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US and Russia collaborate on drug raids in Afghanistan

Earlier this week, it was reported that Russia was considering several joint initiatives with NATO in Afghanistan. Today, a Russian news agency has reported that Russia and the United States have collaborated on drug raids in Afghanistan.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death is an ominous sign of heroin’s expanding reach

Conflict & Justice

The secret behind Breaking Bad’s science smarts

Arts, Culture & Media

Canada’s First Nations communities wrecked by OxyContin addiction

Health & Medicine
Palliative care patient in Pune, India.

Part V: Dispensing Comfort

Health & Medicine

Patent Expires For Popular Drug Lipitor

The 10 million Americans who take Lipitor to deal with their high cholesterol are about to get some good news. The 20 year patent on the blockbuster  prescription  drug expires  Wednesday, creating an opening for other companies to manufacture cheaper, chemically identical generic versions of the drug. Two companies have products coming out on the market to entice […]

The World

How an Afghan Methadone Clinic is Fighting to Counter HIV

Conflict & Justice

HIV is spreading among Afghanistan’s injection drug users, and a methadone clinic was recently opened in Kabul to help the problem.

Himalayan Viagra

Global Politics

In the Himalayas, a parasitic fungus attacking insects is regionally believed to boost the immune system and help with sexual dysfunction. In Bhutan, the government has been trying to regulate the hunt. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports.

The World

Dioxin Update

Paper mills around the nation are being scrutinized by the US federal Environmental Protection Agency. The state of Maine has a new anti-dioxin law that is the toughest in the nation but, critics say the new rules fail to go far enough to protect public health from the deadly dioxins and other dangerous by-products in […]

The World

The Case of Methyl Bromide

In California, the herbicide methyl bromide was to have been banned, but lobbyists won a five-year reprieve from the ban that may go even longer. Linked to cancer, nerve damage and other health problems, farm workers and others feel the state has made an error in continuing the agricultural use of methyl bromide, as Cheryl […]