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DENVER - Tammy Quist, principal of Fairview High School in Boulder, was not surprised when she learned in April that a student was in a coma after overdosing on an over-the-counter cold medicine. "It's out there, and you know kids do it," Ms. Quist said. "It's cheap, accessible and it's not illegal if kids get caught. And it usually goes unnoticed until a kid takes too much or combines it with something to get a horrible reaction and overdoses." Cough and cold medications containing dextromethorphan, or DXM, are becoming increasingly popular among teenagers and young adults looking for a cheap...

Should all Drugs be Legalized? A conservative Mormon’s solution Edward K. Watson Ladies and gentlemen, I have news that will shock you – the Drug War is a failure! Cost of the War on DrugsThe Western world has spent TRILLIONS of dollars fighting drug use over the past century and what do we have to show for it? Millions of addicts, billionaire drug lords, phenomenally wealthy drug cartels and drug dealers, a more than $500 billion global illicit drug industry, corrupt security and judicial officers, millions incarcerated in overcrowded prisons, astronomical drug-related assaults, murders, thefts and prostitution and criminal...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dee Dee Ramone, a founding member of the pioneer punk band the Ramones, was found dead of a possible drug overdose in his Hollywood home, the coroner's office said Thursday. He was 50. Ramone, whose real name was Douglas Glenn Colvin, was found dead on the couch by his wife when she returned home at 8:25 p.m. Wednesday, said Craig Harvey, operations chief for the coroner's office. Paramedics were called and he was declared dead at 8:40 p.m. "The investigator noted drug paraphernalia, including a single syringe on the kitchen counter, and we are handing it...