Drugs Not the Issue; Illicit Trade Is
Drugs not the issue; illicit trade is
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The use of any drug by teens fell from 14.1 percent to 10.6. New cases of HIV in drug users decreased by 17 percent. By cooperatively treating addiction as a health problem, legalization helps restore trust between the government and the people. Users …
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Indian Ingredient Led To Cough Syrup Deaths, Says Pakistan Official
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Twenty people, most of them drug addicts, died in Lahore in November after drinking a cough syrup named Tyno. Another 20 people died in Gujranwala and Toba Tek Singh districts in December. The cough syrups linked to the deaths were made with …
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Meth goes uptown
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Another reason is that demand for the highly addictive drug has been stoked among urban users by meth brought in from Mexico. Tennessee and federal agents and task forces are adapting their detection and seizure methods in an attempt to keep up.
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Peorian expands personal battle of staying off drugs to cleaning up South …
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She's struggled with drug and alcohol abuse throughout much of her life, and has been the victim of abuse; she's been in a gang. Harris is clean now, and has recently started … Harris enrolled at Illinois Central College when she was 20, studying …
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