January 21,…
Actress Katie Holmes poses on the red carpet at the British premiere of the movie “Valkyrie” at Leicester Square in London in this January 21,…
