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...middle-class Americans and quoted an initiate as saying, "After one hit of cocaine I feel like a new man. The only problem is, the first thing the new man wants is another hit." Subscribers can read that report in full and browse our collection of cover stories on illicit drugs at time.com/archive/collections....
...lesbian writer and creator of The L Word, theorizes that gay men and women inevitably experience love as heightened drama. "One of the things that always make for a great love story is the obstacles," she says. "These writers are bringing to these stories not only their experiences of illicit love but enough illicitness to make the stories more exciting and infuse them with passion and intensity...
...Freiburg, Germany Khan has confessed to leaking Pakistan's nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea. The startling revelation that he may also have provided nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other African countries has raised many questions about Pakistan's involvement. The sale and trading of illicit technology and nuclear-bomb materials would not have been possible without the consent and complicity of Pakistan's political and military establishment. Given Khan's greed, it is quite possible that some nuclear secrets may have reached terrorist groups like al-Qaeda. Srinivasan Balakrishnan Jamshedpur, India Your story described...
KHAN'S ACTIONS HAVE RAISED MANY questions about Pakistan's involvement. The illicit dealing in nuclear-bomb materials would not have been possible without the complicity of Pakistan's political and military establishment. And it seems quite possible that some nuclear secrets may even have reached al-Qaeda...
...Fake Watch Brand-name cigarettes are hazardous enough, but illicit counterfeits are even worse for your health. According to a University of St. Andrews' study in December, counterfeits contain up to five times more carcinogens such as cadmium and arsenic. One hundred million counterfeit cigarettes are made in China each year (about 85% of the world's total), according to the country's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, which is now trying to snuff out the fakes. Last week, officials in Henan, China's second largest tobacco-growing province, torched $360,000 worth of contraband cigarettes...