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Northcentral Wisconsin is filled with tons of small towns and a few larger ones here and there, and while many people think an advantage to living outside of a big city is living without drug problems, it may be time to reconsider.

Forest Anderson couldn't believe that his next-door neighbors were wanted by federal agents on cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking charges.

The threat of match-fixing and potential influence by the Russian mob and other criminal elements casts a more menacing shadow over tennis than does drugs, U.S. Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe believes.

The judge said that this should involve talking to children about taking drugs and lying. Jones has already been stripped of the five medals she won at the Sydney Olympics and all her performances since September 1, 2000, have been erased by the IAAF.

Alameda police seized Ecstasy pills, cocaine, crystal methamphetamine and more than a pound of marijuana Thursday while searching an Oakland hotel room after they received an anonymous tip about possible drug dealing.

An Andalusia mother is behind bars, charged with endangering the life of her child through drug use, after she admitted to using cocaine while pregnant.

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia, made up of over 60 MPs and Peers, will investigate the use of antipsychotic drugs given to people with dementia in care homes after claims that the NHS spends £80m on unnecessary prescribing.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is reviewing new data regarding erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs). ? ESAs are drugs used to treat anemia. They include Procrit?® (epoetin alfa), Epogen?® (epoetin alfa), and Aranesp?® (darbepoetin alfa).

Using a new type of genetic screen, researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified 273 proteins that the AIDS virus needs to survive in human cells, opening up new potential targets for drugs.

Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) - Statin drugs introduced in the 1980s to prevent heart attacks by lowering cholesterol reduce heart and stroke risks in people with diabetes and should be more widely used for these patients, according to a new study.

Jan. 10, 2008 - Scientists have discovered 273 new human proteins that, if blocked, keep the AIDS virus from doing its dirty work.

WASHINGTON - The AIDS virus has to hijack human proteins to do its damage, but scientists until now have known only a few dozen of its targets. On Thursday, Harvard researchers unveiled a surprisingly longer list, an important first step in the hunt for new drugs.

The pharmacy operations improperly claim that their drugs, which contain hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, and estriol (which is not a component of an FDA-approved drug and has not been proven safe and effective for any use) are superior to FDA-approved menopausal hormone therapy drugs and prevent or treat serious diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and various forms of cancer.

Quantities of what is believed to be cocaine were seized in the night doorstep raids and three people were arrested.

A Melbourne police officer has been charged following a six month investigation by Victorian authorities, with a court today told the man offered sex for drugs.

Millions of Brits could be playing Russian Roulette with their health buying prescription-only medicines from rogue internet sites, according to research conducted by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB).

The pharmacy operations receiving warning letters use the terms "bio-identical hormone replacement therapy" and "BHRT" to imply that their drugs are natural or identical to the hormones made by the body. FDA regards this use of "bio-identical" as a marketing term implying a benefit for the drug, for which there is no medical or scientific basis.

(SomaliNet) Critical shortages of foreign currency has led to at least 50 percent of medical drugs out of stock in Zimbabwe's pharmacies, making life harder for struggling Zimbabweans, a report revealed on Tuesday.