The biggest news on people’s minds in Egypt is not last week’s pro-democracy demonstrations in front of parliament during which some 90 people were arrested. It’s not Mohamed ElBaradei’s shakeup of the political scene. It’s not the president’s health, which remains ambiguous. It’s not even spiraling meat prices.

The biggest topic of conversation here in Egypt is the disappearance of hashish from the local market, a shortage that has become known, at least in some quarters, as “the hash crisis.”

In many ways Egypt is a very conservative Muslim society. But that doesn’t mean people don’t love to get stoned.

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As a retired clinical psychologist, Clark Martin was well acquainted with traditional treatments for depression, but his own case seemed untreatable as he struggled through chemotherapy and other grueling regimens for kidney cancer. Counseling seemed futile to him. So did the antidepressant pills he tried.

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Continuing with our coverage of election party manifesto commitments on drug policy, today its the turn of the Lib Dems. (see Labour here and the Conservatives here). Unlike Labour and the Conservatives, the 2010 Lib Dem manifesto, published this morning, opts for a more functional title: 'Liberal Democrat Manifesto 2010'

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Ausgerechnet "Trust me" stand als Aufschrift auf den kleinen Tütchen, die ein Achtjähriger im amerikanischen Wilkingsburg an Klassenkameraden verteilte. Inhalt der Päckchen: Heroin.

Ein acht Jahre alter Schüler hat in Wilkinsburg im US-Staat Pennsylvania mehr als 60 Tütchen mit Heroin an seine Klassenkameraden verteilt.

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Seine Fußball-Karriere begann hoffnungsvoll. Jetzt sitzt Ex-Bundesliga-Spieler Kevin Hansen (30) wegen Drogenhandels im Knast – er steht im Verdacht, 1,33 Tonnen Kokain nach Deutschland geschmuggelt zu haben.

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