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Brad Pitt reveals drug struggle

May 23, 2013
Actor Brad Pitt says he wasted a lot of time using drugs in the past. He admits he damaged his health with it just in the quest of exploring new things. The 49-year-old, who is engaged to actress Angelina Jolie and has six …

Vijender Singh glad to put drug scandal behind him

May 21, 2013
‘The nightmare is finally over and I am back to a normal life’, said a relieved Vijender Singh as he broke his silence on the sensational drug scandal that severely hurt his reputation, insisting that more than a crisis, it …

Boxer Vijender Singh had drugs 12 times: Official statement by Punjab police

April 1, 2013
It seems boxer Vijender Singh has landed himself in thick soup. In a new twist to the Zirakpur heroin haul case, Punjab Police has said that the boxer and his sparring partner had bought narcotics for personal consumption. The …

Heroin racket: Vijender Singh questioned, refuses to undergo drug test!

March 11, 2013
Boxer Vijender Singh, being questioned by a Punjab Police team near here Monday in a drugs seizure case, refused to give his blood and hair samples for forensic analysis, police said. Police sources said the questioning at the …

We took drugs for fun: Vijender’s sparring partner Ram Singh

March 11, 2013
Boxer Ram Singh, who is under detention in the multi-million dollar drug racket, has said that he and Olympics bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh had tried drugs, but just for the sake of ‘adventure’. He has also admitted …

Vijender and I mistook heroin for a food supplement: Sparring partner Ram Singh

March 10, 2013
Some alarming new developments have emerged in the Vijender Singh drug scandal with a fellow boxer, Ram Singh revealing they had used heroin for fun before and had been given the drug free of cost before by their arrested friend …

Is Vijender Singh a heroin addict?

March 8, 2013
There seems to be an upsurge in cases of athletes and drugs. First it was Oscar Pistorius who had in his possession herbal drugs to boost his sex life and now it’s our very own boxing ace Vijender Singh who is going to be …

Youngsters getting hooked to marijuana

February 17, 2013
An MBA student from a wealthy family here drew a lot of attention at a nightclub due to his antics. Minutes later, his unruly conduct led to a brawl and a visit to a police station. The youngster even beat up a policeman. That …

No country for alcoholic women

February 17, 2013
Pooja is the kind of woman, every man wants to be with and every woman wants to be. She has a high-flying career in a leading MNC, is drop-dead gorgeous and is sharper and more driven than most of her colleagues. But she has a …

5,500 British babies born addicted to drugs!

January 2, 2013
Around 5,500 children born in Britain in the past five years - or three babies a day - were addicted to heroin, crack cocaine and other drugs from the mother's womb, official statistics reveal. Data from the Department of Health …

‘Human rights of drug addicts violated in India’

December 11, 2012
Assailing the violation of the rights of people addicted to drugs and narcotic substances in the name of treatment and rehabilitation, lawyers and civil society activists on Monday called for humane services for drug users in the …

Now alcoholics can seek help online!

December 9, 2012
The battle against alcohol abuse is going online! In a society like ours where seeking rehabilitation for addiction is still considered taboo an anonymous website like www.alcoholwebindia.in can go a long way in fighting …

More and more cases of alcohol addiction among urban women

November 30, 2012
The 33-year-old married woman from Chandigarh had never imagined that her excessive clubbing and partying would one day push her to the brink of suicide. But it did. She was not the only one. In an increasing trend of urban women …

Drug dealers to fund Russian rehab programmes

November 27, 2012
Funds seized from drug traffickers should be spent on treatment and rehabilitation programmes, director of Russia's Federal Drug Control Service Viktor Ivanov. "It is common practice in the world for drug barons' money to work …