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	Appetite for Amphetamines More than 44 million pills were seized in Thailand alone during first three quarters of 2010, smuggled from neighbouring Myanmar. IRIN
	Opium Cultivation Reaches High Rapid increase in opium cultivation in Myanmar is an alarming trend for Southeast Asia. IRIN
	Cancer in a Nut The betel nut is causing rates of oral cancer to rocket in the Indian subcontinent, with children as young as four its biggest users. IRIN
	War on Drugs “Failed", but Singapore Not Listening It is still saying, “The death penalty works! It does! Killing people is totally the way to win the war on drugs.” KIRSTEN HAN
	When the Drug-Takers Are Married Women They are lonely, depressed and secretly use drugs. Now more and more married women in Pakistan are finding it hard to kick the habit. IRIN

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Carry On

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