With opium production soaring — and funding Taliban activities — the U.S. is sending dozens of DEA agents to help break trafficking rings, a shift in policy from crop eradication. By Josh Meyer July 20, 2009 “Reporting from Washington — The U.S. government is deploying dozens of Drug Enforcement Administration agents to Afghanistan in a … Read more
AOL News “When Rhonda and Jason Holt started their family in the Winchester, Tenn., home they bought in 2004, they couldn’t understand why they and their children were hit by mysterious illnesses. Rhonda started getting migraines. Her husband had problems with his kidneys. And the three children they had, now ages 4, 2 and 1, … Read more
“The arrest of a Las Vegas physician in a massive prescription drug investigation is shedding light on the growing problem of prescription drug abuse. Prosecutors say Dr. Albert Yeh is a drug dealer hiding behind his medical degree. The DEA says the doctor was no different than a dealer peddling poison on the street corner. … Read more
by DANIEL VICTOR, Of The Patriot-News Sunday, June 21, 2009, 1:00 PM “Police departments and anti-drug advocates are increasingly warning parents that an unsecured medicine cabinet can be as dangerous to teenagers as an unlocked liquor cabinet. National statistics say prescription drug abuse is a threat that has remained strong in recent years, after taking … Read more
An agreement is reached to limit drug trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico border, a move intended to end the turf war between the Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. By Josh Meyer June 19, 2009 “In an effort to plug a hole in U.S.-Mexico drug enforcement, the U.S. departments of Justice and Homeland Security … Read more
“We are used to hearing about drug overdoses in the context of fast-lane inhabiting film and music stars. But in fact, deaths from drug overdoses have been rising and have reached crisis levels in our country. A newly-released report by the Drug Policy Alliance documents the extent of the problem: drug overdose is now the … Read more
“The earlier teenagers start drinking, the more likely they are to start experimenting with drugs and will eventually move on to harder substances. ‘Drug use at a young age is risk-taking behavior,’ they said. ‘Initially, that’s having a few cans. So if you have your first few cans at 12 or 13, your next risk-taking … Read more
Sunday, May 31, 2009 George Anderson “A new style of making methamphetamine has become increasingly popular in Southeast Missouri over the past year, leading to two confirmed busts in the Stoddard County area just last week. The “Shake and Bake” method, whose name is derived from the process of putting the chemicals in a container … Read more
” – A Truck Driver’s letter to his elected officials: I am a Truck Driver and according to the law provided by the DOT (which effects every city, county, state, and international area on the North American Continent… yes your area too), I may be subject to have a drug test where the testing facility … Read more
“The office may only be 20 years old, but the war it has waged was declared four decades ago, when President Richard Nixon outlined the federal government’s illegal drug prohibition campaign. No one claims the war has been won. While fewer high school seniors say they’ve been offered marijuana or amphetamines than they were a … Read more