However, this was a situation where these companies were in possession of a relatively safe drug, with a modest chance of success in being efficacious in what may be the biggest scourge that society will face.
But for all their hard work, Wales were guilty of failing to keep hold of to possession and were punished in the closing stages of the first half.
St Johnstone were having plenty of possession in the early stages of the second half but failed to seriously test Randolph in the Motherwell goal.
Early on we gave chances away, we were not good enough in possession of the ball.
We made a lot of unforced errors when we were in possession, which you would expect to come out of our game the longer we are together.
Fulham boss Chris Coleman opted for the aerial presence of Heidur Helguson and McBride in attack but they were starved of possession and only had one sniff of goal each before the break.
By the midpoint in the first half, Cyprus were looking more assured in possession although the pace of Duff and Aiden McGeady enabled the Republic to break at speed on a number of occasions.
Adventurous Pompey were looking to expose Villa's high back line and, Sol Campbell and Carew, reminiscent of two heavyweight boxers, were in a constant battle for scraps of possession when the home side pushed on.
Swansea were more comfortable in possession after the opener, although Barnet were certainly not out of it heading into the second half.
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France, who recently switched to a 4-3-3 formation, lost to China in their final warm-up game and were too ponderous in possession against La Celeste, with a lack of understanding undermining their efforts.
That same month, a Turk and two Russians of Chechen descent were arrested and jailed in Spain on charges of belonging to an unidentified terror organization and possession of explosives.
Cardiff worked their way into the game but were unable to exploit a decent spell of possession in the Edinburgh half.
That may help to explain why highly professional, educated people that were not known before to police are being caught in possession of the material.
The visitors were now on top both territorially and in terms of possession and their large travelling support serenaded Geraghty with a rousing chorus of "When the Saints go Marching in" after he cut the gap to only three points with his second penalty.
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Madrid bossed their Swiss opponents in terms of possession and territory, but were unable to turn that dominance into a more comfortable victory.
There were periods of the game, especially in the first half hour, where the hosts enjoyed the majority of the possession and appeared comfortable against the young Brazil side.
Yet the issues at stake were larger than the possession of some rocky and frigid islands in the South Atlantic.
On his death, the remains were passed into the possession of other individuals and eventually deposited in UK institutions, and then gradually brought under the keeping of the Natural History Museum.
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Villa tried to take the sting out of Stoke by keeping possession but the Potters were relentless in hounding them down.
Agents reportedly found the suspects in possession of 45, 000 books about Christianity when they were arrested at a publishing house on Tuesday.
Dobson's conversion put Warrington further behind, but they gradually took more control of possession and territory and were rewarded when Riley crossed in the corner.
They dominated territory and possession in the opening 15 minutes of the second half and were justifiably rewarded.
Blues had enjoyed the better of the possession but were mainly having to play with it in their own half.
How can the BND's categorical statement of 5 May 1988, to the effect that no German companies were involved at Rabta, be squared with intelligence to the contrary in its possession as of at least 3 February 1988?
The men were arrested on Tuesday days after a laboratory test found trace amounts of ricin in their possession, the authorities said.
The six Algerians were arraigned September 28 in Madrid on charges of belonging to an armed band and for possession of material to falsify documents for terrorist activities.
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But while Wales enjoyed most of the possession, Liechtenstein, who were described as a pub team in the build-up to the game, never looked out of contention.
They confronted the owner of the bar, who was suspected to be in possession of the laptop, and showed him photographs and screen shots which were by then plastered all over the social networking site.
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