1.   Participants in the conference said the drug menace is bigger than politics and dialogue was important.

2.   Convicted drug traffickers have in recent years also been beheaded in a bid by Saudi authorities to deal with a growing drug menace.

3.   He said the Senate language shows the drug menace is a shared burden of producing and transit nations as well as those that consume narcotics.

4.   It also praised most of the countries in the region for strengthening their laws against the drug menace.

5.   Ramos describes the drug menace as a threat to national security.

6.   Several British teens have died recently after taking Ecstasy, and there has been much debate in the media about how to counter the drug menace.

7.   The memorandum described the drug menace as a threat to peace, national security and stability in the Philippines.

8.   Leghari urged the international community to help Pakistan in efforts to eliminate the drug menace.

9.   Thailand and Cambodia agreed Thursday to exchange information in a joint effort to combat the drug menace, a senior Thai military official said.