To place coca leaves in the same category with cocaine, as a United Nations convention on narcotic drugs did 48 years ago, is to disregard simple biochemistry.
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Texas: Execution Over 1997 Killing
A parole violator was executed for beating and using kitchen tools to kill a woman in her Lubbock apartment.
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For Some Taxi Drivers, a Different Kind of Traffic
With public outrage over drug violence tinged by fascination, some taxi drivers are giving ?narco-tours? of sites associated with the notorious drug cartels.
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Sex, Drug Use and Graft Cited in Interior Department
The Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties has been caught up in a broad ethics scandal.
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Food Dance Gets New Life When Bees Get Cocaine
To learn more about the biochemistry of addiction, scientists are giving bees cocaine and have found the insects react much like humans do.