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Morons try to Cash In on the OxyContin Media Hoax June 17, 2001 Seven "former OxyContin addicts" are suing Pudue Pharma LP, the company that makes the drug for a whopping $5.2 billion. According to their lawsuit, the plaintiffs claim the drug's makers aggressively marketed the painkiller while downplaying its risks. So was telling people to crush the pills up and inject them part of this "aggressive" marketing campaign? Somehow, I think not. Looks like we can file this one in the "I don't want to take responsibility for my own actions" file... Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

Taliban Say They Undermined U.S. Economy June 17, 2001 Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement has identified the root of the U.S. economic slowdown -- their leader Mullah Mohammad Omar's ban on opium poppy cultivation. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

OxyCon Game: Anatomy of a Media-made Drug Scare June 10, 2001 In this amazing article from AlterNet, Sandeep Kaushik explains that despite no evidence exists that increases in the abuse of Oxycontin are outpacing increases in prescriptions for it, the media's false exploitation of this story is causing legitimate patients great suffering due to ignorant doctors unwilling to prescribe the drug because of the controversy. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

West Virginia chosen for project to stop OxyContin abuse June 10, 2001 West Virginia and three other states have been chosen for a federal prescription monitoring pilot program aimed at stopping abuse of the painkiller OxyContin. Will this program have any effect on the illicit distribution of the media's "Drug Du Jour"? Probably not. But chances are there will be quite a few deserving pain patients suddenly finding themselves without any medication. Typical. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

Charges Link Russian Military To Drug Trade June 10, 2001 Drug trafficking from war-torn Afghanistan through the former Soviet Union has dramatically increased over the past 20 years. UN-sponsored regional programs have so far been unable to stem the growth of narcotics-smuggling to Western Europe through Russia and the Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. A major factor in the huge expansion of the Afghan drug trade may be the alleged involvement of some of the Russian military stationed in Tajikistan. Radio Free Europe correspondent Jean-Christophe Peuch reviews the evidence in light of new accusations recently made by a former Russian military intelligence officer. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

UN Says Drug Flow Could Continue For Years (Part 2) June 6, 2001 A recent tour of Afghanistan's poppy-growing areas by UN officials has confirmed that there is almost no opium poppy cultivation in Taliban-controlled areas this year. In the second part of a two-part Radio Free Europe interview, officials of the UN Drug Control Program (UNDCP) in Vienna look at what impact the ban will have on drug smuggling from Afghanistan through neighboring Central Asian states and Iran. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

UN Says Taliban Poppy Ban Hits Farmers Hard (Part 1) June 6, 2001 A new tour of Afghanistan's poppy-growing areas by UN officials has confirmed that there is almost no cultivation in Taliban-controlled areas this year. In the first part of a two-part Radio Free Europe interview, officials of the UN Drug Control Program in Vienna describe the impact of the ban upon Afghanistan's rural economy, which for years had centered around the opium drug trade and now is hard-hit by the prohibition. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

Poppies.org Has a New Home! May 29, 2001 I'm sure many of you have been wondering where the site has been for the past week. Well, I've moved the whole site (8000+ files) over to a new server. The new server should be faster, more reliable, and experience less downtime. I'm fairly sure I've managed to get everything sorted (I've been working on it for around 2 days straight with little/no sleep), but if you encounter any errors with the site, please let me know. The move should also fix the recent problems with the e-mail features of the forums. As a result, new message notification and subscriptions have been turned back ON. I'm really sorry about the long delay getting back up. Thank's for your patience! Discuss This Article