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• Methadone
  ...action and very low cost. Methadone was introduced into the United States in 1947 by [[Eli Lilly and Company]]. Methadone is useful in the treatment of opioid dependence. It has [[cross-tolerance]] with other o
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• Salvia divinorum
  ...[[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfield1993intro/><ref name="Valdes19 ...me="Zhang2005pabs" /><ref name="Seeman2009">[[#refSeeman2009|Seeman et al. 2009]].</ref> ''Salvia divinorum'' is generally understood to be of low toxicity
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• Hydrocodone
  ...ntities or as stand-alone product; [[Schedule III (US)|Schedule III]] when in [[Hydrocodone#Commercial medications containing hydrocodone|combination pro ...Cough medicine|antitussive]] (cough suppressant). It is commonly available in tablet, capsule, and syrup form, and is often compounded with other, genera
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• Purple drank
  ...olly Rancher]] candy. The purplish hue of purple drank comes from [[dye]]s in the cough syrup. ...bcnews.go.com/Health/LegalCenter/story?id=1045329&page=1 Cough Syrup Abuse in Texas Takes Center Stage], ABC News, August 17, 2005</ref><ref name=MTV-Scr
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• Charles Ledger
  ...ume 5, [[Melbourne University Press|MUP]], 1974, pp 73-74. Retrieved 9 Sep 2009 </ref> was an [[alpaca]] farmer and noted for his work in connection with [[quinine]], a treatment for [[History of malaria|malaria]]
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• Diflunisal
  ...It was developed by [[Merck Sharp & Dohme]] in 1971 after showing promise in a research project studying more potent chemical analogs of [[aspirin]].<re retrieved Aug 12, 2009
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• Diclofenac
  | excretion = biliary, only 1% in urine ...ies. Limited OTC some countries. Manufacture and veterinary use is banned in India, Nepal and Pakistan due to imminent extinction of local vultures.
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• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
  ...[[analgesic]] and [[antipyretic]] (fever-reducing) effects and which have, in higher doses, [[anti-inflammatory]] effects. ...epressing, anti-inflammatory action. As [[analgesics]], NSAIDs are unusual in that they are non-[[narcotic]].
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• Trichloroethylene
  ...d as a volatile [[anesthetic]] and as an inhaled obstetrical [[analgesic]] in millions of patients. ...latility for quick anesthetic induction, reactions with [[soda lime]] used in carbon dioxide absorbing systems, prolonged neurologic dysfunction when use
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• Secobarbital
  ...aesthetic]], [[anticonvulsant]], [[sedative]] and [[hypnotic]] properties. In the [[United Kingdom]], it was known as '''Quinalbarbitone'''. ...as a preoperative medication to produce [[anaesthesia]] and [[anxiolysis]] in short surgical, diagnostic, or therapeutic procedures which are minimally p
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• Propofol
  ...lso commonly used in [[veterinary medicine]]. Propofol is approved for use in more than 50 countries, and [[generic drug|generic]] versions are available ...cation=Cambridge, UK |year=2004 |pages=173 |isbn=0-521-53600-6 |accessdate=2009-06-02}}</ref>
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• A.C.E. mixture
  ....<ref name='anesthesia-history'>{{cite journal|title=History of Anesthesia in Germany|journal=Journal of Clinical Anesthesia|year=1991|first=Juergen|last ...n [[Dram (unit)|Drachm]]<ref name="death-reference-1">{{cite journal|title=Deaths Under Chloroform And A.C.E. Mixture|journal=The British Medical Journal|dat
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• Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
  | metabolism = 95%, mainly [[Hepatic]], also in blood and tissues ...title -->].</ref> to treat [[cataplexy]] and excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with [[narcolepsy]]. The same company is also investigating the dr
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• List of assassinations and acts of terrorism against Americans
  {{refimprove|date=November 2009}} {{sync|List of terrorist incidents in the United States}}
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• Preparedness Day Bombing
  ...ed]]. Rena Mooney and Israel Weinberg were acquitted. {{Fact|date=December 2009}} ...nce and political clout of local labor organizations. {{Fact|date=December 2009}}
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• Beltway sniper attacks
  ...[[robbery]] in [[Louisiana]] and [[Alabama]], which had resulted in three deaths.<ref name="Malvo reportedly details 4 new shootings">[http://www.kxmb.com/g ...tates)|life sentences without the possibility of parole]]. On November 10, 2009, Muhammad was executed by [[lethal injection]].
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• Rosewood massacre
  ...re two blacks and two whites were killed in [[Rosewood, Florida|Rosewood]] in January 1923]] ...]]s in the years before the massacre, including a well-publicized incident in December 1922.
