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U.S. troops are increasingly using an easy-to-get herbal mix called "Spice," which mimics a marijuana high and can bring on hallucinations that last for days. The abuse of the drug has so alarmed military officials that they've launched an aggressive testing program that this year has led to the investigation of more than 1,100 suspected users, according to military figures.

Oscar De La Hoya figures that as long as he’s coming clean about drug abuse and cheating on his wife, he may as well tell all about this. Yes, says Golden Boy in an interview Tuesday on Univision, it was him dressed in drag in those infamous photos first shown in the New York Post in 2007. De La Hoya was photographed posing with stripper Milana Dravel, and the Post today reported that the boxer paid Dravnel $20 million to keep quiet about the pictures.

Starting next year, dozens of states will begin knitting together databases to watch prescription drug abuse, from powerful painkillers to diet pills.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has proposed measures to reduce the chances of abuse or errors in drug designed to treat fibromyalgia, a disorder that causes pain and fatigue.

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