Myanmar Opium Fight Failing; Soldiers Shooting Up

Published March 17, 2014

Myanmar opium fight failing; soldiers shooting up
The drug trade – and addiction – is running wild along the jagged frontier. In this village … As she stood before the graves of her two oldest sons, both victims of heroin overdoses, she could see addicts using drugs. “Everyone used to … Nearly a …
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Pot-related businesses face unique challenges
Twenty states plus Washington, D.C., have allowed for medical use of marijuana, but only two, Colorado and Washington, have approved the drug for all adults 21 and older. A Gallup poll last fall indicated for the first time in the history of the poll …
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DCF investigators stymied by their own lawyers
Cindy Bizier fretted incessantly about her grandson's care, worried the boy would chase his yellow dump truck into the street or burn himself with his mother's lighter or wander too close to the canal while his mother, Autumn, who struggled with drugs …
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