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UK’s former top drug official: Coke-head bankers caused financial crisis
The former top drugs adviser to Britain’s parliament told UK newspaper The Telegraph on Sunday that risk-taking behaviors behind the financial crisis of 2008 were driven by excessive cocaine consumption by the world’s banking elite. “Bankers use cocaine and got us into this terrible mess,” Professor David Nutt said. “It…
Vancouver drug control strategy calls for free crack pipes
The city of Vancouver is set to launch a novel approach to drug control by giving away free crack pipes in hopes of better connecting drug addicts with health workers, according to the Canadian Press. People addicted to crack-cocaine typically smoke it out of glass tubes, which can sometimes be…
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