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...Cato paper reports that between 2001 and 2006 in Portugal, rates of lifetime use of any illegal drug among seventh through ninth graders fell from 14.1% to 10.6%; drug use in older teens also declined. Lifetime heroin use among 16-to-18-year-olds fell from 2.5% to 1.8% (although there was a slight increase in marijuana use in that age group). New HIV infections in drug users fell by 17% between 1999 and 2003, and deaths related to heroin and similar drugs were cut by more than half. In addition, the number of people on methadone and buprenorphine treatment...
...turned out some impressive performances this season, but at times their inexperience has produced rough outings.That was the case in the opener of Saturday’s twinbill, in which the freshman trio of Jonah Klees, Jeff Reynolds, and Marcus Way was unable to minimize its struggles and fell victim to a hard-hitting Big Green lineup. Klees failed to make it out of the second frame, getting tagged for six runs, with the big blast coming on a three-run shot by Johnathon Santopadre. Walsh attributed Klees’ mistake pitch to Santopadre to the rookie getting his signals...
...lightweight varsity eight was able to take down the third-ranked Bulldogs but fell to the undefeated No. 1 Tigers. It was the Crimson’s first loss of the season in nine races. Harvard finished in 5:52.7, 4.5 seconds ahead of host Yale but 5.2 ticks behind the victorious Princeton, which took the Goldthwait Cup for the second year running...
...many people risking death by crossing the firing line? Because, as Rageswari explained, they realized they are trapped. "The Tigers always made sure that a large number of civilians fell back with them when they retreated," she said. "Finally there was nowhere else for us to go. When we heard soldiers using loudhailers (megaphones) and calling people to come out, I thought there was no point staying here and risking death. I might as well risk death and run, so I ran with my family...
...Complicating negotiations to let them go, of course, is the North's rocket launch on April 5 and the international censure it received. Infuriated by the United Nations' condemnation of the launch, which flew over Japan and fell into the Pacific Ocean, Pyongyang kicked out international monitors from its nuclear facilities on April 14, and has said since then that it would restart its nuclear program and quit the on-again off-again so-called six-party disarmament talks...