Ireland has one of highest rates of cocaine use in Europe

Published February 15, 2013

Ireland has one of highest rates of cocaine use in Europe – Hospital consultant Fergal Hickey warns that using cocaine just once can be enough to kill you

Irish politician admits to drug use then says others in Parliament must have …

Filed under: cocaine use

A member of the Irish parliament has compared himself to Bill Clinton as he called for the legalization of drugs – after admitting to taking cocaine, ecstasy and acid. Luke 'Ming' Flanagan admitted his hard drug use in an interview with the Irish Mail …
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Debate seen on drug policy

Filed under: cocaine use

Latin America is the top world producer of cocaine and marijuana, feeding the huge demand in the United States and Europe. Domestic drug use has risen and drug gang violence has caused carnage for decades from the Mexican-US border to the slums of …
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Drug Used to Deworm Animals Contaminates Cocaine, Sends Users to the ER

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A case series published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine calls levamisole-contaminated cocaine "an important emerging public health concern" in view of the nearly two million cocaine users in the United States ("Passive Multistate …
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