Ageing drug addicts ‘face chronic health problems’
Ageing drug addicts ‘face chronic health problems’
“The more I seem to get older, the more it seems to go worse. At 56 now, I shouldn’t be doing this. “I shouldn’t be going out grafting and then running round like a 19-year-old scally looking for heroin and coke. Like I shouldn’t even be on methadone now. It’s madness.”
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The American War and Afghanistan’s Civilians
As the US war and occupation drags on without serious debate about withdrawal on the Washington agenda, questions need to be asked about the fate of Afghan civilians. Chief among them: How many more years of ‘progress’ can they endure, and if the US stays, how much more ‘success’ can they stand?
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Sustained smoking level reason for concern
How can they not get it? Cigarette smoke pollutes the body. Despite hammering home that message for almost 40 years now, tobacco remains the leading preventable cause of death, disease and disability in the U.S.
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