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• Bath School disaster
  .... Their deaths constitute the deadliest act of [[mass murder]] in a school in U.S. history. The perpetrator was [[school board]] member [[Andrew Kehoe]], .... In the early 1920s, the area was primarily [[agriculture|agricultural]]. In 1922, Bath voters voted to form a district for the purpose of funding and c
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• John F. Kennedy assassination
  ...ennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and [[Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] in the [[Presidential state car (United States)|presidential limousine]], minu |caption6= The assassination site in 2008. White arrows indicate the sixth floor window and the mark on the road
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• Environmental terrorism
  {{For|violent attacks done in the name of the environment|Eco-terrorism}} ...ction of the environment for personal gain. {{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
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• History of terrorism
  ...pponents.”<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...se of "systematic use of terror as a policy" was first recorded in English in 1798.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism]</ref>
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• Terrorism
  ...niversally agreed, legally binding, criminal law [[definition of terrorism#In international law|definition of terrorism]].<ref>Angus Martyn, [http://www. ...port is cleared for public release; distribution is unlimited. |accessdate=2009-11-11}}</ref><ref>Schmid, Alex, and Jongman, Albert. Political Terrorism: A
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• Propaganda of the deed
  ...refers to the use of symbolic acts of violence against structural targets, in which the act is intended to evoke a broader meaning. ...om deeds and not the other way around." [[Mikhail Bakunin]] (1814–1876), in his "Letters to a Frenchman on the Present Crisis" (1870) stated that "we m
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• Islam and violence
  ...ainst women ostensibly supported by Islam's tenets, references to violence in the [[Qur'an]], and acts of terrorisms motivated and/or justified by Islam. ...n-copenhagen-protest-reprinting-of-danish-cartoons.html Bloomberg: Muslims in Copenhagen Protest Reprinting of Danish Cartoons<!-- Bot generated title --
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• Taliban
  ...n Afghanistan]], the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]] and the [[War in North-West Pakistan|Waziristan War]] .../www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=36208 Taliban have opened office in Waziristan (Pakistan)].</ref>
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• Al-Qaeda
  |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg ...aeda's global network, as we know it today, was created while it was based in Khartoum, from December 1991 till May 1996. To coordinate its overt and cov
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• Barnet Baff
  ..... |year=2009 |publisher=[[Random House]] |page= |quote=The chicken racket in West Washington Market, which cost Barnet Baff his life, was estimated to b [[Category:1914 deaths]]
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• United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
  ...d civilian [[scientist]]s as well as highly specialized support personnel. In the 1950s and '60s, it pioneered unique, [[state-of-the-art]] [[biocontainm ...hrax, determined through [[genetic analysis]] to be the [[bacterium]] used in the [[2001 anthrax attacks]].<ref>[http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/i
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• Bruce Edwards Ivins
  ...on/la-na-anthrax1-2008aug01,0,2864223.story?page=1 |title=Apparent suicide in anthrax case |first=David |last=Willman |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2 ...ot believe in any way, shape or manner that he is the only person involved in this attack on Congress and the American people. I do not believe that at a
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• 2001 anthrax attacks
  ...rs. The ensuing investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement."<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/anthrax/amerithraxl ...ug03,0,3970920.story|publisher=''[[LA Times]]''|date=2008-08-03|accessdate=2009-04-05}}</ref>
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• Timeline of the 2001 anthrax attacks
  ...umb|250px|[[NBC Nightly News|NBC's]] [[Tom Brokaw]] was one of the targets in the first mailing.]] ...be the "murder weapon." The timeline also shows that the Ames strain used in the attacks was originally thought to be a common strain from Iowa, and it
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• Moazzam Begg
  ...Theater Internment Facility]] and the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]], in [[Cuba]], by the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government] ...ters, buying a rifle and a handgun, that he "thought about" taking up arms in Chechnya, and being an acquaintance of people linked to terrorism (most not
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• Church Report on detainee interrogation
  ...d under the direction of [[Vice Admiral]] [[Albert T. Church]], an officer in the [[United States Navy]]. Church was then the Naval [[Inspector General] ...d incarceration of detainees in the [[United States]] "[[war on terror]]", in [[Afghanistan]], [[Iraq]] and [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantanamo B
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• Drone attacks in Pakistan
  |conflict=Drone attacks in Pakistan |partof= the [[War on Terrorism]], [[War in North-West Pakistan]], [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]
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• Forced disappearance
  ...en. Typically, a murder will be surreptitious, with the corpse disposed of in such a way as to prevent it ever being found, so that the person apparently ...have ''disappeared'' them, rather than ''made'' them disappear. Of course, in these circumstances, both the formal expressions "was made to disappear" or
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• Military Commissions Act of 2006
  | amendments= [[Military Commissions Act of 2009]] ...he Military Commissions Act of 2006, during a ceremony on October 17, 2006 in the [[East Room]] of the [[White House]].]]
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• Michael Scheuer
  ...s formerly an intelligence officer at the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. In his 22-year career, he served as the Chief of the [[Bin Laden Issue Station ...terrorism''. 2006, page 243-4</ref> Osama bin Laden acknowledged the book in a 2007 statement, suggesting that it revealed "the reasons for your losing
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• Unlawful combatant
  ...rc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/terrorism-ihl-210705 The relevance of IHL in the context of terrorism]'', 21 July 2005</ref> ...[Fourth Geneva Convention]] so that he must be "treated with humanity and, in case of trial, shall not be deprived of the rights of fair and regular tria
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• War on Terror
  ...hen, other operations have commenced, the largest being the [[Iraq War|War in Iraq]], beginning with a [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 invasion]]. Originall ...ghan and American soldier standby to engage an enemy, a car bomb detonates in Baghdad, Iraq.
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• Anthrax
  ...anthracis'' can form dormant [[endospore|spores]] that are able to survive in harsh conditions for decades or even centuries.<ref>"[http://www.thisislond ...most common route by which herbivores contract anthrax. Carnivores living in the same environment may become infected by consuming infected animals. Dis
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