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	<title>Crikey &#187; illicit drugs</title>
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		<title>Dope reform a sign of Obama&#8217;s worth and intent</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/rundle-dope-reform-a-sign-of-obamas-worth-and-intent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/rundle-dope-reform-a-sign-of-obamas-worth-and-intent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicinal marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has transformed the US overnight, from a country with one of the harshest anti-dope regimes, to one with some of the most liberal in the world.

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		<title>Needle syringe program a better investment than the stock market</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/needle-syringe-program-a-better-investment-than-the-stock-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/22/needle-syringe-program-a-better-investment-than-the-stock-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harm minimisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injecting drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[needle syringe programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vic aids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new study has found that every dollar spent on needle and syringe programs saved the states and the Commonwealth four dollars, writes <b>Dr Alex Wodak</b>. 
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Canada eyeballs cocaine</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/canada-eyeballs-cocaine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/07/canada-eyeballs-cocaine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleri Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Ad Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=71864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They do things differently over there, but seriously, feeding cocaine to an animated eyeball is supposed to keep the kids off drugs? Well, at least that's the aim of the "Xperiment" site.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The war on drugs is lost. Someone tell the UN</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/the-war-on-drugs-is-lost-someone-tell-the-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/25/the-war-on-drugs-is-lost-someone-tell-the-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Barns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocaine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heroin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Overnight the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched its annual report on illicit drugs. <b>Greg Barns</b> is shocked by its content.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nice people take drugs. No really. I saw it on a bus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/nice-people-take-drugs-no-really-i-saw-it-on-a-bus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/nice-people-take-drugs-no-really-i-saw-it-on-a-bus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are travelling around central London this month, don’t be surprised to see a double-decker bus carrying the campaign slogan "Nice People Take Drugs", writes President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation <b>Dr Alex Wodak</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Humankind cannot bear very much reality, especially about illicit drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/humankind-cannot-bear-very-much-reality-especially-about-illicit-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/23/humankind-cannot-bear-very-much-reality-especially-about-illicit-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opium poppies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opium production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How can a 1998-2007 global increase of opium production of 102% and cocaine production of 20% be accurately described as 'containment'? <b>Dr Alex Wodak writes</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Going for Growth&#8221; in crime, prisons and taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/going-for-growth-in-crime-prisons-and-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/20/going-for-growth-in-crime-prisons-and-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tough on drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare payments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Coalition Government’s Election 2007 Policy, "Tough on Drugs", was released over the weekend. If this desperate policy is ever implemented, we can be confident of a growth in crime which will require increased resources for police and prisons and which in turn can only be paid for by increased taxes. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A 1% chance: The stats on the AFL&#8217;s farcical drug regime</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/16/a-1-chance-the-stats-on-the-afls-farcical-drug-regime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/11/16/a-1-chance-the-stats-on-the-afls-farcical-drug-regime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug testing results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[three strikes rule]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The AFL’s illicit drugs policy is a farce that fails to deter players. So if we assume perfectly random testing – that is, all players face an equal chance of being detected at any time – we can estimate a player’s chances of getting caught. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>But Senator Brandis, Cousins never tested positive</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/18/but-senator-brandis-cousins-never-tested-positive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/18/but-senator-brandis-cousins-never-tested-positive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cousins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gruelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[target]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a fatal flaw in Senator George Brandis's criticism of the AFL over its handling of the Ben Cousins affair, writes Adam Schwab.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ben Cousins and the futility of the war on drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/17/ben-cousins-and-the-futility-of-the-war-on-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/17/ben-cousins-and-the-futility-of-the-war-on-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cousins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drug use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Cousins gets charged with possessing an illegal drug and thousands of dollars of Western Australian taxpayers’ money will be wasted on processing, charging and prosecuting him. Why not spend the money more wisely, argues Greg Barns. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>War on Drugs: coming soon to a gym near you</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/01/war-on-drugs-coming-soon-to-a-gym-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/01/war-on-drugs-coming-soon-to-a-gym-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neologism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance enhancing drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreational drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steroid users]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After stunning successes against the cocaine and heroin drug barons, the War on Drugs is taking on the Mr Bigs of body building. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>AFL blaming the whistleblowers, not the system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/27/afl-blaming-the-whistleblowers-not-the-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/27/afl-blaming-the-whistleblowers-not-the-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media-Arts-and-Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[controversial drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The real story behind the latest AFL drugs story is the critical failure of the AFL drug detection and results management system. Blaming ambitious journalists does nothing to disguise that, writes Adam Schwab. 
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Democracy, the opiate of the (Afghan) people?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/06/29/democracy-the-opiate-of-the-afghan-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/06/29/democracy-the-opiate-of-the-afghan-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drugs and crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit cultivation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illicit drugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2000, Afghanistan’s production of opium poppies fell dramatically to around 100 metric tons. This week, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime reported in its World Drug Report that, five years after the invasion by the West to restore democracy, opium production has reached a record high.]]></description>
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