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EU struggles to curb hard drugs

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London : United Kingdom | 27 days ago  
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Combinations of drugs pose increasing problems, as do new synthetic drugs, many of them marketed on the internet. "There is little to suggest any improvement regarding cocaine and heroin use in Europe, the two substances that remain at the heart of Europe's drugs problem," the European Monitoring...
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