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...Clad in a black skirt and green woolen jacket, with her hair tied back with a ribbon, she has dressed as if she might be going to lunch with friends. To get there she walked along the airport road dubbed Snipers' Alley, and she does not flinch at the crack of rifle fire and the occasional thud of exploding shells. "I have seven people at home, and my friend was supposed to meet me here to help me carry water, but she hasn't come," says Tutundzic. "No one else can help me. My two sons are wounded...
...University of Michigan released a survey showing a rise in illicit drug use by American college students, with the most significant increase involving hallucinogens like LSD. Meanwhile a canvas of narcotics experts across the country indicated that while drug fashions vary from region to region and class to class, crack use is generally holding steady and heroin and marijuana are on the rise. Junior high and high school students surveyed by the government report a greater availability of most serious drugs. Law officials and treatment specialists on the front lines of the drug war report that the problem transcends both...
...frenetic '80s infatuation with stimulants has become the mellower '90s flirtation with depressants. Heroin, which has a calming effect, is gaining on crack, which produces high agitation. Some drug experts sense a sociological sea change. "It's really relevant that in the '80s the drug of choice was one that the second you did it, you wanted more," says Carlo McCormick, an editor at a culture and fashion monthly who was the host of LSD parties in New York City in the '80s. "At this point with the current crop of drugs, you're set for the night." Others have...
...right critics as "non-Christians" who harbor "slave-master mentalities." Last year Elders told an abortion-rights rally that abortion foes need to get over their "love affair with the fetus." Earlier this month on a CNBC call-in show, Elders was asked what she planned to do about crack- addicted women who sell sex to buy drugs, get pregnant and have crack- addicted babies. "That's a real problem," the pragmatic Elders replied. "I would hope that we would be able to provide them with Norplant, so they could still use sex if they must to buy their drugs...
...Tuesday night hearing disagreed in spirit with the idea that Cambridge residents should have the first crack at jobs available in the city government. But an hour-and-a-half discussion showed there were a wide range of views about the details...