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Humans have been using psychoactive (mind-altering) drugs since ancient times, and barely a day goes by without a drug related issue reaching the headlines. This text provides an accessible and lucid introduction to some of the main health and social issues related to illicit drugs and their use.

The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, that broke out on 6 May 1998 was formally ended on 12 December 2000, when both countries signed a framework peace agreement in the Algerian capital, Algiers. The agreement came as a huge relief to the people of both countries, who had paid such a high price for the war, which claimed some 100,000 lives and displaced more than 600,000 civilians (Ethiopia Humanitarian Update, 22 December 2000, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ethiopia). The cost in financial terms has run into hundreds of millions of dollars, as both governments vied for military supremacy, buying the arms they needed from international dealers at vast expense. As both rank among the poorest countries in the world, it was a price that neither could afford.

In December 1995, Eritrean and Yemeni forces clashed over control of the Hanish islands, close to the mouth of the Red Sea. The fighting itself was brief and the outcome clear: by Sunday, 17 December, the Eritreans were in control Greater Hanish, having routed the Yemenis, taking 195 prisoners. However, the origins of the dispute and the consequences for the region are far from self evident.

A survey of a 10% systematic random sample of immigrant households in Birmingham, England, drawn from the electoral register of 1969 produced 97 completed interviews focused on the extent to which the immigrants are willing to be dispersed over the city. Interesting diff's between the orientations of diff ethnic groups to their areas & to their housing were found. The most entrenched of the groups was the Asian one, partly separated by language & culture, partly by the unquestioning stereotypes accepted by some of their white neighbors. Asians apparently valued house ownership for its own sake. West Indians appeared often to accept, or at least to acknowledge, the Ls their areas had been accorded, & nearly 33% stated that they wanted to move elsewhere. The evidence would indicate that dispersal is more likely to involve West Indians than Asians. It remains to be discovered to what extent the second generation of Asians will differ from their parents' evident acceptance of their environments. 5 Tables; J. M. Maxfield.