Philippine Police Seize Vanload of Drugs, Arrest 5

Published August 15, 2013

Philippine police seize vanload of drugs, arrest 5

Filed under: Arizona Drug Addiction

The Philippines continues to face an alarming drug problem despite efforts to disrupt major trafficking syndicates and dismantle clandestine labs. Corruption among law enforcers and officials and vast stretches of unpatrolled coastline make the country …
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10 things medical marijuana biz won't say

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“That's the easiest thing — to just go and tell your doctor you have pain, because you can't test for pain,” says Alan Budney, a psychiatry professor at Dartmouth's medical school who studies drug addiction. In Colorado, where nearly …. Both states …
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Tribes confront complex problems

Filed under: Arizona Drug Addiction

All around, in the Sif Oidak District where he was raised, he saw drug abuse, joblessness, hopelessness. His uncle … Creating jobs would help alleviate poverty on Southern Arizona's reservations, but developing local economies is a fraught endeavor.
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DPA: Congress Should Hold Hearings Reviewing DEA and US Drug Policy

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In what many have called a blatant abuse of power that strips Americans of their fundamental constitutional rights, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA …
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