Ever heard that lame line "everybody's doing it?" Tell that person to check the facts. As part of a 2002 NIDA-funded study, researchers asked teens if they had used marijuana or hashish (another form of marijuana) in the past month. Of all the 8th graders surveyed, only 8.3% said yes; only 17.8% of 10th graders had used the drug in the past month; and just 21.5% of 12th graders.
Afghanistan has secured promises from donor nations of $8.2bn (£4.5bn) in aid over the next three years.
More than half the money has been promised for 2004, said Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani.
The war torn country also agreed to work hard to stamp out drug production during a meeting with donors in Berlin.
"Like terrorism, [drugs] is a global menace and requires cooperation and global support, said Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah.
A drug addict jailed for killing a police dog handler should have been returned to prison for failing drug tests, a report has revealed.
David Parfitt, 26, was jailed for 13 years in December 2003 for the manslaughter of Pc Ged Walker.
The report said his probation officer wrongly accepted his excuses for breaching the terms of his release.
Parfitt failed 10 drug tests out of 19 after he was placed on a tagging scheme following his early release.
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The Home Office report by HM Inspector of Probation, Professor Rod Morgan, said his probation officer should have ordered Parfitt's recall in September 2002, but continued to show "inappropriate leniency" for a further three months.
Pariftt once told her that he had missed a drug test because he was "feeling unwell as he had been smoking heroin really heavily".
Magistrates have used new powers for the first time to order two houses to be boarded up to prevent them from being used as crack dens.
The magistrates in Reading, Berkshire, granted the closure notices following a request from Thames Valley Police under the Anti-social Behaviour Act.
The properties are in Ivydene Road and George Street off the Oxford Road.
A number of crack houses have already been closed down in the area as part of the ongoing Operation Eightfold.
The operation was launched to crack down on prostitution and drug-dealing that has been blighting residents lives in the area.
More than 60 people have been arrested during a month-long police operation in south Worcestershire.
Illegal drugs including heroin and crack cocaine with a street value of £35,500 were also seized during Operation Angel.
Forty-five officers working on the initiative also confiscated £60,000 worth of property.
Several addresses were raided during the initiative which targeted drug-related offences.
