Ferrell isn't breaking new ground, but one day -- when he's branching out to play psycho killers and getting in touch with his inner Thespian -- we'll look back on his clowning period and wonder why he would want to do anything else.

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Since the summer, for instance, health services have given up to one gram of heroin a day to 45 addicts in Amsterdam and Rotterdam in a ground-breaking attempt to assess the controlled distribution of the drug.

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