Drug Addiction

26 Nov 2012

It was not so long ago Lam Chi-ho could hardly hold a pair of scissors steady as a hairdresser.

Lam had been abusing drugs such as cough syrup and Ice since he was 15. Three years ago, he...

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18 Nov 2012

Australian 10-metre platform diver Matt Mitcham says he battled a methamphetamine addiction in 2011 that almost derailed his career and his life, but the 2008 Beijing gold medallist will be free...

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Customs seizes record HK$760m cocaine haul

7 Jul 2012

A joint operation between Hong Kong and US authorities has led to the city's biggest seizure of cocaine.

7:27PM

Colombian held over drug-soaked bags

21 Apr 2012

A diligent sniffer dog at the airport has helped the authorities uncover a new tactic used by South American drug smugglers.

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letters

28 Feb 2012

Lessons to learn from Houston's life

The news of Whitney Houston's death shocked the world. Many guys born in the 1990s, like me, did not realise how popular Houston was at her peak...

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Internet addiction 'rots teen brains'

16 Jan 2012

Too much time spent on the internet can damage a teenager's brain as much as taking alcohol or cocaine, researchers found.

Nerve fibres in the brains of teens addicted to the...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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3:37AM

Too much internet rots teen minds, study claims

Excessive internet use can be as damaging to a teenager's brain as cocaine or alcohol, a study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences concluded.

The findings caused an immediate stir...

5:12AM

Pair get 15 years for smuggling cocaine to HK

A Paraguayan and his Chinese accomplice were jailed for 15 years yesterday for smuggling HK$67 million worth of cocaine from South America to Hong Kong.

The consequences of their...

3:24AM

How cocaine went global

The world of cocaine

9:55PM

567kg drugs bust largest ever for city

Cocaine recovered from a recycling warehouse in Tuen Mun stacks up to the largest seizure of the drug ever in the city - worth some HK$600 million - police said yesterday.

7:54PM

The Cobra

The Cobra
by Frederick Forsyth
Bantam Press HK$204

From one of literature's most reliable assembly lines rolls the sleek new-model Forsyth. Economical, stylish,...

8:51AM

Fewer reported drug abusers

The latest government figures show a significant drop in the number of drug abusers, but a social worker says there are still many hidden ones.

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